# COMAR Title 10 — Maryland Department of Health

## Subtitle 25 — Maryland Health Care Commission

### Chapter 14 — Health Care Data Collection from Maryland Health Care Practitioners

#### Regulation .03 Information to be Collected.

*COMAR 10.25.14.03*

The Commission may collect the following data from a health care practitioner:

A. Data that indicate the nature of the health care practice in which the health care practitioner is engaged;

B. Data that indicate whether the health care practitioner is actively engaged in the practice of health care;

C. Data that indicate whether the health care practitioner is currently engaged in direct patient care in the State;

D. Data that indicate the health care practitioner's primary language, race, and ethnicity;

E. Data that describe the health care practitioner's areas of specialty, including:

  (1) Specialty qualifications or training;

  (2) Specialty certification, licensure, or status; and

  (3) Current areas of concentration;

F. Data that identify the number and location of a health care practitioner's practice locations;

G. Data that indicate whether the health care practitioner provides primary or preventive care services, or both, in Maryland;

H. Data that indicate the nature and extent of the practitioner's use of information technology in the diagnosis and treatment of patients;

I. Data that indicate whether the health care practitioner accepts or treats patients who are covered by Maryland Medical Assistance or Medicare; and

J. Data that indicate whether the health care practitioner provides care to low-income patients and, if so, the nature of the compensation received for that care.