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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="19-1401" title_number="19" title_name="Health Care Facilities" subtitle_number="14" subtitle_name="Nursing Homes">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Actual harm deficiency” means a condition existing in a nursing home or an action or inaction by the nursing home staff that has caused physical or emotional injury or impairment to a resident.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Concurrent review” means daily rounds by a licensed nurse which include:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Appraisal and observation of each resident by the licensed nurse to determine any change in the resident’s physical or mental status; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If there is a change in the resident’s physical or mental status, an evaluation by the licensed nurse of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The resident’s medications;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Laboratory values relating to the resident;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Clinical data relating to the resident, including the resident’s:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Hydration and nutritional need;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Skin integrity;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>Noted weight changes; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>Appetite;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Injuries sustained by the resident that result from accident or incidents involving the resident; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>Any other relevant parameters affecting or reflecting the resident’s physical and mental status.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Deficiency” means a condition existing in a nursing home or an action or inaction by the nursing home staff that results in potential for more than minimal harm, actual harm, or serious and immediate threat to one or more residents.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Nursing home” means a facility that offers nonacute inpatient care to patients suffering from a disease, chronic illness, condition, disability of advanced age, or terminal disease requiring maximal nursing care without continuous hospital services and who require medical services and nursing services rendered by or under the supervision of a licensed nurse together with convalescent, restorative, or rehabilitative services.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Nursing home” does not mean a facility offering domiciliary care or personal care as those terms are defined in § 19–301 of this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>“Ongoing pattern” means the occurrence of any potential for more than minimal harm or greater deficiency on two consecutive on-site visits as a result of annual surveys, follow-up visits, any unscheduled visits, or complaint investigations.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>“Potential for more than minimal harm deficiency” means a condition existing in a nursing home or an action or inaction by the nursing home staff that has the potential to cause actual harm to a resident.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>“Serious and immediate threat” means a situation in which immediate corrective action is necessary because a nursing home’s noncompliance with one or more State regulations has caused or is likely to cause serious injury, harm, impairment to, or death of a resident receiving care in the nursing home.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <text>“Sustained compliance” means a period of 30 days following the date of notice of corrective action with no deficiencies.</text>
  </level>
</section>
