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<chapter num="80" heading="Community-Based Substance Use Disorder Services" title_num="10" subtitle_num="09">
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" heading="Definitions.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Terms Defined.</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>“Administrative Service Organization (ASO)” means the contractor procured by the State to provide the Department with administrative support services to operate the Maryland Public Behavioral Health System.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>“Behavioral Health Administration (BHA)” means the administration within the Department that establishes regulatory requirements that behavioral health programs are to maintain in order to become licensed by the Department.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>“Community-based substance use disorder program” means a program that provides services in community settings not regulated by the Health Services Cost Review Commission.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(4)">
        <text>“DATA 2000 waived provider” means a provider who has received a waiver under the Drug Addiction and Treatment Act of 2000 which expands the clinical context of medication assisted opioid dependency treatment and permits qualified physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants to dispense or prescribe certain narcotic medications that have a lower risk of abuse, like buprenorphine, in settings other than an opioid treatment program.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(5)">
        <text>“DEA” means the Drug Enforcement Administration of the U.S. Department of Justice.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(6)">
        <text>“Department” means the Maryland Department of Health, as defined in COMAR 10.09.36.01, or its authorized agents acting on behalf of the Department.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(7)">
        <text>“Discharge plan” means a written description of specific goals and objectives to assist the participant upon leaving treatment.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(8)">
        <text>“Documentation” means the written medical record.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(9)">
        <text>“Individualized treatment plan” means a written plan of action that is developed and periodically updated and revised to address a participant’s specific service needs.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(10)">
        <text>“License” means the approval issued to a program by the BHA or its designee that permits a behavioral health provider to operate in Maryland.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(11)">
        <text>“Medical Assistance” has the meaning stated in COMAR 10.09.24.02.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(12)">
        <text>“Medically necessary” has the meaning stated in COMAR 10.09.36.01.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(13)">
        <text>“Medication management” means a visit with a physician, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant for the purpose of evaluation, prescribing, and providing medications for substance use disorder symptom reduction, withdrawal management, or medication assisted treatment.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(14)">
        <text>“Participant” means an individual who is certified as eligible for, and is receiving, Medical Assistance benefits.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(15)">
        <text>“Peer recovery support services” means a set of nonclinical activities provided by individuals in recovery from behavioral health concerns, including substance use or addictive disorders or mental health concerns, who use their personal, lived experiences and training to support other individuals with substance use or addictive disorders.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(16)">
        <text>“Program” has the meaning stated in COMAR 10.09.36.01.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(17)">
        <text>“Progress note” means an objective documentation of the participant’s progress in relation to specific treatment goals and objectives.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(18)">
        <text>“Recovery support services” means community-based services provided to people and their families during the initiation, on-going, and post-acute stages of their recovery from substance abuse.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(19)">
        <text>“Substance use disorder” means a maladaptive pattern of substance use leading to clinically significant impairment or distress and manifested by recurrent and significant adverse consequences related to the repeated use of substances.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(20)">
        <text>“Substance use disorder services” means the services for which a participant’s diagnosis and treatment provider meet the criteria specified in COMAR 10.67.08 and this chapter.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(21)">
        <text>“Telehealth” has the meaning stated in COMAR 10.09.49.02.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(22)">
        <text>“Treatment plan” means a written plan that addresses the individual’s biopsychosocial needs through goals and objectives and is updated as needed according to the treatment modality.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" heading="License Requirements.">
    <text>To participate in the Program, a provider shall meet the license requirements stated in COMAR 10.09.36.02 and 10.63.01.03.</text>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" heading="Conditions for Provider Participation.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>A provider shall be in compliance with COMAR 10.09.36.03 and 10.63.01.05.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>A provider of community-based substance use disorder services shall include:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Community-based substance use disorder providers that:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Are licensed by the Department as community-based substance use disorder providers pursuant to the requirements listed in Regulation .05 of this chapter;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Maintain verification of licenses and credentials of all professionals employed by or under contract with the provider in their respective personnel files; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(c)">
