# COMAR Title 10 — Maryland Department of Health

## Subtitle 07 — Hospitals

### Chapter 14 — Assisted Living Programs

#### Regulation .16 80-Hour Assisted Living Manager Training Course.

*COMAR 10.07.14.16*

A. In addition to the requirements in Regulation .15 of this chapter, by January 1, 2006, an assisted living manager shall complete an 80-hour manager training course that is approved by the Department.

B. The completed manager’s training course shall:

  (1) Consist of 80 hours of course work and include an examination; and

  (2) Provide the training through in-person courses, virtual training methods, or a combination of both.

C. An assisted living manager employed in a program shall complete 20 hours of Department-approved continuing education every 2 years.

D. A program that fails to employ an assisted manager who meets the requirements of this regulation may be subject to:

  (1) Sanctions under Regulation .57 of this chapter; and

  (2) A civil money penalty not to exceed $10,000.

E. The training requirements of §A of this regulation do not apply to an individual who:

  (1) Is employed by a program and has enrolled in a Department-approved manager training course that the individual completes within 6 months;

  (2) Is temporarily serving as an assisted living manager under Health Occupations Article, §9-3A-01, Annotated Code of Maryland, due to an assisted living manager leaving employment and before the hiring of a permanent manager;

  (3) Has been employed as an assisted living manager in the State for 1 year before January 1, 2006; or

  (4) Is licensed as a nursing home administrator in the State.

F. The Department may require an individual who is exempt under the provisions of §E of this regulation to complete a manager training course and examination if:

  (1) The Department finds that the assisted living manager repeatedly has violated State law or regulations on assisted living; and

  (2) Those violations have caused or have the potential to cause physical or emotional harm to a resident.