Sec. 10.09.19.02. Definitions

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

B. Terms Defined.

(1) "Ambulance" means a specially designed vehicle used for transporting the sick or injured, which has necessary patient care equipment including a stretcher, clean linens, first aid supplies, oxygen equipment, and, in addition, other safety and lifesaving equipment which may be required by State or local laws to classify the vehicle as an ambulance.

(2) "Attendant" means an individual needed to accompany a recipient who is unable to travel alone.

(3) "Department" has the meaning stated in COMAR 10.09.36.01.

(4) "Emergency" means a situation requiring prompt diagnosis and treatment of conditions having the potential of causing imminent disability or death.

(5) "Emergency services" means services provided in hospital emergency facilities after the onset of a medical condition manifesting itself by symptoms of sufficient severity that the absence of immediate medical attention could reasonably be expected by a prudent layperson, possessing an average knowledge of health and medicine, to result in:

(a) Placing health in jeopardy;

(b) Serious impairment to bodily functions;

(c) Serious dysfunction of any bodily organ or part; or

(d) Development or continuance of severe pain.

(6) "Grantee" means a recipient of grant funds from the Department pursuant to this chapter.

(7) "Medical Assistance Program" means a program of comprehensive medical and other health-related care for indigent and medically indigent individuals.

(8) "Medicare" has the meaning stated in COMAR 10.09.36.01.

(9) "Necessary" has the meaning stated in COMAR 10.09.36.01.

(10) "Nonambulatory" means a condition which renders a recipient physically unable to use a bus, taxicab, or private automobile in going to or from a hospital to receive needed medical treatment.

(11) "Program" has the meaning stated in COMAR 10.09.36.01.

(12) "Recipient" means an individual who is certified as eligible for, and is receiving, Medical Assistance benefits.

(13) "Wheelchair van" means a van equipped with either a lift tailgate or side lift which is used for loading patients who are nonambulatory but who do not require the use of equipment found in an ambulance.