Document Citation: COMAR 10.07.12.06

Header:
CODE OF MARYLAND REGULATIONS
TITLE 10. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE
SUBTITLE 07. HOSPITALS
CHAPTER 12. HEALTH CARE FACILITIES WITHIN CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS


Date:
08/31/2009

Document:

.06 Inspections.

A. Health Care Facility to be Open for Inspection. Health care facilities, and any premise proposed to be operated by an applicant for a license, shall be open at all reasonable times to inspection by the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene and by any agency designated by the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene.

B. Frequency of Inspection. Health care facilities shall be inspected by the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene at least once during each 1-year period for which a license is granted to determine whether the health care facility is complying with the minimum standards established pursuant to these regulations.

C. Records and Reports. All records shall be open to inspection by authorized representatives of the Department. Except where authentication may be required, the disclosure of patient names to the Division of Licensing and Certification surveyor may not be required. The representatives of the Department shall maintain confidentiality of all the data disclosed to them.