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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="1-225.1" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section, “local university” means a public or private institution of higher education in the State with a public health, law, or social work program.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Local university” includes a program within an institution of higher education described in paragraph (1) of this subsection, such as the University of Maryland SAFE Center for Human Trafficking Survivors.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Each health occupations board shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Allow an applicant seeking license or certificate renewal to receive continuing education credits for completing a human trafficking awareness training program described in subsection (c) of this section;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Conduct outreach to make individuals regulated by the board aware of human trafficking awareness training options, including by providing information in general board communications and on the board’s website; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Adopt regulations to carry out this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A training program for which an applicant may receive continuing education credits under this section shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Be approved by the Department in collaboration with a local university and in consultation with the Maryland Human Trafficking Task Force and organizations that provide direct services to human trafficking survivors;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Be at least 1 hour in duration;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Be readily accessible and provided to an individual described under subsection (b) of this section free of charge; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Include instruction on:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The definitions and forms of sex and labor trafficking under federal and State law;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>An understanding of the trauma–informed care model;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The physical, behavioral, and emotional indicators of human trafficking, particularly those presenting in a health care setting;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Appropriate screening protocols and documentation methods;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>Mandatory reporting requirements under State law and established protocols for reporting suspected cases of human trafficking to the appropriate authorities, including the National Human Trafficking Hotline; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>Available federal, State, and local resources and services for survivors of human trafficking.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
