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Home » US Law » 2022 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; […]

Section 19-4B-03 – Powers and Duties; Criminal Records Check

    (a)    (1)    A nursing referral service agency may receive a fee or other compensation for providing its services.         (2)    A contractual arrangement may provide that a nursing referral service agency is not responsible for paying any part of the compensation to the licensed health care professionals or care providers that the nursing referral service agency screens or refers […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]