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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 10.63.01.04" title_num="10" subtitle_num="63" chapter_num="01" heading="Exempt Providers.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>In accordance with Health-General Article, §7.5-401, Annotated Code of Maryland, the following providers are exempt from the requirements of, and are not required to be licensed under, this subtitle:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Except as provided in §B of this regulation:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A health professional, in either a solo practice or group practice, who is licensed under the Health Occupations Article; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Is providing services in accordance with the requirements of the appropriate professional board;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Alcoholics Anonymous;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Narcotics Anonymous;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Recovery residences;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Peer support services;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Family-provided support services;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>An employees’ assistance program of a business entity;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Outpatient behavioral health treatment and rehabilitation services provided in regulated space of a hospital, as defined in Health-General Article, §19-301, Annotated Code of Maryland, if the hospital is accredited by an approved accreditation organization under the accreditation organization’s behavioral health standards; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>A therapeutic group home authorized under:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Health-General Article, §§10-920 — 10-923, Annotated Code of Maryland;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>COMAR 10.21.07; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>COMAR 14.31.05 — 14.31.07;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Notwithstanding the provisions of §A of this regulation, a provider shall have a valid and current license under this subtitle in order to provide the following services:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>DUI education programs as described in COMAR 10.63.05.05; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Substance-related disorder programs as described in COMAR 10.63.03.11 — .14.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The Department may exempt a program from the requirements of this subtitle:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>If the program:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Is a pilot project;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Is a federal or State demonstration project; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Does not fall within any of the program descriptions set out in:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>COMAR 10.63.03;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>COMAR 10.63.04; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>COMAR 10.63.05; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>If the program demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Department that it is subject to:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Contractual provisions;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Conditions of grant award; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Other requirements that are comparable to the regulations in this subtitle.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>