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MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-407 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 4 - Home Health Agencies|Section 19-407 - Inspections; Issuance and Revocation of Licenses

    The Department shall:        (1)    Inspect the operations of each home health agency at least every 3 years to determine whether it is meeting the requirements of this subtitle and the rules and regulations adopted under it; and        (2)    Issue, deny, suspend, or revoke a home health agency license in accordance with the rules and regulations adopted under this subtitle.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-408 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 4 - Home Health Agencies|Section 19-408 - Prohibited Acts

    (a)    A person may not operate, attempt to operate, or hold one’s self out as operating a home health agency unless licensed under this subtitle.    (b)    A home health agency may not withhold any home health care services from an individual because of the individual’s age, sex, color, creed, national origin, source of payment, or ability to pay.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-409 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 4 - Home Health Agencies|Section 19-409 - Operating Without License

    A person who operates a home health agency without a license is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000 for the first offense and not exceeding $10,000 for each subsequent offense.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-410 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 4 - Home Health Agencies|Section 19-410 - Physical Rehabilitation Services

    A home health agency may not hold itself out as providing a complete array of physical rehabilitation services unless the home health agency:         (1)    Provides a program of coordinated interdisciplinary rehabilitative care, including at a minimum, physical and occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, audiology therapy, psychotherapy, and social work services;        (2)    Holds interdisciplinary meetings with the involvement of a physician to plan and monitor patient care; and        (3)    Meets any other standard that the Secretary may adopt by regulation.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-4A-02 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 4A - Residential Service Agencies|Section 19-4A-02 - Scope of Subtitle

    This subtitle does not:         (1)    Limit the right of any person who holds a license under this article to act as authorized by that license; or        (2)    Prohibit the care of an individual who relies on treatment in accordance with the tenets and practices of a recognized church or religious denomination and, with or without compensation, is provided care in accordance with those tenets and practices.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-4A-03 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 4A - Residential Service Agencies|Section 19-4A-03 - Regulations

    (a)    The Department shall adopt regulations that set standards for the care, treatment, health, safety, welfare, and comfort of individuals who receive home health care services through a residential service agency.    (b)    The regulations shall provide for the licensing of residential service agencies.    (c)    The regulations shall include provisions that:        (1)    Provide for the establishment of residential service agencies;        (2)    Establish qualifications for licensure;        (3)    Set minimum standards for individuals who provide home health care services through a residential service agency; and        (4)    Require the residential service agency to screen and verify the character references of all home health care providers that are employed by the residential service agency.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-4A-04 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 4A - Residential Service Agencies|Section 19-4A-04 - License Required for Operation of Residential Service Agency

    Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, a person shall be licensed by the Department before the person may operate a residential service agency.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-4A-05 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 4A - Residential Service Agencies|Section 19-4A-05 - Requirements for License

    To qualify for a license, an applicant:         (1)    Shall show that the residential service agency will provide appropriate home health care providers to sick or disabled individuals who may be provided care in the individual’s residence, instead of in a hospital;        (2)    Shall meet any additional requirements that the Department adopts; and        (3)    May not be required to meet the requirements of Subtitle 1 of this title for certificate of need.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-4A-06 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 4A - Residential Service Agencies|Section 19-4A-06 - Powers and Duties of Department

    The Department shall:         (1)    Inspect the operations of each residential service agency to determine whether the agency is meeting the requirements of this subtitle and the regulations adopted under this subtitle; and        (2)    Issue, deny, suspend, or revoke a residential service agency license in accordance with the regulations adopted under this subtitle.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-4A-07 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 4A - Residential Service Agencies|Section 19-4A-07 - Unlicensed Activity Prohibited

    A person may not operate, attempt to operate, or hold one’s self out as operating a residential service agency, unless the person is licensed under this subtitle.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-4A-08 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 4A - Residential Service Agencies|Section 19-4A-08 - Penalty for Unlicensed Operation

    A person who operates a residential service agency without a license is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000 for the first offense and not exceeding $10,000 for each subsequent offense.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-4A-09 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 4A - Residential Service Agencies|Section 19-4A-09 - Penalty for Violation of Regulations Adopted Under This Subtitle

    A person who operates a residential service agency in violation of the regulations adopted under this subtitle is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000. Each day a violation is continued after the first conviction is a separate offense.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-4A-10 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 4A - Residential Service Agencies|Section 19-4A-10 - Reimbursement by Third Party Payor -- Entitlement Not Created

    Except as provided by federal law, licensure under this subtitle does not entitle a residential service agency to reimbursement by a third party payor.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-4B-01 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 4B - Nursing Referral Service Agencies|Section 19-4B-01 - Definitions