          <text>Require any physician assistant employed by the provider to have a delegation agreement with the supervising physician in accordance with COMAR 10.09.55.02 and .03;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Federally qualified health centers in compliance with COMAR 10.09.08; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>Opioid treatment programs that:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Are licensed by the Department’s Behavioral Health Administration;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Are approved by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(c)">
          <text>Comply with 42 CFR Part 8.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>A provider of substance use disorder services shall maintain adequate documentation of each contact with a participant as part of the medical record, which, at a minimum, includes:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>The date of service with start and end times;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Documents all services received by the participant;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>The participant’s primary reason for the substance use disorder visit;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(4)">
        <text>A description of the service provided;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(5)">
        <text>Progress notes; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(6)">
        <text>An official e-Signature, or a legible signature, along with the printed or typed name of the individual providing care, with the appropriate degree or title.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="D.">
      <text>The providers shall make the documentation required under Regulation .05C available, as requested to carry out required activities, to:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>The Department;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>The ASO;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>The Core Service Agency;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(4)">
        <text>The Local Addictions Authority;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(5)">
        <text>The Local Behavioral Health Authority;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(6)">
        <text>The Office of Inspector General of the Department; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(7)">
        <text>The Office of the Attorney General Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="E.">
      <text>A provider shall comply with all federal statutes and regulations, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, 42 U.S.C. §1320D et seq., and implementing regulations at 45 CFR Parts 160 and 164.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="F.">
      <text>If delivering services via telehealth, a provider shall comply with COMAR 10.09.49 and any subregulatory guidance issued by the Department.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" heading="Participant Eligibility and Referral.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>A participant may self-refer or be referred to substance use disorder treatment by a:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Provider;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Family member;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>Caregiver; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(4)">
        <text>Local health authority.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>An individual is eligible for substance use disorder services if:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>The individual meets the Department’s medical necessity criteria; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>The service is appropriate to the specific provider type or community-based substance use disorder providers listed in Regulation .05 of this chapter.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" heading="Covered Services.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>Comprehensive substance use disorder assessment at a minimum shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Be delivered through:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>A BHA licensed substance use disorder treatment provider; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>An opioid treatment program;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Be completed before providing the community based behavioral health services listed in §§BI of this regulation;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>Be reviewed and approved by a licensed physician or licensed practitioner of the healing arts, within the scope of his or her practice under State law; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(4)">
        <text>Include:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>An assessment of the following areas:</text>
          <paragraph num="(i)">
            <text>Drug and alcohol use; and</text>
          </paragraph>
          <paragraph num="(ii)">
            <text>Substance use disorder treatment history;</text>
          </paragraph>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Referrals for physical and mental health services; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(c)">
          <text>Recommendation for the appropriate level of substance use disorder treatment.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Peer recovery support services shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Be included as part of a written individualized treatment plan that includes specific individualized goals;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Be delivered through a BHA licensed:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Outpatient substance use disorder treatment provider in compliance with COMAR 10.63.03.06, 10.63.03.03 or 10.63.03.07; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Opioid treatment program in compliance with COMAR 10.63.03.19;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>Be provided by staff who, at a minimum:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Maintains active certification by BHA or its designee;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Self-identifies as an individual with life experience of being diagnosed with behavioral health concerns, including substance use disorders, addictive disorders, or mental health concerns;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(c)">
          <text>Completes ongoing training as approved by BHA or its designee; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(d)">
          <text>Receives supervision by:</text>
          <paragraph num="(i)">
            <text>A registered peer supervisor approved by BHA or its designee; or</text>
