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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".14" citation="COMAR 10.21.12.14" title_num="10" subtitle_num="21" chapter_num="12" heading="Variance with Standards.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Excluding the prohibition described in §B of this regulation, staff may not vary from the standards identified in this chapter unless the variation is for an extreme crisis.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>There may not be any variance with standards established in this regulation and in Regulations .03 and .04, .06B—G and I—J, .07, .09A, .11, .12A and D—F, .13, and .14 of this chapter.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Staff shall document, on the facility's variance report, a variance with standards permitted under this chapter.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The CEO shall rule on and document each variance permitted in §A of this regulation to determine whether the variance was:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>An extreme crisis;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A deviation from the facility's procedure; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>A problem in the facility's policy which is correctable by administrative action.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>The CEO shall assure that the facility's quality assurance process incorporates a monthly review of any variance permitted in §A of this regulation.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>