    (a)    In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.    (b)    “Background check” has the meaning stated in § 19-1901 of this title.    (c)    “Care provider” means an individual who provides health care services and assistance to a client in the activities of daily living, including:        (1)    Bathing, toileting, and personal hygiene;        (2)    Dressing;        (3)    Meal preparation and eating;        (4)    Companionship; and        (5)    Assistance in physical transfer and ambulation.    (d)    “Central Repository” means the Criminal Justice Information System Central Repository of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services.    (e)    “Home health aid services” means personal and health care services delivered to a client by a care provider.    (f)    “License” means a nursing referral service agency license.    (g)    “Licensed health professional” means an individual who is licensed or certified under the Health Occupations Article to provide health care services.    (h)    “Nursing referral service agency” means one or more individuals engaged in the business of screening and referring, directly or in accordance with contractual arrangements that may include independent contractors, licensed health professionals or care providers to clients for the provision of nursing services, home health aid services, or other home health care services at the request of the client.    (i)    “Private agency” has the meaning stated in § 19-1901 of this title.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-4B-02 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 4B - Nursing Referral Service Agencies|Section 19-4B-02 - Scope of Subtitle

    This subtitle does not limit the right of any person who holds a license under this article to act as authorized by that license.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-4B-04 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 4B - Nursing Referral Service Agencies|Section 19-4B-04 - Regulations

    (a)    (1)    The Department shall adopt regulations to implement the requirements of this subtitle.        (2)    The regulations may not preclude a nursing referral service agency from operating with independent contractors.    (b)    The Department shall issue a license to a nursing referral service agency after the nursing referral service agency completes an application for licensure.    (c)    The Department may suspend or revoke a license issued under this section if the nursing referral service agency is operating in violation of the requirements of this subtitle.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-4B-05 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 4B - Nursing Referral Service Agencies|Section 19-4B-05 - License Required

    (a)    An individual may not operate or engage in, or attempt to operate or engage in, or hold one’s self out as operating or engaging in the business of a nursing referral service agency unless the individual is licensed under this subtitle.    (b)    (1)    An individual who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000 for the first offense and not exceeding $10,000 for any subsequent offense.        (2)    Each day a violation is continued after the first conviction is a separate offense.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-4B-06 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 4B - Nursing Referral Service Agencies|Section 19-4B-06 - Grant of License Not Constituting Finding of Fact

    For the purposes of any other provision of law, the granting of a license under this subtitle does not constitute a finding of any fact on which the granting of the license was based and may not give rise to any presumption regarding the existence of any fact on which the granting of the license was based.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-501 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 5 - Chronic Disease Centers|Section 19-501 - Definitions

    (a)    In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.    (b)    “Board” means a citizens’ advisory board for a center.    (c)    “Center” means a chronic disease center.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-502 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 5 - Chronic Disease Centers|Section 19-502 - Purpose and Location

    (a)    There are chronic disease centers in the State for individuals who:        (1)    Need constant medical and nursing care by reason of chronic illness or infirmity; or        (2)    Have a chronic disability amenable to rehabilitation.    (b)    One center shall be located in each of the following places:        (1)    The Eastern Shore.        (2)    The western part of this State.    (c)    The Secretary also shall operate any other centers established by law and placed under the jurisdiction of the Secretary for the care of individuals who have chronic diseases.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-503 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 5 - Chronic Disease Centers|Section 19-503 - Rules and Regulations

    The Secretary shall adopt rules and regulations that set:         (1)    The services to be provided by centers; and        (2)    The qualifications and standards for admission to and discharge from the centers.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-504 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 5 - Chronic Disease Centers|Section 19-504 - Programs

    Each center may:         (1)    Establish any outpatient clinic for preadmission evaluation, aftercare, or other home health care service;        (2)    Further medical knowledge by having a facility to explore new ways of treating problems peculiar to chronically ill and disabled individuals;        (3)    Conduct any educational and training program to improve the knowledge and skills of physicians and ancillary professional, scientific, and other staff of the center and other treatment facilities and, thus, to improve a high standard of patient care; and        (4)    Add a unit to treat chronic diseases of children.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-505 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 5 - Chronic Disease Centers|Section 19-505 - Admissions

    (a)    Admission of an individual to a center shall be based on:        (1)    The statement of a physician who, after an examination of the individual, finds that the individual needs care at a center; and        (2)    The review and approval of an application for admission of the individual by the center.    (b)    If an individual cannot be placed in a special facility in this State that can treat the condition of the individual, the individual may be admitted to a center.    (c)    A center may not admit an individual who has:        (1)    A mental disorder of the type that requires care in a mental health facility; or        (2)    An orthopedic disease for which medical treatment is available in a special orthopedic hospital.    (d)    (1)    The centers shall be operated primarily for residents of this State.        (2)    A center may admit an individual who is not a resident of this State if:            (i)    The individual is admitted and discharged in accordance with a specific regional health program or specific demonstration or study project approved by the Department; and            (ii)    This State is reimbursed for the full cost of services to the individual.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-506 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 5 - Chronic Disease Centers|Section 19-506 - Discharges

    (a)    If the medical staff of a center determines that an individual cannot receive any further benefit at the center, the individual shall be discharged on the written order of a medical staff member.    (b)    If, after a competent authority directs a discharged individual to leave the center, the individual fails to do so, the administrative head of the center may take any legal step needed to remove the individual from the center, under an adequate plan for treatment and care.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-507 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 5 - Chronic Disease Centers|Section 19-507 - Transfers

