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

2. B. Terms Defined.

   1. (1) “Abatement” has the meaning stated in Correctional Services Article, §6-117, Annotated Code of Maryland.
   2. (2) “Department” means the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services.
   3. (3) “Director” means the director of the Division of Parole and Probation.
   4. (4) “Division” means the Division of Parole and Probation.
   5. (5) “Earned compliance credit (ECC)” has the meaning stated in Correctional Services Article, §6-117, Annotated Code of Maryland.
   6. (6) “Infraction” means an act or behavior committed by a supervised individual that is not in compliance with the supervised individual’s general or special conditions of supervised release.
   7. (7) “Intervention” means a response to an infraction that does not require a Parole and Probation Agent or Drinking Driver Monitor to report the infraction to the sentencing court or Maryland Parole Commission.
   8. (8) “Monitor” has the meaning stated in COMAR 12.10.01.01.

   9. (9) “Noncompliant” means a supervised individual who has received:

      1. (a) A sanction for a technical violation; or
      2. (b) An intervention for an infraction.
   10. (10) “Offender Case Management System (OCMS)” means the Department’s records management application and database.
   11. (11) “Parole and Probation Agent (agent)” has the meaning stated in COMAR 12.10.01.01.
   12. (12) “Sanction” means a response to a technical violation that does require a Parole and Probation Agent or Drinking Driver Monitor to report the technical violation to the sentencing court of Maryland Parole Commission.
   13. (13) “Supervised individual” has the meaning stated in Correctional Services Article, §6-117, Annotated Code of Maryland.

   14. (14) “Supervised release” includes the following or a combination of the following:

       1. (a) Parole;
       2. (b) Mandatory supervision release; and
       3. (c) Probation.
   15. (15) “Technical violation” has the meaning stated in Correctional Services Article, §6-101, Annotated Code of Maryland.

Authority: Correctional Services Article, §§2-109, 6-101, and 6-117, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: May 7, 2018 (45:9 Md. R. 462)