Section 10-454 - Regulations. - Maryland Statutes

§ 10-454. Regulations.
 

(a)  Adoption.- The Department shall adopt regulations that: 

(1) set standards for continuing care at home providers; and 

(2) provide for the certification of continuing care at home providers and the annual renewal of certificates of registration. 

(b)  Contents.- In addition to the provisions required under subsection (a) of this section, the regulations adopted by the Department shall, at a minimum: 

(1) provide for and encourage the establishment of continuing care at home programs; 

(2) for an individual who is employed by or under contract with a continuing care at home provider and who will enter a subscriber's home to provide continuing care at home services: 

(i) set minimum requirements; 

(ii) require a criminal history records check, if the individual will have routine, direct access to a subscriber; and 

(iii) require the provider to screen and verify the individual's character references; 

(3) establish standards for the renewal of certificates of registration; 

(4) establish standards for entrance fees, deposits, and the number of executed agreements necessary to begin operations; 

(5) establish conditions for the release of deposits and entrance fees from escrow accounts; 

(6) establish standards for when and how a subscriber or provider may rescind a continuing care at home agreement before continuing care at home services are provided to the subscriber; 

(7) allow a subscriber to rescind a continuing care at home agreement at any time if the terms of the agreement violate this subtitle; and 

(8) establish that a provider may terminate an agreement or discharge a subscriber only for just cause and establish procedures to carry out the termination or discharge. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 70B, § 22A(b), (c); 2007, ch. 3, § 2.]