# COMAR Title 10 — Maryland Department of Health

## Subtitle 07 — Hospitals

### Chapter 16 — Limited Private Inpatient Facilities

#### Regulation .04 Eligibility.

*COMAR 10.07.16.04*

A. An individual is eligible for limited private inpatient facility services if the individual:

  (1) Requires 24-hour inpatient mental health evaluation and treatment services but does not require acute or long-term psychiatric hospital services; and

  (2) Has stated a willingness to comply with program rules.

B. An individual is not eligible for limited private inpatient facility services if the individual:

  (1) Has a sole diagnosis of substance abuse, intellectual disability, or dementia;

  (2) Is in need of immediate involuntary inpatient psychiatric admission;

  (3) Is medically unstable as determined by an individual authorized under Health Occupations Article, Annotated Code of Maryland, to make medical determinations; or

  (4) Does not meet the eligibility criteria under §A of this regulation.