Document Citation: COMAR 10.22.02.12

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CODE OF MARYLAND REGULATIONS
TITLE 10. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE
SUBTITLE 22. DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
CHAPTER 02. ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSEES

Date:
08/31/2009

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.12 Health and Safety Requirements.

A. To obtain and maintain licensure, a licensee shall ensure that any licensed home or site in which the licensee provides services to individuals:

(1) Meets local zoning requirements, except as otherwise set forth in Health-General Article, § 7-603, Annotated Code of Maryland;

(2) Meets local and State building requirements;

(3) Meets applicable life safety requirements;

(4) Is free from safety and health hazards; and

(5) Is in good repair.

B. A licensee shall ensure that any licensed home or site in which the licensee provides services is free from fire hazards and has the following minimum fire safety protections:

(1) Adequate smoke detectors;

(2) Working and updated fire extinguishers; and

(3) A written fire evacuation plan, as required by Regulation .10A(17) of this chapter.

C. A licensee shall ensure that any licensed home or site in which the licensee provides services to individuals maintains its water temperature at a maximum of 110F, unless:

(1) Each individual living in the home or receiving services at the site is capable of regulating water temperature safely; and

(2) There is documentation of the capability required in § C(1) of this regulation in each individual's IP.

D. In order to ensure the health and safety of individuals who require staff assistance in the administration of medication, the licensee shall:

(1) Require that all medication be administered in accordance with the Administration's curriculum on medication training;

(2) Provide oral, solid medications in a unit dose package unless an individual's IP indicates that this is not required;

(3) Provide medication for an individual who is absent from a program in a separate, pharmaceutically prepared package that is easily identified by the individual administering the medication; and

(4) Request, from the pharmacy, computer-generated medication administration records, treatment administration records, and physician medication order forms.