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

2. B. Terms Defined.

   1. (1) “Case management” means the process employed to identify and address inmate needs.
   2. (2) “Case manager” means the case management specialist assigned to each inmate in the case management process.
   3. (3) “Commission” means the Maryland Parole Commission.

   4. (4) “Discipline” means any of the following fields of correctional service:

      1. (a) Substance abuse treatment;
      2. (b) Classification;
      3. (c) Custody;
      4. (d) Education;
      5. (e) Medical;
      6. (f) Psychology; or
      7. (g) Social work.
   5. (5) “Division” means Division of Correction.

   6. (6) Escape.

      1. (a) “Escape” means a documented incident of an inmate's unauthorized absence from custody.
      2. (b) “Escape” does not include an inmate on work release or assigned to the central home detention unit, who is convicted solely of unauthorized absence or being out of bounds.
   7. (7) “Incarceration” has the meaning stated in COMAR 12.12.06.01B.
   8. (8) “Inmate case record” means documentation assembled, maintained, and used under Correctional Services Article, §3-601, Annotated Code of Maryland.
   9. (9) “Inmate programming” means the process of placing an inmate in programs that address the inmate's risks and needs.
   10. (10) “Mutual agreement programming (MAP)” means a process of negotiating agreements between an inmate, the Maryland Parole Commission, and the Division that provides the inmate with a guaranteed parole release date.
   11. (11) “Special housing identifier” means a case management assignment that requires single-celling.

Authority: Correctional Services Article, §§2-109(c) and 3-602(d), Annotated Code of Maryland

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

Chapter revised effective June 23, 2003 (30:12 Md. R. 789)

Regulation .02D amended as an emergency provision effective March 23, 2012 (39:8 Md. R. 532); amended permanently effective May 28, 2012 (39:10 Md. R. 660)

Regulation .05D amended effective June 6, 2016 (43:11 Md. R. 635)