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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".07" citation="COMAR 10.30.01.07" title_num="10" subtitle_num="30" chapter_num="01" heading="Procedures for Certification of Facilities.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Providers or consumers of medical care contemplating development of a transplant center or a dialysis facility shall notify the Commission within 30 days of applying for licensure or certification with the Office of Health Care Quality of the Department.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The Department or the Commission, or both, shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Review the facility application;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Survey for compliance with this subtitle; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Certify the facility’s existing Office of Health Care Quality license.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The Commission, through the Department, shall certify the dialysis facilities and transplant centers once the standards have been met as set forth in this subtitle.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Certified patients are eligible for reimbursement of medical care only after a dialysis facility or transplant center has received Kidney Disease Program certification.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Programs denied certification on the basis of a failure to meet the Commission's standards may file an appeal with the Commission for a specific interpretation of the standards applicable in that individual case.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>