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<section number="12-135.01" name="Free Standing Clinics" law="code" slug="sec-12-135.01" node_id="PTIITI17PULOLAPRGECOMA_SUBTITLE_12HE_DIV4HERE_S12-135.01FRSTCL">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The regulations contained in this section shall apply to all "Free Standing Clinics" in Prince George's County. A "Free Standing Clinic" is a medical facility offering medical treatment of a convenience nature which is physically separate from a hospital or hospital grounds and which is not a hospital, or administratively part of a hospital, or related institution as defined in the Health Article of the Maryland Annotated Code.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>No Free Standing Clinic shall use in its title or in advertisement of its service words which may lead the public to believe the clinic can provide emergency medical treatment unless the requirements set forth in Subsection (c) of this Section are met. This shall include use of the words "emergency," "urgent," or other words clearly indicating the availability of medical treatment for immediately life threatening medical conditions.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The following are basic requirement for all free standing clinics in Prince George's County offering or advertising emergency services as described in Subsection (b):</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Well marked facility and entrance;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Stretcher and wheelchair entrance;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Separate approach specifically identified and maintained for emergency vehicles;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>24 hour staffing, including: physician(s), nurse(s), radiology technician(s), laboratory technician(s), and all clinic signs, streets signs, or advertisement of any kind shall state the exact hours such clinic services are available;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Physician and nursing staff trained in emergency care (ACLS certified or preferably Board Eligible for certification in Emergency Medicine);</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Resuscitation equipment including: monitor, defibrillator, cardiac medications, intubation equipment, and intravenous line equipment;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>Specific defined role in local emergency medical services system with appropriate radio/tel. communication;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>Operations according to approved local protocols for stabilization and transportation of patients requiring hospitalization or other more definitive care;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>On-premises radiologic services;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <text>Availability of services to all persons regardless of ability to pay.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Those Free Standing Clinics which offer or advertise emergency services and are administratively a part of a hospital and open less than twenty-four (24) hours a day must indicate on all clinic signs, street signs and advertisement of any kind the exact hours such clinic services are available.</text>
  </level>
</section>
