Sec. 10.21.26.02. Definitions

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A. In this chapter, terms have the meanings stated in COMAR 10.21.17 and this regulation.

B. Term Defined. "Residential crisis services (RCS)" means intensive mental health and support services that are:

(1) Provided to a child or an adult with mental illness who is experiencing or is at risk of a psychiatric crisis that would impair the individual's ability to function in the community; and

(2) Designed to prevent a psychiatric inpatient admission, provide an alternative to psychiatric inpatient admission, shorten the length of inpatient stay, or reduce the pressure on general hospital emergency departments.

                    
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