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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="10-415" title_number="10" title_name="Mental Health Law" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="State Facilities">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this subsection, “facility” means:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The Eastern Shore Hospital Center;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The Regional Institutes for Children and Adolescents – Baltimore and Rockville;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>The Springfield Hospital Center;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>The Spring Grove Hospital Center;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>The Thomas B. Finan Hospital Center; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>The Office of Health Care Quality.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>The pay scale for a “Physician Clinical Specialist” position in a facility shall be the same as a “Psychiatrist Clinical” position in a facility.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The pay scale for a “Physician Clinical Staff” position in a facility shall be the same as a “Psychiatrist Clinical Graduate” position in a facility.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>In a fiscal year in which an upward adjustment to the pay scale is made for initial appointments to a “Registered Nurse” position in a facility, the “Registered Nurse Charge”, “Registered Nurse Supervisor”, and “Registered Nurse Manager” positions in the same facility shall receive an upward adjustment to their pay scales in an amount at least equal to the adjustment for the employees in a “Registered Nurse” position who report to employees in the “Registered Nurse Charge”, “Registered Nurse Supervisor”, and “Registered Nurse Manager” positions at the facility.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In a fiscal year in which an upward adjustment to the pay scale is made for initial appointments to a “Registered Nurse Perkins” position at the Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center, the “Registered Nurse Charge Perkins”, “Registered Nurse Supervisor Perkins”, “Registered Nurse Manager Perkins”, “Assistant Director of Nursing Perkins”, and “Director of Nursing Perkins” positions at the Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center shall receive an upward adjustment to their pay scales in an amount at least equal to the adjustment for the employees in a “Registered Nurse Perkins” position who report to employees in the “Registered Nurse Charge Perkins”, “Registered Nurse Supervisor Perkins”, “Registered Nurse Manager Perkins”, “Assistant Director of Nursing Perkins”, and “Director of Nursing Perkins” positions.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>This paragraph applies only to employees of the Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center who are:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Employed in a “Security Attendant” position; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Required as a condition of employment to complete a correctional training course approved by the Correctional Training Commission under Title 8, Subtitle 2 of the Correctional Services Article.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The pay scale for a “Security Attendant” position shall be at least equal to the pay scale for a correctional officer employed by the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>In a fiscal year in which an upward adjustment to the pay scale is made for initial appointments to a “Health Facility Surveyor Nurse I” position in the Office of Health Care Quality, the “Health Facility Surveyor Nurse I” and “Health Facility Surveyor Nurse II” positions in the Office of Health Care Quality shall receive an upward adjustment to their pay scales in an amount equal to the adjustment for the “Health Facility Surveyor Nurse I” position.</text>
  </level>
</section>