          </paragraph>
          <paragraph num="(ii)">
            <text>An individual practitioner as defined in COMAR 10.09.59.04A(2) or a certified alcohol and drug counselor who is approved to supervise by the relevant board and who must be an approved registered peer supervisor on or after September 1, 2023; and</text>
          </paragraph>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(4)">
        <text>Be provided directly to the participant either in-person or via telehealth.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>Level 1 group and individual substance use disorder counseling shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Comply with COMAR 10.63.03.06;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Be delivered through:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>A BHA licensed substance use disorder treatment provider; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>An opioid treatment program;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>Include services for participants who require less than 9 hours weekly for adults and 6 hours weekly for adolescents;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(4)">
        <text>Include a written individualized treatment plan, with the participation of the participant based on the comprehensive assessment that shall:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Be reviewed and approved by a licensed physician or licensed practitioner of the healing arts, within the scope of his or her practice under State law; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Include:</text>
          <paragraph num="(i)">
            <text>Participant treatment plan goals;</text>
          </paragraph>
          <paragraph num="(ii)">
            <text>Referrals to ancillary services, if needed; and</text>
          </paragraph>
          <paragraph num="(iii)">
            <text>Referral to recovery support services, if needed; and</text>
          </paragraph>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(5)">
        <text>Include family members, if necessary, as long as the participant is also present in a Level 1 group counseling session.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="D.">
      <text>Level 2.1 Intensive Outpatient services shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Comply with COMAR 10.63.03.03;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Be delivered through a BHA licensed substance use disorder treatment provider only;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>Include services for participants who require outpatient treatment for 9 or more hours weekly for an adult and 6 or more hours weekly for an adolescent;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(4)">
        <text>Include a written individualized treatment plan, with the participation of the participant based on the comprehensive assessment that shall:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Be reviewed and approved by a licensed physician or licensed practitioner of the healing arts, within the scope of his or her practice under State law; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Include:</text>
          <paragraph num="(i)">
            <text>Participant treatment plan goals; and</text>
          </paragraph>
          <paragraph num="(ii)">
            <text>Specific interventions that reflect the amounts, frequencies and intensities appropriate to the objective of the treatment plan; and</text>
          </paragraph>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(5)">
        <text>Include a discharge plan, which includes written recommendations to assist the participant with continued recovery efforts, as well as appropriate referral services.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="E.">
      <text>Level 2.5 partial hospitalization services shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Comply with COMAR 10.63.03.07;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Be delivered through a BHA licensed substance use disorder treatment provider;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>Include services for participants who require a minimum of 20 hours weekly of structured outpatient treatment delivered in the following ways:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Half day sessions with a minimum of 2 hours per day of services; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Full day sessions with a minimum of 6 hours per day of services;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(4)">
        <text>Include a written individualized treatment plan, with the participation of the participant based on the comprehensive assessment that shall:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Be reviewed and approved by a licensed physician or licensed practitioner of the healing arts, within the scope of his or her practice under State law; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Include:</text>
          <paragraph num="(i)">
            <text>Participant treatment plan goals; and</text>
          </paragraph>
          <paragraph num="(ii)">
            <text>Specific interventions that reflect the amounts, frequencies and intensities appropriate to the objective of the treatment plan; and</text>
          </paragraph>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(5)">
        <text>Include a discharge plan, which includes written recommendations to assist the participant with continued recovery efforts, as well as appropriate referral services.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="F.">
      <text>Ambulatory withdrawal management service shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Comply with COMAR 10.63.03.18;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Be delivered through a BHA licensed substance use disorder treatment provider;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>Include the following services as medically necessary:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Administration and monitoring of medication, including administration and monitoring of psychotropic medication by qualified staff, as necessary; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Managing withdrawal symptoms; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(4)">
        <text>Include a participant progress note added to the participant-s record after each session.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="G.">
