# COMAR Title 10 — Maryland Department of Health

## Subtitle 07 — Hospitals

### Chapter 21 — Hospice Care Programs

#### Regulation .17 Emergency Services.

*COMAR 10.07.21.17*

A. The hospice care program shall ensure that emergency services are available 24 hours per day, 7 days a week.

B. Emergency services are to include, at a minimum:

  (1) Registered nurse and physician services;

  (2) Palliative medications; and

  (3) Other services, equipment, and supplies necessary to meet the patient's immediate needs as directed by the patient's plan of care.