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Ch. 232 2006 LAWS OF MARYLAND
(4) Require keeping clinical records of each patient, including the plan of
treatment to be provided;
(5) Govern supervision of the services, as appropriate, by:
(i) A physician;
(ii) A registered nurse; or
(iii) Another health professional who is qualified sufficiently by
advanced training to supervise the same kind of services in a hospital; and
(6) Require submission of an annual report which includes service
utilization statistics.
[(d) (1) A home health agency accredited by an organization approved by the
Secretary shall be deemed to meet State licensing regulations.
(2) (i) The home health agency shall submit the report of the
accreditation organization to the Secretary within 30 days of its receipt.
(ii) All reports submitted under this paragraph shall be available
for public inspection.
(3) The Secretary may:
(i) Inspect the home health agency for the purpose of a complaint
investigation;
(ii) Inspect the home health agency to follow up on a serious
problem identified in an accreditation organization's report; and
(iii) Annually, conduct a survey of up to 5 percent of all home health
agencies in the State to validate the findings of an accreditation organization's
report.]
[(e)] (D) The provisions of this section do not waive the requirement for a
home health agency to obtain a certificate of need.
19-705.1.
(g) [(5) (i) The Secretary may accept all or part of a report of an approved
accrediting organization as meeting the external review requirements under this
subtitle.
(ii) Except as provided in subparagraph (iii) of this paragraph, a
report of an approved accrediting organization used by the Department as meeting
the external review requirements under this subtitle shall be made available to the
public on request.
(iii) The Department may not disclose and shall treat as
confidential all confidential commercial and financial information contained in a
report of an approved accrediting organization in accordance with § 10-617(d) of the
State Government Article.
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