      <text>Buprenorphine and other medication assisted treatment delivered by a BHA licensed substance use disorder treatment provider that employs a practitioner who holds a DEA registration with Schedule III authority in compliance with 21 U.S.C. §823 shall include the following:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Services delivered by a DEA registered practitioner with Schedule III authority, including:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Pharmacological interventions, including the use of FDA-approved opiate agonist and partial agonist treatment medications to provide treatment, support, and recovery to opioid-addicted participants;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>At a minimum, medical services required to be provided by the Program that:</text>
          <paragraph num="(i)">
            <text>Ensure that participants receive a dose adequate to alleviate withdrawal symptoms;</text>
          </paragraph>
          <paragraph num="(ii)">
            <text>Employ dose increases and behavior therapy before mandatory detoxification for participants continuing to use drugs;</text>
          </paragraph>
          <paragraph num="(iii)">
            <text>Establish participant dosing based on an individual need;</text>
          </paragraph>
          <paragraph num="(iv)">
            <text>Provide flexible dosage tapering and withdrawal management with dosage reductions at the participant’s request;</text>
          </paragraph>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(c)">
          <text>Ordering and administering non-narcotic drugs; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Services provided by alcohol and drug counselors and other staff as appropriate, including:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Substance use disorder and related counseling as recommended in the individualized treatment plan; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Point of care presumptive drug testing that shall be:</text>
          <paragraph num="(i)">
            <text>Presumptive in nature and performed at the point of care; and</text>
          </paragraph>
          <paragraph num="(ii)">
            <text>Capable of being read by direct optical observation only.</text>
          </paragraph>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="H.">
      <text>For dates of service before January 1, 2023, BHA licensed substance use disorder treatment providers rendering buprenorphine and other medication assisted treatment are required to comply with requirements for DATA 2000 waived providers.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="I.">
      <text>Opioid maintenance therapy services delivered through the use of methadone or buprenorphine by opioid treatment programs shall comply with 10.63.03.19 and include:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>An individualized treatment plan that shall be reviewed and approved by a licensed physician or licensed practitioner of the healing arts, within the scope of his or her practice under State law;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>The following services:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Pharmacological interventions, including the use of FDA-approved opiate agonist and partial agonist treatment medications to provide treatment, support, and recovery to opioid-addicted participants;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Point of care presumptive drug testing;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(c)">
          <text>Definitive drug testing when completed by a laboratory;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(d)">
          <text>Substance use disorder and related counseling as recommended in the individualized treatment plan;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(e)">
          <text>Periodic medication management;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(f)">
          <text>Medical services, including, but not limited to, those required to be provided by the Program that ensure that participants receive a dose adequate to alleviate withdrawal symptoms; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(g)">
          <text>Ordering and administering non-narcotic drugs;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>A discharge plan, which includes written recommendations to assist the participant with continued recovery efforts, as well as appropriate referral services; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(4)">
        <text>Guest dosing arrangements with other opioid treatment programs, as medically necessary.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="J.">
      <text>Medication assisted treatment induction service delivered by opioid treatment programs shall include the following services, as medically necessary:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Pharmacological interventions, including the use of one of the following FDA-approved opiate agonist and partial agonist treatment medications to provide treatment, support, and recovery to opioid-addicted participants:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Buprenorphine; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Methadone;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Medical services, including, but not limited to, those required to be provided by the Program that ensure that participants receive a dose adequate to alleviate withdrawal symptoms; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>Ordering and administering non-narcotic drugs.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".06" heading="Limitations.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>The Program under this chapter does not cover the following:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Community-based substance use disorder services not specified in Regulation .05 of this chapter;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Community-based substance use disorder services not approved by a licensed physician or other licensed practitioner of the healing arts, within the scope of his or her practice under State law;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>Services not identified by the Department as medically necessary or listed in Regulation .05 of this chapter;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(4)">
        <text>Investigational and experimental drugs and procedures;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(5)">
        <text>Substance use disorder visits solely for the purpose of:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Prescribing medication;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Administering medication;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(c)">
          <text>Drug or supply pick-up;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(d)">
          <text>Collecting laboratory specimens;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(e)">
