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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" citation="COMAR 02.06.03.05" title_num="02" subtitle_num="06" chapter_num="03" heading="Offering of Form by Health Care Providers and Facilities.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Any health care provider may offer the form to:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A patient who has the capacity to use the form; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A proxy on behalf of a patient who lacks the capacity to use the form.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A facility shall, with reasonable promptness after a resident's admission, offer the form to:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A resident who has the capacity to use the form; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A proxy on behalf of a resident who lacks the capacity to use the form.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>If a resident or proxy who has been offered the form by a facility declines to use it, the facility shall document:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The date of the offer;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The identity of the individual who offered the form; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The identity of the individual who declined the use of the form.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>