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MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-310.3 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 3 - Hospitals and Related Institutions|Part I - Definitions; General Provisions|Section 19-310.3 - Development of Protocol for Discharge of Patient With Substance Use Disorder

    (a)    On or before January 1, 2018, each hospital shall have a protocol for discharging a patient who was treated by the hospital for a drug overdose or was identified as having a substance use disorder.    (b)    The protocol may include:        (1)    Coordination with peer recovery counselors who can conduct a screening, a brief intervention, and referral to treatment and connection of the patient with community services; and        (2)    Prescribing naloxone for the patient.    (c)    (1)    Beginning in 2018, a hospital shall submit to the Maryland Hospital Association the hospital’s protocol for discharging a patient who was treated by the hospital for a drug overdose or was identified as having a substance use disorder.        (2)    On or before December 1, 2018, the Maryland Hospital Association shall submit a report to the Department and, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, to the Senate Finance Committee, the House Health and Government Operations Committee, and the Joint Committee on Behavioral Health and Substance Use Disorders on each hospital’s discharge protocol as submitted to the Maryland Hospital Association under paragraph (1) of this subsection.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-311 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 3 - Hospitals and Related Institutions|Part II - Approval for Construction, Conversion, or Other Change|Section 19-311 - Approval Required

    A person shall have the approval of the Secretary before the person may:         (1)    Build a hospital or related institution; or        (2)    Make any conversion, alteration, or addition to the plant or building that will affect the functional structure or normal bed capacity of a hospital or related institution.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-312 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 3 - Hospitals and Related Institutions|Part II - Approval for Construction, Conversion, or Other Change|Section 19-312 - Qualifications for Approval

    To qualify for approval under Part II of this subtitle, the applicant shall satisfy the Secretary that the hospital or related institution will meet the requirements that the Secretary adopts under this subtitle.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-313 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 3 - Hospitals and Related Institutions|Part II - Approval for Construction, Conversion, or Other Change|Section 19-313 - Applications for Approval

    An applicant for approval under Part II of this subtitle shall submit to the Secretary:         (1)    A written application on the form that the Secretary requires; and        (2)    The documents, drawings, and other information that the Secretary requires.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-314 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 3 - Hospitals and Related Institutions|Part II - Approval for Construction, Conversion, or Other Change|Section 19-314 - Action on Application

    (a)    (1)    The Secretary promptly shall:            (i)    Review each application and the information submitted under Part II of this subtitle; and            (ii)    Investigate the proposed new hospital or related institution or proposed conversion, alteration, or addition.        (2)    Within 30 days after the application is submitted, the Secretary shall give the applicant:            (i)    Notice of approval or disapproval; and            (ii)    In case of disapproval, each reason for the disapproval.    (b)    The Secretary shall grant approval under Part II of this subtitle if the hospital or related institution will meet the requirements of this subtitle.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-315 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 3 - Hospitals and Related Institutions|Part II - Approval for Construction, Conversion, or Other Change|Section 19-315 - Assistance for Construction, Financing, and Refinancing

    The Maryland Health and Higher Educational Facilities Authority Act provides means to enlarge and establish hospitals and related health care facilities.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-318 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 3 - Hospitals and Related Institutions|Part III - Licensing|Section 19-318 - License Required; Special Rehabilitation Hospitals

    (a)    A person shall be licensed by the Secretary before the person may operate a hospital or related institution in this State.    (b)    A hospital shall be classified as a special rehabilitation hospital before the hospital may provide or hold itself out as providing comprehensive physical rehabilitation services, as defined in § 19-1201 of this title.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-319.1 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 3 - Hospitals and Related Institutions|Part III - Licensing|Section 19-319.1 - In-Service Education Program

    As a prerequisite to the licensing of related institutions and each year after the license is issued, the Department shall require each related institution that provides long–term care and programs for patients with Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders to have an in–service education program that includes instruction on dementia and the techniques necessary to manage dementia patients with regard to their physical, intellectual, and behavioral manifestations.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-319.2 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 3 - Hospitals and Related Institutions|Part III - Licensing|Section 19-319.2 - Policies and Procedures Regarding Patients' Rights

