Ch. 412

1993 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(7) (8) Adopt regulations which provide for investigations of any criminal
record of a sheltered housing provider or employee under paragraph (6) of this
subsection;

(8) (9) Certify and review the compliance of sheltered housing projects
with the regulations established for governing the certification and operation of these
projects; [and]

(9) (10) As a prerequisite to certification and renewal of certification for
providers of sheltered housing for elderly, require each provider of sheltered housing for
elderly who suffer from Alzheimer's Disease and related disorders to have an in-service
education program that includes instruction on dementia and the techniques necessary to
manage dementia patients with regard to their physical, intellectual, and behavioral
manifestations; AND

(10) (11) BE AUTHORIZED TO IMPOSE A CIVIL MONEY PENALTY
AGAINST A PROVIDER OF SHELTERED HOUSING UNDER § 4-I OF THIS. ARTICLE.

4-I.

(A)     WHEN A SHELTERED HOUSING FACILITY PROVIDES FOR FEWER THAN 16
UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS AND IS OPERATED AS A SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING, THE
OFFICE MAY IMPOSE A CIVIL MONEY PENALTY AGAINST A PROVIDER OF THE
SHELTERED HOUSING FOR:

(1)      A VIOLATION IN A SHELTERED HOUSING FACILITY THAT RESULTS
IN CONDITIONS PRESENTING AN IMMINENT DANGER OR A SUBSTANTIAL
PROBABILITY OF DEATH OR SERIOUS PHYSICAL HARM TO A RESIDENT OF THE
FACILITY;

(2)      A VIOLATION OF A RESIDENTS RIGHTS AS SPECIFIED IN
REGULATIONS ADOPTED UNDER THIS ARTICLE; OR

(3)      NONCOMPLIANCE WITH STATE OR LOCAL FIRE SAFETY
REGULATIONS.

(B)     IF THE OFFICE ISSUES A NOTICE OF A VIOLATION UNDER SUBSECTION (A)
. OF THIS SECTION, THAT NOTICE SHALL PROVIDE:

(1)      THE TIME IN WHICH A PLAN OF CORRECTION THAT IS ACCEPTABLE
TO THE OFFICE IS TO BE SUBMITTED;

(2)      THE TIME IN WHICH THE IDENTIFIED DEFICIENCY OR DEFICIENCIES
MUST BE SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECTED; AND

(3)      THAT FAILURE TO SUBMIT AN ACCEPTABLE PLAN OF CORRECTION
AS REQUIRED BY ITEM (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION OR TO CORRECT THE IDENTIFIED
DEFICIENCY OR DEFICIENCIES AS REQUIRED BY ITEM (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION MAY
RESULT IN AN ORDER IMPOSING A CIVIL MONEY PENALTY UNDER SUBSECTION (D)
OF THIS SECTION.

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