          <text>Interpreting laboratory tests or panels; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(f)">
          <text>Administering injections, unless the following are documented in the participant’s medical record:</text>
          <paragraph num="(i)">
            <text>Medical necessity; and</text>
          </paragraph>
          <paragraph num="(ii)">
            <text>The participant’s inability to take appropriate oral medications;</text>
          </paragraph>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(6)">
        <text>Services that are provided in a hospital inpatient or outpatient setting or in an intermediate care facility for behavioral health;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(7)">
        <text>Services beyond the provider’s scope of practice;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(8)">
        <text>Services that are separately billed but included as part of another service;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(9)">
        <text>Buprenorphine induction and buprenorphine maintenance therapy services that are:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Delivered by a participant’s primary care provider which are the responsibility of the Managed Care Organization as specified in COMAR 10.67.08; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Delivered without a primary diagnosis of substance use disorder;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(10)">
        <text>Presumptive and definitive drug testing when billed by:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>An opioid treatment program;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>An intensive outpatient program; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(c)">
          <text>A partial hospitalization program provider; (</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(11)">
        <text>Peer recovery support services that are not provided either in-person or via telehealth; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(12)">
        <text>Services not authorized consistent with this chapter.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Providers may not be reimbursed by the Program for:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>More than one comprehensive substance use disorder assessment for a participant per provider per 12-month period unless there is a break in treatment over 30 calendar days;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>More than one Level 1 group counseling session per day per participant;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>More than six Level 1 individual counseling units as measured in 15 minute increments per day per participant;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(4)">
        <text>More than four sessions of Level 2.1 Intensive Outpatient treatment per week;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(5)">
        <text>Level 1 group or individual counseling during the same week as a Level 2.1 Intensive Outpatient treatment or Level 2.5 Partial Hospitalization service unless the participant has been discharged from or admitted to a new level of care;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(6)">
        <text>Overlapping episodes of Level 2.1 Intensive Outpatient treatment and Level 2.5 Partial Hospitalization;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(7)">
        <text>Level 1 group or individual counseling during the same week as Level 1 group or individual counseling offered by another provider;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(8)">
        <text>Psychiatric day treatment service as described in COMAR [10.09.02.01] 10.63.03.08 or an intensive outpatient mental health service on the same day as a Level 2.1 Intensive Outpatient program or Level 2.5 Partial Hospitalization program</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(9)">
        <text>Buprenorphine maintenance therapy delivered by an opioid treatment program or a BHA licensed substance use disorder treatment provider during the same week as Methadone Maintenance Therapy;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(10)">
        <text>Ambulatory withdrawal management during the same week as an opioid maintenance therapy, medication assisted treatment induction, or buprenorphine maintenance service;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(11)">
        <text>Medication management billed by an opioid treatment program or a BHA licensed substance use disorder treatment provider during the same days as medication assisted treatment induction;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(12)">
        <text>Community-based substance use disorder services on the same day that a participant received similar services as a hospital inpatient or outpatient;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(13)">
        <text>Services delivered by federally qualified health centers other than those billed using T-codes that may include the following delivered by two separate appropriately licensed providers:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>One T-code for mental health services per day with associated mental health procedure code; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>One T-code for substance use disorder services with associated H-code per day;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(14)">
        <text>Services rendered but not appropriately documented to the level of service;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(15)">
        <text>Services rendered by mail;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(16)">
        <text>Completion of forms or reports;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(17)">
        <text>Broken or missed appointments;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(18)">
        <text>Travel to and from site of service; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(19)">
        <text>Transportation costs.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>In order to bill for an individual in Level 2.1 Intensive Outpatient treatment, the per diem session shall include a minimum of 2 hours. A maximum of 4 per diems may be billed per week.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="D.">
      <text>In order to bill for an individual in Level 2.5 Partial Hospitalization, the per diem rate for a half day session shall include a minimum of 2 hours.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="E.">
      <text>In order to bill for an individual in Level 2.5 Partial Hospitalization, the per diem rate for a full day session shall include a minimum of 6 hours.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="F.">
