Code of Maryland Regulations
Title 10 - MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Part 3
Subtitle 21 - MENTAL HYGIENE REGULATIONS
Chapter 10.21.08 - Services for Mentally Ill Hearing Impaired Patients in Facilities
Section 10.21.08.06 - Springfield Hospital Unit for Hearing Impaired Patients
Universal Citation: MD Code Reg 10.21.08.06
Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 19, September 20, 2024
A. Transfer Criteria. To be transferred to the unit, each patient shall:
(1) Meet the
statutory criteria for admission as set forth in Health-General Article,
§10-609 -10-619, Annotated Code of Maryland, and other applicable
regulations related to the involuntary and voluntary admissions to
facilities.
(2) Have documentation
of deafness or a hearing impairment.
(3) Currently be using visual, manual, or
tactile modes of communication which include but are not limited to American
sign language, finger spelling, or speech reading, or be capable of being
trained in the use of those methods.
(4) Be 14 years old or older. Patients 14 to
18 years old shall reside in:
(a) A separate
inpatient residence designated for minors and attend the day program of the
hearing-impaired unit if the:
(i) Treatment
teams of the unit and of the minor's inpatient residence approve;
(ii) Approval is documented in the progress
notes and the Individual Treatment Plan; and
(iii) Individual Treatment Plan is not in
conflict with the Individual Educational Plan;
(b) The unit if the:
(i) Unit treatment team approves;
and
(ii) Individual plan for
treatment indicates the need for placement on the unit.
(5) Be capable, with auxiliary
aids, if necessary, of participating in professionally developed and supervised
therapies, experiences, and activities provided by the unit.
(6) Have documentation in that patient's
record that the patient does not object to participation on the unit, based on
information necessary to make an informed judgment.
B. Referral Procedures to the Unit After a Patient is Admitted to a Facility.
(1)
Referral procedures for facilities shall be established by the
Administration.
(2) Unit staff, in
consultation with the treating physician, shall:
(a) Follow the Administration's referral
procedures; and
(b) Within 7 days
of a determination of hearing impairment by history or pure tone audiometric
screening, determine the appropriateness of transfer of that patient to the
unit.
C. Unit Personnel and Training.
(1) The unit shall be
directed by and include a complement of professional staff who have training or
experience, or both, in working with hearing impaired mentally ill
persons.
(2) Unit staff shall
develop and maintain skills relevant to the provision of services for hearing
impaired persons which include, but are not limited to, training in the
psychosocial needs of hearing impaired persons and instruction in American sign
language. A credentialing process to review the continuing education program
for unit staff shall be determined by the Administration.
(3) Certified interpreters for hearing
impaired patients, or other staff who possess equivalent qualifications as
determined by a certified interpreter designated by the facility for that
purpose, shall be on duty on the unit 24 hours a day.
(4) Facility staff may not be scheduled to
provide interpreter services and any other services at the same time.
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