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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 10.27.13.02" title_num="10" subtitle_num="27" chapter_num="13" heading="Safe Practice Committee.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Committee Appointments.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Annually, before the September meeting, the Board shall determine the number of rehabilitation committees required in the State.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The Board shall make appointments to the committee in October in accordance with Health Occupations Article, §8-208(c)(1), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Appointments are for a 4-year term, except in the first year of any committee when the terms are staggered.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Committee members may be reappointed for one additional 4-year term.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Committee Meetings.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The committee shall determine where meetings are held and the frequency of meetings.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Confidential minutes shall be kept of the committee meetings and maintained in a confidential file at the Board's office.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The Board shall review and approve all procedures established by the committee.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The committee shall function in accordance with Health Occupations Article, §8-208(j) — (q), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Powers and Duties of the Committee.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The committee may:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Evaluate each individual who requests to participate in the program or is referred to the program;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Receive and review information about program participants; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Consider in each case if the participant can practice safely or an applicant qualifies for licensure or certification to practice.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The committee shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Prepare a written plan or agreement for each participant that establishes the requirements for supervision and monitoring; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Inform each licensee, certificate holder, or applicant who requests participation in the program about:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>The procedures to be followed;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>The rights and responsibilities of a participant in the program; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>The possible consequences for a participant’s noncompliance with the program.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>At the request of the Board, the committee may evaluate a nurse, certified nursing assistant, certified dialysis technician, medication technician, electrologist, direct-entry midwife, or licensed certified midwife with a substance use disorder or mental illness for readiness to return to practice.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>Annual Committee Report. The committee shall submit to the Board each year, and as requested, a report that provides:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The number of cases accepted, denied, or terminated with compliance or noncompliance;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The number of cases referred to the program that were not eligible;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The number of individuals referred to the program who declined admission to the program; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>A cost analysis of the program.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>