      <text>The Department shall pay participating opioid treatment programs, per participant, per week provided the participant received ongoing opioid treatment medications and at least one face-to-face documented treatment service in the month for which the Program is billed.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="G.">
      <text>In order for an opioid treatment program to bill for medication assisted treatment induction, the provider shall bill this service only in the first week of treatment per participant or in the first week of treatment after a break from treatment of at least 6 months.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="H.">
      <text>In order for an opioid treatment program to bill for buprenorphine maintenance therapy, the provider shall bill this service per participant per week.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="I.">
      <text>In order to bill for ambulatory withdrawal management, providers may bill up to 5 per diems during the detoxification episode if determined medically necessary by the Department.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="J.">
      <text>Peer recovery support services may not be used to supplant the minimum billing requirements for:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Level 2.1 Intensive Outpatient treatment as described in §C of this regulation;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Level 2.5 Partial Hospitalization half day session as described in §D of this regulation;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>Level 2.5 Partial Hospitalization full day session as described in §E of this regulation; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(4)">
        <text>Opioid treatment program services as described in §F of this regulation.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="K.">
      <text>All drug screening lab claims submitted to the ASO by providers other than opioid treatment programs shall list the applicable substance use disorder diagnosis.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".07" heading="Authorization Requirements.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>For services outlined in Regulation .05 of this chapter, the community-based substance use disorder program shall notify the ASO and obtain authorization to provide substance use disorder services from the ASO.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>The ASO agent shall authorize services that are:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Medically necessary; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Of a type, frequency, and duration that are consistent with expected results and cost-effectiveness.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>No payment shall be rendered for services that have not been authorized by the Department or its designee.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".08" heading="Payment Procedures.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>General policies governing payment procedures that are applicable to all providers are set forth in COMAR 10.09.36.04.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Billing time limitations for claims submitted under this chapter are set forth in COMAR 10.09.36.06.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>Unless the care is free to other patients, a provider shall bill the Program their usual and customary charge to the general public.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="D.">
      <text>For dates of service July 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023, rates for the services outlined in this chapter shall be as follows:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>For services outlined in this regulation, as delivered through a BHA licensed substance use disorder treatment provider:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Comprehensive substance use disorder assessment — $198.35;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Level 1 group substance use disorder counseling — $54.49 per session;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(c)">
          <text>Level 1 individual substance use disorder counseling — $27.93 per 15-minute increment with a maximum of six 15-minute increments per day;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(d)">
          <text>Level 2.1 Intensive Outpatient treatment — $174.60 per diem;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(e)">
          <text>Level 2.5 Partial Hospitalization half day session — $181.58 per diem;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(f)">
          <text>Level 2.5 Partial Hospitalization full day session — $293.31 per diem;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(g)">
          <text>Ambulatory Withdrawal Management —$97.78 per diem;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(h)">
          <text>Individual peer support services — $16.87 per 15-minute increment;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Group peer support services — $4.69 per 15-minute increment;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(j)">
          <text>Point of care presumptive drug test read with direct optical observation only — $10.02 per test;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(k)">
          <text>Point of care presumptive drug test read with instrument-assisted direct optical observation — $10.02 per test;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(l)">
          <text>Point of care presumptive drug test read with instrumented chemistry analyzers — $49.40 per test; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(m)">
          <text>Periodic medication management through office-based evaluation and management visits, according to COMAR 10.09.02.07D.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>For services outlined in this regulation as delivered through an opioid treatment program:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Comprehensive substance use disorder assessment — $198.35;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Level 1 group substance use disorder counseling — $54.49 per session;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(c)">
          <text>Level 1 individual substance use disorder counseling — $27.93 per 15-minute increment with a maximum of six 15-minute increments per day;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(d)">
          <text>Opioid Maintenance Therapy — $86.27 per participant per week;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(e)">
