Section 19-308.7 – Umbilical Cord Blood Donation
(a) Unless it is medically inadvisable, each hospital shall allow a pregnant patient to arrange for the donation of the blood extracted from the umbilical cord of the patient’s newborn child to a certified public cord blood bank. (b) A patient who agrees to donate cord blood to a public cord blood bank may not be charged […]
Section 19-308.8 – Discharge or Transfer of Patients
(a) A hospital may discharge a patient: (1) Entirely; (2) To another level of care, treatment, or services; (3) To different health professionals; or (4) To settings for continued services. (b) A hospital’s process for transfer or discharge shall be based on a patient’s assessed needs. (c) To facilitate discharge or transfer, the hospital shall: (1) Assess a patient’s needs; (2) Plan for discharge […]
Section 19-309 – Complaints
(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this subtitle, each hospital or residential treatment center shall be open to inspections by the Department to investigate and resolve any complaint concerning patient care, safety, medical and nursing supervision, physical environment, sanitation or dietary matters. (b) (1) To resolve expeditiously a complaint that alleges the existence of any nonlife-threatening deficiency, the […]
Section 19-310 – Organ or Tissue Donations
(a) (1) In this subsection, “designated requestor” means a hospital employee who has completed a course offered by an organ, tissue, or eye recovery agency on how to approach potential donor families and request organ or tissue donation. (2) (i) On or before the occurrence of each death in a hospital, the hospital shall contact an appropriate organ, tissue, […]
Section 19-310.1 – Quality Assessment of Nursing Facilities; Medicare Reimbursement
(a) (1) This section applies to a nursing facility, as defined in § 19–301 of this subtitle, that: (i) Has 45 or more beds; and (ii) Operates in the State. (2) This section does not apply to a nursing home bed in a continuing care retirement community that has obtained a certificate of registration to provide continuing care under Title […]
Section 19-310.2 – Protocol for Sexual Assault Medical Forensic Examinations
On or before July 1, 2014, each hospital that provides emergency medical services shall have a protocol to provide timely access to a sexual assault medical forensic examination by a forensic nurse examiner or a physician to a victim of an alleged rape or sexual offense who arrives at the hospital for treatment.
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 […]
Section 19-307.1 – Regulations for Limited Service Hospitals
The Department shall adopt regulations for a limited service hospital that include the following standards: (1) The limited service hospital shall be open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week; (2) There shall be at least one physician credentialed in emergency medicine at the limited service hospital at all times; (3) A sufficient number of registered nurses […]
Section 19-307.2 – Licensed Bed Capacity
(a) For a hospital classified as a general hospital, the Secretary shall annually calculate the hospital’s licensed bed capacity. (b) The annual licensed bed calculation for each hospital shall equal 140 percent of the average daily census for the 12-month period immediately preceding the calculation. (c) If necessary to adequately meet demand for services, a hospital may exceed […]
Section 19-308 – Standards and Inspections
(a) The Secretary shall adopt reasonable rules and regulations that set standards of services for related institutions, accredited hospitals, nonaccredited hospitals, accredited residential treatment centers, and nonaccredited residential treatment centers in the following areas: (1) The care of patients; (2) The medical supervision of patients; (3) The physical environment; (4) Disease control; (5) Sanitation; (6) Safety; and (7) Dietary matters. (b) (1) To assure compliance […]