    (a)    In this section, “facility” means a special psychiatric hospital or an acute general care hospital with separately identified inpatient psychiatric service.    (b)    (1)    As a condition of licensure, each facility shall adopt written policies and procedures to implement the requirements of §§ 10-701 through 10-709 of this article. The policies and procedures:            (i)    May expand the rights provided in §§ 10-701 through 10-709 of this article;            (ii)    Shall provide for a mechanism for patients and others to report suspected violations of §§ 10-701 through 10-709 of this article to a designated official of the hospital;            (iii)    Shall provide a system for investigating suspected violations; and            (iv)    Shall ensure that there is a timely appropriate response to any suspected violation.        (2)    The Secretary may inspect any document necessary to ensure compliance with this subsection and §§ 10-701 through 10-709 of this article.        (3)    If a hospital that is a facility fails to adopt and implement the policies and procedures required by this subsection or maintains a continuing pattern of conditions or practices in knowing violation of §§ 10-701 through 10-709 of this article, the Secretary may impose the following penalties, but only after the Secretary has satisfied the conditions in § 19-360 of this subtitle:            (i)    Delicensure of the specialty psychiatric hospital;            (ii)    Delicensure of the separately identified psychiatric service of the acute general care hospital; or            (iii)    A fine not to exceed $500 per day for each day the violation continues.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-320 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 3 - Hospitals and Related Institutions|Part III - Licensing|Section 19-320 - Applications for Licenses

    (a)    An applicant for a license shall submit an application to the Secretary.    (b)    The application:        (1)    Shall be on the form that the Secretary requires;        (2)    Shall be signed and verified as follows:            (i)    If the application is made for an individual, by the individual; or            (ii)    If the application is made for a corporation, association, or government agency, by 2 officers of the organization; and        (3)    Shall include:            (i)    The name of the applicant;            (ii)    A statement that the applicant meets the requirements of this subtitle;            (iii)    The class of the proposed hospital or related institution;            (iv)    The location of the proposed hospital or related institution;            (v)    The name of the individual who is to be the administrative head of the proposed hospital or related institution; and            (vi)    Any other information that the Secretary requires.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-321 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 3 - Hospitals and Related Institutions|Part III - Licensing|Section 19-321 - Issuance and Contents of License

    (a)    The Secretary shall issue a license to any applicant if the applicant and the hospital or related institution to be operated meet the requirements of this subtitle.    (b)    The Secretary shall include on each license that the Secretary issues:        (1)    The name of the hospital or related institution; and        (2)    The classification of the hospital or related institution.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-322 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 3 - Hospitals and Related Institutions|Part III - Licensing|Section 19-322 - Scope of License

    While it is effective, a license authorizes the licensee to operate the hospital or related institution named in the license under the classification set forth in the license.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-324 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 3 - Hospitals and Related Institutions|Part III - Licensing|Section 19-324 - License Not Transferable

    A license issued under this subtitle is not transferable.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-325 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 3 - Hospitals and Related Institutions|Part III - Licensing|Section 19-325 - Delicensure -- in General

    (a)    If voluntary efforts to reduce excess capacity prove insufficient, as a last resort the Maryland Health Care Commission and the Health Services Cost Review Commission may petition the Secretary to delicense any hospital or part of a hospital or hospital service based on a finding after a public hearing that the delicensure is consistent with the State health plan or institution–specific plan. The petition shall specify in detail all efforts made by the petitioner to encourage the hospital:        (1)    To reduce its underutilized capacity;        (2)    To merge or consolidate;        (3)    To become more efficient and effective; and        (4)    To convert from acute capacity to alternative uses, where appropriate.    (b)    On petition by the Maryland Health Care Commission and the Health Services Cost Review Commission, the Secretary may order that a hospital or part of a hospital or hospital service be delicensed if:        (1)    The Secretary determines that delicensure is the last resort and a hospital or hospital services are excessive or inefficient, which determination is based on and is not inconsistent with the State health plan or institution–specific plan;        (2)    An opportunity for notice and hearing in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act has been given to the affected hospital, and in the affected political subdivision notice shall be given to the elected public officials and for at least 2 consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation; and        (3)    The hospital is not the sole provider of hospital services in a county for which the Commission and Health Services Cost Review Commission have petitioned for all of the beds of the hospital to be delicensed.    (c)    The Maryland Health Care Commission and the Health Services Cost Review Commission are necessary parties to any proceeding in accordance with this section.    (d)    Any person who is aggrieved by a final decision of the Secretary under this section may take a direct judicial appeal.    (e)    The appeal shall be made as provided for judicial review of final decisions in the Administrative Procedure Act.    (f)    The Secretary may participate in any appeal of a decision made in accordance with this section.    (g)    In the event of an adverse decision that affects its final decision, the Secretary may apply within 30 days by writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals for review where:        (1)    Review is necessary to secure uniformity of decision, as where the same statute has been construed differently by 2 or more judges; or        (2)    There are other special circumstances that render it desirable and in the public interest that the decision be reviewed.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-326 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 3 - Hospitals and Related Institutions|Part III - Licensing|Section 19-326 - Delicensure -- Alternative Building or Site Uses