          <text>Medication Assisted Treatment Induction — $279.36 per participant per week;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(f)">
          <text>Buprenorphine Maintenance Therapy — $76.69 per participant per week;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(g)">
          <text>Individual peer support services — $16.87 per 15-minute increment;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(h)">
          <text>Group peer support services — $4.69 per 15-minute increment; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Periodic medication management through office-based evaluation and management visits, according to COMAR 10.09.02.07D.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="E.">
      <text>For dates of service January 1, 2024, through June 30, 2024, rates for the services outlined in this chapter shall be as follows:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>For services outlined in this chapter, as delivered through a BHA licensed substance use disorder treatment provider:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Comprehensive substance use disorder assessment — $214.22;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Level 1 group substance use disorder counseling — $58.85 per session;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(c)">
          <text>Level 1 individual substance use disorder counseling — $30.16 per 15-minute increment with a maximum of six 15-minute increments per day;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(d)">
          <text>Level 2.1 Intensive Outpatient treatment — $188.57 per diem;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(e)">
          <text>Level 2.5 Partial Hospitalization half day session — $196.11 per diem;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(f)">
          <text>Level 2.5 Partial Hospitalization full day session — $316.77 per diem;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(g)">
          <text>Ambulatory Withdrawal Management —$105.60 per diem;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(h)">
          <text>Individual peer support services — $18.22 per 15-minute increment;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Group peer support services — $5.07 per 15-minute increment;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(j)">
          <text>Point of care presumptive drug test read with direct optical observation only — $10.02 per test;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(k)">
          <text>Point of care presumptive drug test read with instrument-assisted direct optical observation — $10.02 per test;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(l)">
          <text>Point of care presumptive drug test read with instrumented chemistry analyzers — $49.40 per test; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(m)">
          <text>Periodic medication management through office-based evaluation and management visits, according to COMAR 10.09.02.07D.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>For services outlined in this chapter as delivered through an opioid treatment program:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Comprehensive substance use disorder assessment — $214.22;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Level 1 group substance use disorder counseling — $58.85 per session;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(c)">
          <text>Level 1 individual substance use disorder counseling — $30.16 per 15-minute increment with a maximum of six 15-minute increments per day;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(d)">
          <text>Opioid Maintenance Therapy — $93.17 per participant per week;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(e)">
          <text>Medication Assisted Treatment Induction — $301.71 per participant per week;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(f)">
          <text>Buprenorphine Maintenance Therapy — $82.83 per participant per week;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(g)">
          <text>Individual peer support services — $18.22 per 15-minute increment;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(h)">
          <text>Group peer support services — $5.07 per 15-minute increment; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Periodic medication management through office-based evaluation and management visits, according to COMAR 10.09.02.07D.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="F.">
      <text>Effective July 1, 2024, rates for the services outlined in this chapter shall be as follows:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>For services outlined in this chapter, as delivered through a BHA licensed substance use disorder treatment provider:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Comprehensive substance use disorder assessment — $220.65;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Level 1 group substance use disorder counseling — $60.62 per session;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(c)">
          <text>Level 1 individual substance use disorder counseling — $31.06 per 15-minute increment with a maximum of six 15-minute increments per day;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(d)">
          <text>Level 2.1 Intensive Outpatient treatment — $194.23 per diem;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(e)">
          <text>Level 2.5 Partial Hospitalization half day session — $201.99 per diem;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(f)">
          <text>Level 2.5 Partial Hospitalization full day session — $326.27 per diem;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(g)">
          <text>Ambulatory Withdrawal Management —$108.77 per diem;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(h)">
          <text>Individual peer support services — $18.77 per 15-minute increment;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Group peer support services — $5.22 per 15-minute increment;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(j)">
          <text>Point of care presumptive drug test read with direct optical observation only — $10.02 per test;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(k)">
          <text>Point of care presumptive drug test read with instrument-assisted direct optical observation — $10.02 per test;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(l)">
          <text>Point of care presumptive drug test read with instrumented chemistry analyzers — $49.40 per test; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(m)">