    (a)    If this State is paying any of the costs of an individual at a center, the individual may be transferred to another facility that is approved under a federal program.    (b)    If the individual refuses to apply for assistance from any applicable State, federal, or local program, the administrative head of the center or the designee of the administrative head may apply for the assistance and transfer the individual to another facility.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-508 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 5 - Chronic Disease Centers|Section 19-508 - Citizens' Advisory Boards Established

    There is a citizens’ advisory board for each center.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-509 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 5 - Chronic Disease Centers|Section 19-509 - Boards -- Membership

    (a)    (1)    Each board consists of 7 members appointed by the Governor.        (2)    The Governor shall appoint the members from a list of qualified individuals submitted to the Governor by the Secretary.    (b)    Each member of the board for a center:        (1)    Shall be a citizen of this State;        (2)    Shall be a resident of a county that the center serves;        (3)    Shall be representative of the community; and        (4)    Shall be known for an interest in civic and public affairs and for concern about the care of chronically ill individuals.    (c)    (1)    The term of a member is 4 years.        (2)    The terms of members are staggered as required by the terms provided for members of each board on July 1, 1982. The terms of those members end as follows:            (i)    1 in 1983.            (ii)    4 in 1984.            (iii)    1 in 1985.            (iv)    1 in 1986.        (3)    At the end of a term, a member continues to serve until a successor is appointed and qualifies.        (4)    A member who is appointed after a term has begun serves only for the rest of the term and until a successor is appointed and qualifies.        (5)    A member who serves 2 consecutive full 4-year terms may not be reappointed for 4 years after completion of those terms.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-510 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 5 - Chronic Disease Centers|Section 19-510 - Boards -- Officers

    (a)    From among its members, each board shall elect a chairman and other officers that the board considers necessary.    (b)    The manner of election of officers and their terms of office shall be as the board determines.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-511 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 5 - Chronic Disease Centers|Section 19-511 - Boards -- Meetings; Compensation

    (a)    Each board shall meet at least 4 times a year, at the times and places that the board determines.    (b)    A member of a board may not receive compensation.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-512 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 5 - Chronic Disease Centers|Section 19-512 - Boards -- Powers and Duties

    (a)    Each board may adopt rules and regulations for the conduct of its meetings.    (b)    (1)    Each board serves in an advisory capacity.        (2)    Each board shall:            (i)    Submit to the Secretary an annual report on:                1.    The needs of chronically ill individuals; and                2.    The extent to which its center meets these needs;            (ii)    Advise the administrative head of the center on its facilities, goals, programs, and policies;            (iii)    Help in evaluating the degree to which these goals are achieved;            (iv)    Review and make recommendations about the annual budget of the center;            (v)    Assume leadership in developing community understanding of the needs of chronically ill individuals; and            (vi)    Carry out any other responsibility that the administrative head of the center requests.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-513 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 5 - Chronic Disease Centers|Section 19-513 - Prohibited Acts

    (a)    Except with the approval of the administrative head of a center, a person other than an employee of the center may not bring any alcoholic beverage into any area of the center that is used by individuals under treatment in the center.    (b)    An employee of the center may not:        (1)    Drink any alcoholic beverage while on duty; or        (2)    Give any alcoholic beverage to an individual who is under treatment in the center.    (c)    A person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a penalty not exceeding $100 or imprisonment not exceeding 60 days or both.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-702 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 7 - Health Maintenance Organizations|Section 19-702 - Declaration of Intent and Policy

    (a)    In adopting this subtitle, the General Assembly intends to:        (1)    Provide alternative methods for the delivery of health care services to residents of this State, with a view toward achieving greater efficiency and economy in providing these services;        (2)    Encourage the formation of health maintenance organizations that provide health care services to subscribers or groups of subscribers who contract for these services under a system of prepayments; and        (3)    Encourage the formation of health maintenance organizations by such diverse groups as:            (i)    Nonprofit health service plans;            (ii)    Medical health service plans;            (iii)    Medical care foundations;            (iv)    Groups of professionals, either in the form of partnerships or professional corporations;            (v)    Consumer sponsored organizations; or            (vi)    Business or legal entities.    (b)    To carry out the intent of subsection (a) of this section, the policy of this State is to:        (1)    Provide one overall State law that:            (i)    Regulates health maintenance organizations;            (ii)    Allows flexibility for the many forms these health maintenance organizations may take; and            (iii)    Facilitates public understanding and uniform administration of the rules and regulations that are adopted under this subtitle;        (2)    Eliminate legal barriers to the organization, promotion, and expansion of health maintenance organizations;        (3)    Provide for regulation of:            (i)    The quality of health care, by the Department and by professional standards review organizations where appropriate; and            (ii)    All other matters covered under this subtitle, by the Commissioner; and        (4)    Exempt health maintenance organizations from the insurance laws of this State, except as set forth in this subtitle.