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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".06" citation="COMAR 10.07.08.06" title_num="10" subtitle_num="07" chapter_num="08" heading="Inspections.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A freestanding medical facility shall be open to inspection at all times by the Department for annual licensure surveys, revisit surveys, and complaint investigations.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Licensure Standards. When conducting a licensure or complaint survey, the Department shall use this chapter as well as the:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organization, 2006 Hospital Accreditation Standards;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>COMAR 10.07.06;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>COMAR 10.07.01.24, .26 and .33; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>ACEP Policy Statement: Emergency Department Planning and Resources Guidelines.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Responsibility of the Freestanding Medical Facility. The facility shall make the following documents available for review by the Department:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Policies and procedures;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Minutes of committee meetings; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Data and documentation related to oversight of the freestanding medical facility at the affiliated hospital.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>