Section 20-701 – Certain Counties
(a) This section applies only in: (1) Allegany County; (2) Anne Arundel County; (3) Charles County; (4) Harford County; (5) Kent County; (6) Montgomery County; (7) Prince George’s County; (8) Somerset County; (9) Talbot County; and (10) Wicomico County. (b) A physician, pharmacist, dentist, or nurse who treats an individual for an injury that was caused or shows evidence of having been caused by an automobile accident […]
Section 20-1302 – Cultural and Linguistic Health Care Professional Competency Program
(a) There is a Cultural and Linguistic Health Care Professional Competency Program. (b) The purpose of the Program is to: (1) Provide for a voluntary program in which educational classes are offered to health care professionals to teach health care professionals: (i) Methods to improve the health care professionals’ cultural and linguistic competency to communicate with non–English speaking patients […]
Section 20-702 – Moving Vessel
(a) In this section, “moving vessel” means a vessel as defined in § 8-701 of the Natural Resources Article that: (1) Is in the water; and (2) Is not anchored or tied to a fixed object. (b) (1) A physician, pharmacist, dentist, or nurse who treats an individual for an injury that was caused or shows evidence of having been […]
Section 20-1303 – Training Programs
The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland, the State Medical Society, the Maryland Nurses Association, the Maryland State Dental Association, the National Association of Social Workers – Maryland Chapter, the Maryland Clinical Social Work Coalition, the Maryland Psychological Association, the Maryland Pharmacists Association, or any other health professional association or public health entity in the […]
Section 20-703 – Gunshot
(a) A physician, pharmacist, dentist, or nurse who treats an individual for an injury that was caused or shows evidence of having been caused by a gunshot of any type, or the individual in charge of a hospital that treats the injured individual, shall notify the county sheriff, the county police, or the Department of State […]
Section 20-1304 – Recognition of Training
(a) The Maryland Department of Health shall develop a method through which the appropriate professional licensing board recognizes the training received by health care professionals under this subtitle, either through continuing education credits or otherwise. (b) The Program shall provide a certificate of training completion for any individual who completes the training established under § 20–1305 of […]
Section 20-801 – Breast-Feeding of Children
(a) A mother may breast-feed her child in any public or private location in which the mother and child are authorized to be. (b) A person may not restrict or limit the right of a mother to breast-feed her child.
Section 20-901 – Purpose
In adopting this subtitle, the General Assembly intends to encourage courses or seminars that address the identification and elimination of health care services disparities of minority populations as part of: (1) Curriculum courses or seminars offered or required by institutions of higher education; (2) Continuing education requirements for health care providers; and (3) Continuing education programs offered by […]
Section 20-902 – Curriculum Courses or Seminars Addressing Health Care Services Disparities of Minority Populations
(a) An institution of higher education in the State that includes in the curriculum courses necessary for the licensing of health care professionals in the State may include in the curriculum courses or offer special seminars that address the identification and elimination of health care services disparities of minority populations as reported in the findings of: […]
Section 20-903 – Continuing Education Unit to Address Health Care Services Disparities of Minority Populations
A hospital with a continuing education program may offer and require the hospital’s medical staff and health care practitioners to take a continuing medical education or continuing education unit course that addresses health care services disparities of minority populations.