# Health - General (GHG)

## Title 19. Health Care Facilities

### Subtitle 4. Home Health Agencies

#### Section 19-406

To qualify for a license, an applicant shall:

(1) Show that the home health agency will provide:

  (i) Appropriate home health care to patients who may be cared for at a prescribed level of care, in their residence instead of in a hospital; and

  (ii) Skilled nursing, home health aid, and at least one other home health care service that is approved by the Secretary; and

(2) Meet the requirements of Subtitle 1 of this title for certification of need.

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