    If a hospital voluntarily closes, merges, or is delicensed under § 19–325 of this subtitle, the Department of Commerce, in cooperation with the Maryland Health Care Commission, shall assist the hospital and local community in identifying alternative uses for the hospital buildings or sites.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-326.1 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 3 - Hospitals and Related Institutions|Part III - Licensing|Section 19-326.1 - Delicensure -- Fees for Training Displaced Workers

    If a hospital voluntarily closes, merges, or is delicensed under § 19–325 of this subtitle and workers are displaced:        (1)    Each hospital shall pay a fee directly to the Maryland Department of Labor. The fee shall not exceed 0.01 percent of the gross operating revenue for the fiscal year immediately preceding the closure or delicensing of the hospital. A fee shall only be assessed once for each voluntary closure, merger, or delicensure.        (2)    The Secretary of Labor shall pay the fees received under this section into the Hospital Employees Training Fund established under § 11–201 of the Labor and Employment Article.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-327 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 3 - Hospitals and Related Institutions|Part IV - Denials; Admissions Restrictions; Revocations|Section 19-327 - Denials and Revocations by Secretary

    (a)    (1)    The Secretary shall deny a license to any applicant or revoke a license if the applicant or licensee has been convicted of a felony that relates to Medicaid or to a nursing home.        (2)    The Secretary may deny a license to an applicant or revoke a license if the applicant or licensee does not meet the requirements of this subtitle or any rule or regulation that the Secretary adopts under this subtitle.    (b)    The Secretary may deny a license to an applicant or revoke a license if the applicant or licensee violates Title 6.5 of the State Government Article.    (c)    (1)    Before any action is taken under this section, the Secretary shall give the applicant or licensee an opportunity for a hearing.        (2)    The hearing notice to be given to the applicant or licensee shall be sent at least 10 days before the hearing.        (3)    The applicant or licensee is entitled to be represented by counsel at the hearing.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-328 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 3 - Hospitals and Related Institutions|Part IV - Denials; Admissions Restrictions; Revocations|Section 19-328 - Admissions Restrictions by Secretary

    (a)    (1)    If the Secretary determines that a life-threatening, health or fire safety deficiency exists in a related institution, the Secretary immediately may restrict new admissions to the related institution for not more than a 30-day period.        (2)    Within 7 days after a request by an aggrieved party, a hearing shall be held to determine the appropriateness of the admissions restriction.        (3)    Within 21 days after admissions are restricted, the related institution shall take steps to correct the deficiency.    (b)    (1)    Unless the Secretary lifts the admissions restriction, within 30 days after admissions are restricted, a hearing shall be held to determine whether the related institution has taken enough steps to correct the deficiency.        (2)    If the Secretary finds that the deficiency still exists, the Secretary may:            (i)    Continue to restrict admissions for not more than 3 consecutive 30-day periods; or            (ii)    Revoke the license of the related institution and move its residents to an appropriate, licensed facility.        (3)    An aggrieved party is entitled to a hearing on each continuation of the admissions restriction. Within 7 days after a request by an aggrieved party, a hearing shall be held to determine the appropriateness of the admissions restriction.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-329 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 3 - Hospitals and Related Institutions|Part IV - Denials; Admissions Restrictions; Revocations|Section 19-329 - Revocations and Admissions Restrictions by Montgomery County or Prince George's County

