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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 9

(d) "Home health agency" means a health-related
institution (or part thereof), owned or operated by one or
more persons or legal entities, whether for profit or
nonprofit, as a public or private enterprise, which:

(1)  Furnishes home health care services directly
or through contractual arrangements to the sick or disabled
person in the person's place of residence;

(2)  Has policies established by a professional
group (including at least one physician, one registered
nurse, one representative of an additional offered service,
one consumer representative) to govern services, and
provides for supervision of these services by a physician,
registered nurse, or an alternate professional, who is
sufficiently qualified by advanced training, to supervise
such services in a hospital; [and]

(3)  Maintains clinical records on all patients;
AND

(4)  Is not otherwise licensed under this article
OR THE HEALTH OCCUPATIONS ARTICLE.

943.

(a) The Commission consists of 16 members, appointed
by the Governor as follows:

(1) One from the Statewide Health Coordinating
[Commission] COUNCIL;

. (2) One from the State Board on Higher
Education;

(3)  One from the Maryland Hospital Association;

(4)  One from the Medical and Chirurgical
Faculty;

(5)  One from the Maryland Nurses Association,
Inc. ;

(6)  One from the STATE Board of Medical
Examiners [of the State of Maryland];

(7)  One from the State Board of Examiners of
Nurses;

(8)  One from the Health Services Cost Review
Commission;

(9)  One from the Association of Colleges of
Nursing;

(10)  One from the Council of Nursing Service
Administrators;