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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".11" citation="COMAR 10.11.06.11" title_num="10" subtitle_num="11" chapter_num="06" heading="Access to Records and Information.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A health care provider, hospital, HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996) business associate, or other related entity shall, on written request of the Committee, FIMR team, other MMQR team, or their staff, provide access to records concerning:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Prepregnancy, prenatal, and postpartum care of the mother;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Somatic, dental, and behavioral health of the mother;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The health care provided by:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A health care provider;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>A health care facility; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Emergency medical services;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Emergency medical services system data on maternal and neonatal transport;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>State vital records data related to morbidity or mortality associated with pregnancy, childbirth, infancy, or early childhood; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Documentation relevant to the purpose and duties of the Committee, FIMR team, or other MMQR team that is maintained by a State or local government agency, including:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Medical examiner investigative information; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Law enforcement investigative information, including police reports.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The Committee, FIMR team, or other MMQR team shall assign staff to abstract information from patient medical records and other sources of information to which the Committee, FIMR teams, or other MMQR teams are entitled under §A of this regulation.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Information abstracted under §B of this regulation shall be de-identified by the abstractor to remove information that would permit the identification of an individual health care recipient before the information may be used to carry out the purpose and duties of the Committee, FIMR team, or other MMQR team.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>