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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) On or before January 1, 2006, the Department shall adopt regulations for licensing a freestanding medical facility that uses in its title or advertising the word “emergency” or other language indicating to the public that medical treatment for immediately life-threatening medical conditions is available at that freestanding medical facility.
(b) The regulations shall require the freestanding medical facility to:
(1) Be open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week;
(2) Have available at all times:
(i) At least 1 physician who is credentialed in emergency medicine by the hospital of which the freestanding medical facility is an administrative part;
(ii) A sufficient number of registered nurses and other health care professionals to provide advanced life support;
(iii) Basic diagnostic and laboratory facilities and technicians;
(iv) Resuscitation supplies and equipment, including monitors, defibrillators, cardiac medications, intubation equipment, and intravenous line equipment;
(v) A commercial ambulance for transport of individuals in need of hospitalization or other emergency care; and
(vi) Emergency services to all individuals, regardless of ability to pay;
(3) Comply with all Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems emergency transport protocols established for the freestanding medical facility;
(4)(i) Comply, except in a life-threatening emergency in which compliance is not feasible or practicable, with the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines on universal precautions; and
(ii) Display the notice developed under § 1-207 of the Health Occupations Article that explains the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s guidelines on universal precautions at the entrance to the freestanding medical facility;
(5) Refrain from use of the words “emergency department”, “emergency room”, or “hospital”; and
(6) Meet any other standard that the Secretary deems necessary to ensure the quality and safety of services provided by a freestanding medical facility.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Maryland Code, Health-General § 19-3A-02 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/md/health-general/md-code-health-gen-sect-19-3a-02/
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