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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="19-319.2" title_number="19" title_name="Health Care Facilities" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Hospitals and Related Institutions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “facility” means a special psychiatric hospital or an acute general care hospital with separately identified inpatient psychiatric service.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>As a condition of licensure, each facility shall adopt written policies and procedures to implement the requirements of §§ 10-701 through 10-709 of this article. The policies and procedures:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>May expand the rights provided in §§ 10-701 through 10-709 of this article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Shall provide for a mechanism for patients and others to report suspected violations of §§ 10-701 through 10-709 of this article to a designated official of the hospital;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Shall provide a system for investigating suspected violations; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Shall ensure that there is a timely appropriate response to any suspected violation.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Secretary may inspect any document necessary to ensure compliance with this subsection and §§ 10-701 through 10-709 of this article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>If a hospital that is a facility fails to adopt and implement the policies and procedures required by this subsection or maintains a continuing pattern of conditions or practices in knowing violation of §§ 10-701 through 10-709 of this article, the Secretary may impose the following penalties, but only after the Secretary has satisfied the conditions in § 19-360 of this subtitle:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Delicensure of the specialty psychiatric hospital;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Delicensure of the separately identified psychiatric service of the acute general care hospital; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>A fine not to exceed $500 per day for each day the violation continues.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
