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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".11" citation="COMAR 10.09.36.11" title_num="10" subtitle_num="09" chapter_num="36" heading="Provider Rights.">
  <text>Providers participating in the Program shall have the right to:</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Be treated professionally with courtesy, dignity, and respect regardless of the individual's:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Race;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Color;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Religion;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Gender;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Sexual orientation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>National origin;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Political affiliation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Disability;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Marital status;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>Age; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(11)">
      <text>Union affiliation;</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>File a complaint with the appropriate State agency when the provider believes that the provider has been discriminated against because of:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Race;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Color;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Religion;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Gender;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Sexual orientation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>National origin;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Political affiliation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Disability;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Marital status;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>Age; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(11)">
      <text>Union affiliation;</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Have the information in the provider's Program file kept confidential except as otherwise stated by State or federal law;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Be reimbursed for covered services provided to Program participants; and</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Participate in an impartial grievance and appeals process as outlined in COMAR 10.09.36.09.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>