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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" citation="COMAR 10.52.11.05" title_num="10" subtitle_num="52" chapter_num="11" heading="Compliance Requirements for Health Care Professional with Private Professional Office.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A health care professional who practices in a private professional office shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Ensure that an individual who performs patient care services in the professional's office:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Complies with the principles of universal precautions,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>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</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Complies 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>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.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Table B.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>A health care professional not listed in Table B is not required to post the notice “We Take Precautions for You”.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>