# COMAR Title 10 — Maryland Department of Health

## Subtitle 52 — Preventive Medicine

### Chapter 11 — Universal Infection Control Precautions

#### Regulation .05 Compliance Requirements for Health Care Professional with Private Professional Office.

*COMAR 10.52.11.05*

A. A health care professional who practices in a private professional office shall:

  (1) Ensure that an individual who performs patient care services in the professional's office:

    (a) Complies with the principles of universal precautions,

    (b) Is permitted 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

    (c) Complies with current professional standards of patient care with regard to disinfection and sterilization of reusable devices used in patient care procedures; and

  (2) Except as provided in §C of this regulation, display the version of the notice “We Take Precautions for You” specified in Table B shown in §B of this regulation.

B. Table B.

C. A health care professional not listed in Table B is not required to post the notice “We Take Precautions for You”.