966                                           LAWS OF MARYLAND                                    Ch. 21

§ 560", since the former categories do not
conform either to the statutory classifications
under § 19-307 of this subtitle or the categories
set by rule and regulation. While the former
term "intermediate care facilit{y}" included
intermediate care facilities -- mental
retardation, which are not covered by either the
classification of comprehensive care facility or
extended care facility, detailed rights for
residents are set out in §§ 7-601 and 7-602 of
this article and, therefore, the rights in former
Article 43, § 565C would not seem to be
applicable. Throughout this section, the new
defined term "facility" is substituted for the
obsolete references to "skilled nursing
facilities" and "intermediate care facilities".

Subsections (b) and (c) of this section are new
language derived without substantive change from
former Article 43, § 565C(c), (e), (a)(1), (2),
(7), the first sentence of (6), and the first
sentence of (12), and the first sentence and the
first and third clauses of the second sentence of
(a).

Subsection (b) of this section contains a
revision of those provisions of former Article
43, § 565C(a) that set forth "rights", while the
provisions of that former subsection that
detailed substantive requirements to carry out
those rights are revised in § 19-344 of this
subtitle. This revision is patterned after §§
7-601 and 7-602 of this article, which set forth
the similar rights for residents of mental
retardation facilities and procedures for
carrying out those rights. Thus, the notice
required under subsection (c) of this section
would contain the basic rights and not the
detailed provisions for carrying out those
rights.

In subsection (c)(2)(i) of this section, the
former reference to "patients and residents
currently residing in the facility" is deleted as
obsolete.

The second and third sentences of former Article
43, § 565C(a)(12), which related to the
management of the financial affairs of a resident
by a facility, are deleted as unnecessary in
light of the more specific provisions of § 19-346
of this subtitle.

Defined terms: "Person" §§ 1-101 & 19-30.1
"Physician" § 1-101