          <text>Periodic medication management through office-based evaluation and management visits, according to COMAR 10.09.02.07D.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>For services outlined in this chapter as delivered through an opioid treatment program:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Comprehensive substance use disorder assessment — $220.65;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Level 1 group substance use disorder counseling — $60.62 per session;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(c)">
          <text>Level 1 individual substance use disorder counseling — $31.06 per 15-minute increment with a maximum of six 15-minute increments per day;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(d)">
          <text>Opioid Maintenance Therapy — $95.97 per participant per week;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(e)">
          <text>Medication Assisted Treatment Induction — $310.76 per participant per week;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(f)">
          <text>Buprenorphine Maintenance Therapy — $85.31 per participant per week;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(g)">
          <text>Individual peer support services — $18.77 per 15-minute increment;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(h)">
          <text>Group peer support services — $5.22 per 15-minute increment; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Periodic medication management through office-based evaluation and management visits, according to COMAR 10.09.02.07D.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="G.">
      <text>The Program shall make no direct payment to participants.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="H.">
      <text>The Department shall authorize supplemental payment on Medicare claims only if:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>The provider accepts Medicare assignments;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Medicare makes direct payment to the provider;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>Medicare has determined that the services are medically necessary;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(4)">
        <text>The services are covered by the Program; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(5)">
        <text>Initial billing is made directly to Medicare according to Medicare guidelines.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="I.">
      <text>The Department shall make payment on Medicare claims subject to the following provisions:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Deductible and coinsurance shall be paid in full for services designated as mental health services by Medicare; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>The Program shall reimburse services not covered by Medicare, but considered medically necessary by the Program, according to the limitations of this chapter.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".09" heading="Recovery and Reimbursement.">
    <text>Recovery and reimbursement shall be as set forth in COMAR 10.09.36.07.</text>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".10" heading="Cause for Suspension or Removal and Imposition of Sanctions.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>Causes for suspension or removal and imposition of sanctions shall be as set forth in COMAR 10.09.36.08.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>The Department shall give to the provider reasonable written notice of the Department’s intention to impose sanctions. In the notice, the Department shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Establish the:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Effective date of the proposed action; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Reasons for the proposed action; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Advise the provider of the right to appeal.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".11" heading="Appeal Procedures.">
    <text>Appeals procedures shall be as set forth in accordance with COMAR 10.09.36.09.</text>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".12" heading="Interpretive Regulation.">
    <text>This chapter shall be interpreted as set forth in COMAR 10.09.36.10.</text>
  </regulation>
  <annotations>
    <annotation type="Authority">Health-General Article, §§2-104(b), 7.5-204, 7.5-205(d), 7.5-402, 8-204(c)(1),15-103(a)(1), and 15-105(b), Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date:</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulations .01—.09 adopted as an emergency provision effective January 1, 2010 (37:6 Md. R. 474); adopted permanently effective May 31, 2010 (37:11 Md. R. 765)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Chapter revised effective December 22, 2014 (41:25 Md. R. 1480)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01B amended effective October 26, 2015 (42:21 Md. R. 1302); April 10, 2017 (44:7 Md. R. 356); November 14, 2022 (49:23 Md. R. 996); May 15, 2023 (50:9 Md. R. 379); August 5, 2024 (51:15 Md. R. 708)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .02 amended effective October 26, 2015 (42:21 Md. R. 1302); September 25, 2017 (44:19 Md. R. 897)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .03 amended effective October 26, 2015 (42:21 Md. R. 1302); November 14, 2022 (49:23 Md. R. 996)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .03A, B amended effective September 25, 2017 (44:19 Md. R. 897)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .04 amended effective October 26, 2015 (42:21 Md. R. 1302)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .05 amended effective October 26, 2015 (42:21 Md. R. 1302); April 10, 2017 (44:7 Md. R. 356); September 25, 2017 (44:19 Md. R. 897); November 14, 2022 (49:23 Md. R. 996); May 15, 2023 (50:9 Md. R. 379); August 5, 2024 (51:15 Md. R. 708)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .06 amended effective October 26, 2015 (42:21 Md. R. 1302); April 10, 2017 (44:7 Md. R. 356); May 15, 2023 (50:9 Md. R. 379)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .06A, B amended effective November 14, 2022 (49:23 Md. R. 996)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .07C amended effective October 26, 2015 (42:21 Md. R. 1302)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .08 amended effective October 26, 2015 (42:21 Md. R. 1302); November 14, 2022 (49:23 Md. R. 996); May 15, 2023 (50:9 Md. R. 379); November 24, 2025 (52:23 Md. R. 1139)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .08D amended effective October 24, 2016 (43:21 Md. R. 1166); April 10, 2017 (44:7 Md. R. 356); January 1, 2018 (44:26 Md. R. 1215); December 30, 2019 (46:26 Md. R. 1164)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .08D – F amended August 5, 2024 (51:15 Md. R. 708)</annotation>
  </annotations>
</chapter>