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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".12" citation="COMAR 10.07.10.12" title_num="10" subtitle_num="07" chapter_num="10" heading="Clinical Records.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A clinical record shall be maintained for each patient in accordance with accepted professional standards, including, at a minimum:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>All pertinent diagnoses;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Name, address, and telephone number of physicians;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Physician's orders, including specific instructions for services to be rendered, activities and limitations, and medically-necessary supplies and equipment;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Drug information, including type, dosage, route of administration, frequency, and history of sensitivities or allergic reactions;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Nutritional requirements, including specific dietary plans;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Prognosis, including rehabilitation potential;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Patient care plans, which should include:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Long and short-range goals;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Physical needs, including safety measures to protect against injury;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Psycho-social needs;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Actions taken by individual disciplines; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Evidence of periodic reappraisal of the needs of the patient;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Progress notes and modifications to the treatment plan; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Discharge summary.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The home health agency should maintain a unit record for all patients receiving multi-disciplinary care.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>All notes and reports entered in the clinic record shall be typewritten or written in ink, legible, dated and signed with the name and title of the person rendering service.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The home health agency shall establish and implement policies concerning clinical records which assure:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>That records of discharged patients are completed no later than 30 days after the date of discharge;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The proper operation of a system for identifying, filing, and retrieving clinical records;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Proper mechanisms for the timely transfer of clinical record information upon request from duly-authorized persons and organizations;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Proper safeguards for clinical record information against loss, destruction, or illegal or unauthorized use;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>That clinical records are preserved for at least 5 years from the date of discharge;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>That, with the approval of the Department, provisions are made for retention of clinical records when it ceases operation; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>That progress notes are recorded within 5 working days after service is delivered. The treatment plan shall be modified accordingly.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>A home health agency which provides maintenance health care or in-home services, or both, may not be required to maintain the same level of supervisory and record-keeping requirements of these regulations for those patients who only receive the maintenance health or in-home services. In these cases, the agency shall develop performance criteria, supervisory and record-keeping requirements for these patients.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>