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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 30.08.18.02" title_num="30" subtitle_num="08" chapter_num="18" heading="Organization.">
  <text>The facility’s board of directors, administrators, and medical and nursing staff shall demonstrate commitment to the facility’s designation as an acute stroke ready center by:</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A board of directors’ resolution stating that the facility agrees to meet the standards of this chapter for designation as an acute stroke ready center;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>An organizational chart showing key stroke center personnel, including the stroke center medical director and the stroke center nurse coordinator and their relationship with the facility;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Establishing mechanisms to guide and assure cooperative relationships with community and professional groups committed to increasing public awareness and improving acute stroke care;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Maintaining documentation of stroke center leadership, including:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>An appointment letter for the stroke center medical director; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Curricula vitae of key stroke program personnel with training and expertise in cerebrovascular disease, including:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Physicians;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Stroke center nurse coordinator; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Other key health care personnel; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Maintaining bylaws, contracts, and budgets specific to acute stroke care, indicating the facility’s commitment to the financial, human, and physical resources necessary to support the facility’s designation as an acute stroke ready center.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>