# COMAR Title 10 — Maryland Department of Health

## Subtitle 09 — Medical Care Programs

### Chapter 84 — Community First Choice

#### Regulation .09 Specific Conditions for Provider Participation — Personal Emergency Response Systems.

*COMAR 10.09.84.09*

To participate in the Program as a provider of personal emergency response systems under Regulation .17 of this chapter, a provider shall:

A. Be the store, vendor, organization, or company which sells, rents, installs, services, or operates the device or service;

B. Provide or arrange for any installation, maintenance, training, or monitoring required for the device or system;

C. Ensure that any response center is:

  (1) Responsible for monitoring and responding to a notification of an emergency by the system; and

  (2) Adequately staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by properly trained staff; and

D. Submit reports to the Department regarding activation and participant use no less than monthly or at a greater frequency as requested by the Department.