# Health - General (GHG)

## Title 19. Health Care Facilities

### Subtitle 14C. Maryland State-Owned Nursing Homes

#### Section 19-14C-01

(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b) "Deficiency" has the meaning stated in Sec. 19-1401 of this title.

(c) "Monitoring agency" means:

  (1) The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services;

  (2) The Office of Health Care Quality within the Department;

  (3) The Maryland Department of Labor;

  (4) A local health department;

  (5) The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; or

  (6) The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

(d) "Nursing home" has the meaning stated in Sec. 19-1401 of this title.

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Md. Code Ann., Health-Gen. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)