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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="24-905" title_number="24" title_name="Miscellaneous Provisions" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Opioid–associated Disease Prevention and Outreach Programs">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Department shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Adopt regulations for the implementation of this subtitle, in consultation with the Standing Advisory Committee and the Maryland Association of County Health Officers; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Ensure the provision of technical assistance to a Program about best practices, best practice protocols, and other subject areas.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The regulations adopted under subsection (a)(1) of this section shall establish:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Procedures for ensuring the security of Program locations and equipment;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An appeals process for appeals authorized by § 24–902(b)(4) of this subtitle, including the standard of review that the Secretary or the Secretary’s designee must apply when reviewing a decision of the Department and a local health officer; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Procedures for data collection and Program evaluation.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
