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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".06" citation="COMAR 10.07.05.06" title_num="10" subtitle_num="07" chapter_num="05" heading="Public Representation.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>An agency shall include the following information in all of the agency’s advertising and marketing materials:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The agency’s license number; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The statement “Licensed as a residential service agency by the Maryland Department of Health, Office of Health Care Quality”.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Misleading or False Advertising.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A person may not advertise, represent, or imply to the public that an agency is authorized to provide a service that the agency is not licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized by the Department to provide under this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A person may not advertise an agency in a misleading or fraudulent manner.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>A person licensed as an agency may not advertise that it is licensed as a hospice, home health agency, or nursing referral service agency unless it is separately licensed with the Department as such.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>A person who violates this regulation is subject to referral for criminal prosecution and imposition of civil money penalties in accordance with Regulations .21—.23 of this chapter.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>