1. A. In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.

2. B. Terms Defined.

   1. (1) “Citizen participant” means a person who provides a service on an irregular and infrequent basis, not exceeding six visits per year.
   2. (2) “Commissioner” means Commissioner of the Division of Correction or designee.
   3. (3) “Community service worker” means a person who agrees to perform a certain number of community service hours as a condition of probation.
   4. (4) “Coordinator” means volunteer activities coordinator.
   5. (5) “Director” means the Division headquarters Chief of Religious and Volunteer Services.
   6. (6) “Division” means Division of Correction.
   7. (7) “Employee volunteer” means a person who is employed by an institution and who provides a service on personal time to that institution.
   8. (8) “Frisk search” means running the hands across clothing worn to detect any hidden objects.
   9. (9) “Maryland CCH IDENT/INDEX” means Computerized Criminal History Identification Index.
   10. (10) “Material or monetary donor” means a person or group that provides material or monetary donations to an institution or the Division.
   11. (11) “Rap sheet” means the primary method by which criminal history information is reported.

   12. (12) “Reasonable suspicion” means the apparent state of facts or circumstances which would lead a reasonably prudent person to:

       1. (a) Believe that something is wrong;
       2. (b) Have an apprehension or to imagine that a violation has been, is being, or will be committed by a specific individual based on only slight evidence which does not amount to proof.
   13. (13) “Registered volunteer” means a volunteer who has completed the screening and orientation procedures, and has obtained the approval necessary to make regular visits to the institution.
   14. (14) “Student intern” means a student from a post-high school educational institution who, for credit and under the supervision of that person's school, performs services on a regular or frequent basis.
   15. (15) “Volunteer” means someone who has been approved as a volunteer through the procedures in this chapter.

   16. (16) Volunteer Professional.

       1. (a) “Volunteer professional” means a person who represents another agency in providing a service on a regular or frequent basis and is paid by that agency.

       2. (b) “Volunteer professional” does not mean the following personnel:

          1. (i) Department of Education staff;
          2. (ii) Contractual personnel who provide substance abuse treatment;
          3. (iii) Institutional parole agents.
   17. (17) “Volunteer services” means planned activities which aid staff in promoting inmate adjustment and which utilize volunteers.

Authority: Correctional Services Article, §2-109(c), Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: May 27, 1991 (18:10 Md. R. 1117)