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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="19-2002" title_number="19" title_name="Health Care Facilities" subtitle_number="20" subtitle_name="Health Care Staff Agencies">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “Office” means the Office of Health Care Quality in the Department.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Office may inspect a health care staff agency to verify compliance with this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>When the Office conducts an inspection, the Office shall verify that the health care practitioners referred by the health care staff agency are licensed or certified by the appropriate health occupation board.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>When the Office conducts an inspection, the Office shall verify that the health care staff agency has developed, documented, and implemented procedures for:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Selecting and verifying the credentials of health care practitioners referred by the health care staff agency;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Validating experience of health care practitioners prior to referral by the health care staff agency;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Tracking and acting on serious or life–threatening complaints received by a client facility or the client facility’s agent;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Reporting of an action or condition under § 19–2001(f) of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Verifying that health care practitioners referred by the health care staff agency are of satisfactory health status and have received the necessary testing and immunization as required or requested by the client facility;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Verifying I–9 status;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>Verifying, prior to initial referral of health care practitioners to a client facility by the health care staff agency, drug screening of health care practitioners referred by the health care staff agency if the client facility requires drug screening for facility employees;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>Verifying, when there is probable cause to perform a drug test or when a client facility requests a drug test, drug testing of health care practitioners referred by the health care staff agency;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>Verifying, prior to initial referral of health care practitioners to a client facility by the health care staff agency, criminal background checks of health care practitioners referred by the health care staff agency if the client facility requires criminal background checks for facility employees; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <text>Verifying the references of health care practitioners referred by the health care staff agency.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A health care staff agency shall attest that the health care staff agency is in compliance with the:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Civil Rights Act of 1964;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Rehabilitation Act of 1973;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Drug Free Workplace Act of 1988, if applicable.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The Office may inspect a health care staff agency upon receiving a complaint, and may give notice of the inspection to the health care staff agency.</text>
  </level>
</section>
