# Human Services (GHU)

## Title 10. Department of Aging

### Subtitle 9. Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program

#### Section 10-904

(a) Entities eligible to be designated as local long-term care ombudsman entities shall:

  (1) have demonstrated capability to carry out the responsibilities of the Office;

  (2) be public or nonprofit entities;

  (3) be free of conflicts of interest; and

  (4) meet any additional requirements that the Secretary and the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman specify.

(b)

  (1) The Secretary, in consultation with the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman and area agencies on aging, shall adopt regulations to establish requirements for training and designating ombudsmen, including in-service training.

  (2) The regulations shall prohibit the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman from designating an individual as an ombudsman unless the individual has successfully completed the required training and satisfied the requirements for designation.

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Md. Code Ann., Hum. Servs. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)