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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 09.33.03.03" title_num="09" subtitle_num="33" chapter_num="03" heading="Eligibility for Services.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>An individual may be eligible for service through the Hospital Employees Retraining Program if the individual:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Is included in a hospital's listing of employees scheduled for layoff as required by §B of this regulation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Either meets the eligibility requirements for unemployment insurance benefits under Labor and Employment Article, Title 8, Annotated Code of Maryland, or may become unemployed and provides the Maryland Department of Labor with a copy of any notice received from the hospital which informed the individual that the individual may become unemployed;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Is not an independent third-party contractor; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Is not an executive employee, physician or physician’s assistant.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Voluntary Closure, Merger, Downsizing, or Delicensure of Hospital.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A hospital that is:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Planning to close;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Planning to partially close;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Planning to merge with another institution voluntarily;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Is subject to acquisition; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Has been fully or partially delicensed by the Secretary of Health, shall provide the Maryland Department of Labor and the Commission with a listing of all employees who will be laid off due to the circumstances described in this Regulation.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A hospital that is planning to downsize shall provide the Maryland Department of Labor with a listing of employees who will be laid off due to downsizing of the hospital.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The hospital shall submit the listing at least 90 days before the scheduled date of the voluntary closure, partial closure, acquisition, downsizing, or merger, or within 90 days of full or partial delicensure by the Secretary of Health. However, the period may be waived in whole or in part by the Maryland Department of Labor and the Commission for good cause.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>The hospital shall include the following information in the listing for each affected employee:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Full name;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Social Security number;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Job title;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Description of job duties;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Length of service;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Rate of pay at time of layoff; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>Scheduled date of layoff.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>