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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".10" citation="COMAR 10.07.08.10" title_num="10" subtitle_num="07" chapter_num="08" heading="Personnel.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Administrative Director. The freestanding medical facility shall have a full-time administrative director who:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Acts as a liaison with the affiliated hospital;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Directs the daily operation of the facility; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Ensures that employees are capable of providing:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Resuscitation;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Stabilization;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Timely triage; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Appropriate transfer of all patients; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Ensures that there is an organized and structured patient safety and quality improvement program to monitor and improve patient care.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Medical Director. The facility shall have a Medical Director who is:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A licensed physician; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Board certified or Board eligible in Emergency Medicine by the:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>American College of Emergency Physicians;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>American Board of Emergency Medicine; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>American Osteopathic Board of Emergency Medicine.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The Medical Director shall provide clinical oversight of the freestanding medical facility.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Other Personnel. The freestanding medical facility shall be staffed at all times with a:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Minimum of one physician who is trained in emergency medicine;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Sufficient number of registered nurses and other professionals to provide advanced life support;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Certified medical radiation technologist; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Laboratory technician.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>A freestanding medical facility shall be staffed during all hours of operation by licensed independent practitioners, nurses, and ancillary health care professionals with the certification, experience, competencies, and skills necessary for providing basic and advanced life support for children and adults.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>Credentialing. Physicians and other licensed independent practitioners shall be credentialed consistent with COMAR 10.07.01.24.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>The facility shall assess its staffing pattern on a regular basis. Staffing patterns shall accommodate the potential for the unexpected arrival of additional patients. The facility shall have a plan for the provision of additional licensed independent practitioners and nurses in times of acute overload.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>