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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".17" citation="COMAR 10.07.21.17" title_num="10" subtitle_num="07" chapter_num="21" heading="Emergency Services.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The hospice care program shall ensure that emergency services are available 24 hours per day, 7 days a week.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Emergency services are to include, at a minimum:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Registered nurse and physician services;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Palliative medications; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Other services, equipment, and supplies necessary to meet the patient's immediate needs as directed by the patient's plan of care.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>