    (a)    (1)    If, under a Montgomery or Prince George’s county ordinance for licensing related institutions, the county licensing authority proposes to suspend or revoke the county license of a related institution, that authority shall give the Secretary notice of the proposed suspension or revocation and the reasons for it before the authority notifies the related institution.        (2)    If, within 14 days after the Secretary receives the notice, the Secretary disapproves the proposed suspension or revocation, the county licensing authority may not proceed with the action. Otherwise the county licensing authority may proceed with the action.        (3)    If the Secretary disapproves the proposed suspension or revocation, the Secretary shall state, in writing, the reasons for the disapproval.    (b)    (1)    If the Montgomery or Prince George’s county licensing authority proposes to restrict new admissions to a related institution, that authority shall give the Secretary as much prior notice of the proposed restriction as possible, so that State and county action may be coordinated.        (2)    The Secretary may become a party to any county administrative or judicial proceeding on the restriction.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-330 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 3 - Hospitals and Related Institutions|Part IV - Denials; Admissions Restrictions; Revocations|Section 19-330 - Review

    (a)    Except as provided in this section for an action under § 19–329(a) of this subtitle, any person aggrieved by a final decision of the Secretary in a contested case, as defined in the Administrative Procedure Act, may petition for judicial review as allowed by the Administrative Procedure Act.    (b)    A person aggrieved by a final decision of the Secretary under § 19–329(a) of this subtitle may not appeal.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-333 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 3 - Hospitals and Related Institutions|Part V - Receivership of Nursing Homes and Community Programs|Section 19-333 - Definitions

    (a)    In Part V of this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.    (b)    “Affiliate” means:        (1)    Each partner of a partnership;        (2)    Each officer, director, and stockholder who has direct or indirect ownership or control of 10 percent or more of the stock of a corporation; or        (3)    Each individual who has direct or indirect ownership of 10 percent or more of a nursing home or community program.    (c)    “Community program” means:        (1)    A program which provides residential services and is an alcohol abuse and drug abuse treatment program as defined in § 8-403(a) of this article;        (2)    A program which provides residential services for individuals with a developmental disability as defined in § 7-101(d) and (h) of this article;        (3)    A private group home required to be licensed by the Secretary under § 10-517 of this article;        (4)    A private therapeutic group home for children and adolescents as defined under § 10-920 of this article;        (5)    A private residential treatment center for children and adolescents licensed under § 19-307 of this subtitle;        (6)    A private facility operating living units that house less than 4 persons per unit under § 10-902 of this article;        (7)    A program which provides day habilitation, vocational, or community supported living arrangements services required to be licensed under § 7-903 of this article; or        (8)    A private program that provides outpatient services as set forth in § 10-902 of this article.    (d)    “Individual” means a person who is a resident of a nursing home or a community residential program or a person enrolled in a day habilitation or vocational program.    (e)    “Nursing home” means a related institution that is classified as a nursing home.
MD. Health - General Code Ann. §  19-334 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Health - General|Title 19 - Health Care Facilities|Subtitle 3 - Hospitals and Related Institutions|Part V - Receivership of Nursing Homes and Community Programs|Section 19-334 - Petitions for Receivership

    (a)    In addition to any other power set forth in this article or the Health Occupations Article, the Secretary may file a petition for appointment of a receiver for a nursing home or community program defined in this subtitle if, after investigation of the Secretary or after investigation at the request of the Secretary of Aging, the Secretary reasonably believes that:        (1)    A person is operating the nursing home or community program without a license for it;        (2)    The nursing home or community program will be closed within 30 days and arrangements to relocate its residents have not been approved by the Secretary;        (3)    The nursing home or community program or its residents have been abandoned; or        (4)    A situation, physical condition, practice, or method of operation presents an imminent danger of death or serious mental or physical harm to the individuals.    (b)    A petition under this section shall be filed with the circuit court for the county where the nursing home or community program is located.