Article - Health - General

Section 15-117

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1994 Replacement Volume and 1998 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Health - General
Section 19-1501
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1996 Replacement Volume and 1998 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - Health - General

Section 19-1508(d)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1996 Replacement Volume and 1998 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Health - General

19-319.

(a) (1) To qualify for a license, an applicant and the hospital or related
institution to be operated shall meet the requirements of this section.

(2) IN ADDITION TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION, TO QUALIFY
FOR A LICENSE, A NURSING FACILITY SHALL MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF § 19- 310.3
OF THIS SUBTITLE.

19-319.3.

(A) IN THIS SECTION, "LICENSED PERSONNEL" MEANS;

(1) A REGISTERED NURSE WHO IS LICENSED TO PRACTICE IN THE

STATE; OR

(2) A PRACTICAL NURSE WHO IS LICENSED TO PRACTICE IN THE STATE.

(B) A NURSING FACILITY SHALL EMPLOY STAFF SUFFICIENT IN NUMBER AND
QUALIFICATIONS TO MEET THE SCHEDULED AND UNSCHEDULED NURSING CARE
NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS.

(C) TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION, A
NURSING FACILITY SHALL;

(1) ESTABLISH AND EMPLOY REGISTERED NURSES WHO ARE LICENSED
TO PRACTICE IN THE STATE FOR THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS;

(I) A FULL TIME DIRECTOR OF NURSING;