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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".07" citation="COMAR 10.05.01.07" title_num="10" subtitle_num="05" chapter_num="01" heading="Personnel.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The administrator shall ensure that all personnel:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Receive orientation and have experience sufficient to demonstrate competency to perform assigned patient care duties;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Are licensed or certified by an appropriate occupational licensing board to practice in this State, if required by law; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Perform or delegate duties and responsibilities in accordance with standards of practice as defined by the Health Occupations Article, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The administrator shall have a sufficient number of qualified professional staff on duty at all times to ensure safe operation and maintenance of the facility.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The facility shall have job descriptions on file for all personnel.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The administrator shall ensure that all personnel are free from active reportable airborne communicable disease as evidenced by a physician's or other qualified health care practitioner's statement.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>