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Ch. 232 2006 LAWS OF MARYLAND
Approved May 2, 2006.
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CHAPTER 232
(Senate Bill 102)
AN ACT concerning
Health Care Facilities and Laboratories - Accreditation Organizations and
Deeming
FOR the purpose of defining the term "health care facility " for the purpose of certain
licensing, accreditation, and regulatory provisions to include certain hospitals,
health maintenance organizations, freestanding ambulatory care facilities,
assisted living facilities, laboratories, home health agencies, and residential
treatment centers; authorizing the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to
accept all or part of certain reports of certain accreditation organizations as
meeting certain licensure and review requirements and to grant a certain
deemed status to certain health care facilities; requiring certain accreditation
organizations to apply to the Secretary for approval; requiring the Secretary to
take certain actions before allowing an accreditation organization to conduct
inspections or surveys on behalf of the Department of Health and Mental
Hygiene: requiring the Department to establish a certain agreement with the
accreditation organization; requiring disclosure to the public of certain reports
by approved accreditation organizations; authorizing the Department to conduct
certain inspections; authorizing the Department to participate in or observe
certain surveys and inspections: authorizing the Secretary to withdraw approval
from an accreditation organization or deemed status from a health care facility
under certain circumstances; repealing and altering certain provisions of law
relating to accreditation and, deemed status, and correction of deficiencies of
certain health care facilities; defining certain terms; making a stylistic change;
and generally relating to accreditation and, deemed status, and correction of
deficiencies of certain health care facilities.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Health - General
Section 17-202, 19-308, 19-309(b), 19-319(c), 19-323(a), 19-360. 19-3B-03(d),
19-404, 19-1204, 19-1207, and 19-1805
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2005 Replacement Volume and 2005 Supplement)
BY repealing
Article - Health - General
Section 19-705.1(g)(5)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2005 Replacement Volume and 2005 Supplement)
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