Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 19, September 20, 2024
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
110°F, 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.
