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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 10.52.11.04" title_num="10" subtitle_num="52" chapter_num="11" heading="Compliance Requirements for a Health Care Facility.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A health care facility shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Adopt, implement, and enforce a policy that:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Requires the use of universal precautions by medical staff and employees engaged in patient care activities,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Permits an individual to make an emergency exception to the use of universal precautions, at the individual's discretion, in a situation where failure to provide immediate care could result in serious harm to or death of a patient, and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Requires compliance with current professional standards of patient care with regard to disinfection and sterilization of reusable devices used in patient care procedures; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Display the version of the notice “We Take Precautions for You” specified in Table A, shown in §B of this regulation, at the entrance to the health care facility.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Table A.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>