Section 19-308.3 – Applications or Contracts for Admission
(a) In this section “facility” means a related institution that, under the regulations of the Department, is a comprehensive care facility or an extended care facility. (b) Before a facility may use an application or contract for admission the administrator of the facility shall submit the application or contract for admission to the Department. (c) Before a facility […]
Section 19-308.4 – Personal Identification Tags for Employees and Certain Others
(a) Each hospital or nursing facility in the State shall ensure that its employees and any other individuals who provide a health care service within or on the premises of the hospital or nursing facility wear a personal identification tag, except where inappropriate for medical reasons, that indicates in readable text: (1) The first name, nickname, last […]
Section 19-308.5 – Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Program
(a) Each hospital that provides obstetrical services shall establish a universal newborn hearing screening program to ensure that: (1) (i) All newborns born in the hospital are screened for hearing loss before discharge; and (ii) The results are reported as required under § 13–605 of this article; and (2) Before discharge and to the extent practicable, the hospital provides to […]
Section 19-308.6 – Uniform Emergency Security Codes for Hospitals
(a) The Secretary, in consultation with the Association of Maryland Hospitals and Health Systems and the Maryland Association of Hospital Security and Safety Directors, shall develop a uniform set of emergency security codes for hospitals. (b) The Secretary shall adopt regulations to implement the uniform set of emergency security codes. (c) Each hospital in Maryland shall implement the […]
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 19-302 – Scope of Subtitle
(a) This subtitle does not apply to a dispensary or first aid treatment facility that is maintained only to provide services for: (1) Employees of a commercial or industrial plant; (2) Employees or students of an educational institution; or (3) Individuals in a convent, county home, motel, hotel, apartment, or facility, if the individuals are able to live independently. […]
Section 19-303 – Nonprofit Hospitals; Community Benefit
(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) “Commission” means the Health Services Cost Review Commission. (3) (i) “Community benefit” means a planned, organized, and measured activity that is intended to meet identified community health needs within a service area. (ii) “Community benefit” may include: 1. A community health service; 2. Health professional education; 3. Research; 4. A financial contribution; […]
Section 19-304 – Reporting Unexpected Occurrences or Incidents; Analysis
(a) A hospital or related institution shall: (1) Report an unexpected occurrence related to an individual’s medical treatment that results in death or serious disability that is not related to the natural course of the individual’s illness or underlying disease condition; and (2) Submit the report to the Department within 5 days of the hospital’s or related institution’s […]
Section 19-305 – Notification of Change in Condition or Adverse Event by Residential Treatment Centers
(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) “Adverse event” means an unexpected occurrence that: (i) Is related to a resident’s medical or behavioral treatment; and (ii) Is not related to the natural course of the resident’s illness or underlying disease condition. (3) “Change in condition” means a significant change in a resident’s physical, mental, or […]