Section 15-115 - Placement in skilled or intermediate nursing facility. - Maryland Statutes

§ 15-115. Placement in skilled or intermediate nursing facility.
 

(a)  Condition of patient.- The Department may not place a Program recipient in a skilled or intermediate nursing facility if, because of the condition of the Program recipient, the placement would cause undue risk to the Program recipient. 

(b)  Status of facility.- To provide a basis for evaluating the placement of Program recipients who need skilled or intermediate nursing care in skilled or intermediate nursing facilities, a Program recipient may be placed only in a nursing facility that has a transfer agreement with a general hospital. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 43, § 42D; 1982, ch. 21, § 2; 1983, ch. 95; 1988, ch. 208.]