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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 292

(2) [[ORGANIZED]] HOME HEALTH CARE SERVICES
AS USED IN THIS SUBTITLE REFERS TO [[A PUBLICLY OR
PRIVATELY OWNED AND OPERATED ORGANIZATION PRIMARILY
ENGAGED IN PROVIDING TO PERSONS IN THEIR PLACE OF
RESIDENCE ON A PART-TIME OR INTERMITTENT BASIS, DIRECTLY
OR THROUGH CONTRACT ARRANGEMENTS, PROFESSIONAL NURSING
SERVICES, HOME HEALTH AIDE SERVICES, AND OTHER
THERAPEUTIC AND RELATED SERVICES INCLUDING BUT NOT
NECESSARILY LIMITED TO PHYSICAL, SPEECH, AND OCCUPATIONAL
THERAPY, AND NUTRITIONAL AND MEDICAL SOCIAL SERVICES
WHICH MAY BE OF PREVENTIVE, THERAPEUTIC, OR
REHABILITATIVE HEALTH GUIDANCE OF SUPPORTIVE NATURE.]]

SERVICES PROVIDED BY A HEALTH RELATED INSTITUTION (OR

PART THEREOF), OWNED OR OPERATED BY ONE OR MORE PERSONS
OR LEGAL ENTITIES, WHETHER FOR PROFIT OR NON-PROFIT, AS A
PUBLIC OR PRIVATE ENTERPRISE, WHICH OPERATES OR IS
LICENSED AS A HOME HEALTH AGENCY. HOME HEALTH AGENCIES
SHALL INCLUDE ONLY THOSE WHICH PROVIDE APPROPRIATE HOME

HEALTH SERVICES, UNDER THE DIRECTION AND GUIDANCE OF A

LICENSED PHYSICIAN, TO PATIENTS WHO ARE DEEMED TO REQUIRE
INITIAL OR CONTINUED HOSPITALIZATION, OR WHO, IN LIEU OF
HOSPITALIZATION, MAY BE CARED FOR AT HOME AT A PRESCRIBED
LEVEL OF CARE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1976.

Approved May 4, 1976.

CHAPTER 293
(Senate Bill 443)

AN ACT concerning

Shoplifting - Penalty Altered

FOR the purpose of changing the penalty for shoplifting;
generally relating to the crime of shoplifting; and
clarifying language.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 27 — Crimes and Punishments

Section 55lA(d)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1971 Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 551A(d) of Article 27 - Crimes and
Punishments, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1971
Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement) be and it is