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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 31.10.20.04" title_num="31" subtitle_num="10" chapter_num="20" heading="Denial or Revocation of Certification.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The Commissioner shall deny a certificate to an applicant if the Commissioner finds that the initial application does not meet the requirements of this chapter.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The Commissioner may revoke the certification of a medical director:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Who violates any provision of this chapter;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Who fails to meet the requirements for certification under Regulation .04B of this chapter;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Who obtains certification based on inaccurate information;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Who fraudulently or deceptively obtains, attempts to obtain, or uses a certificate; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>If the Commissioner finds a pattern that the utilization management procedures and policies used by the medical director in making utilization review decisions or used by a private review agent employed by or under contract with the health maintenance organization over whose utilization review decisions the medical director has responsibility are not:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Objective;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Clinically valid;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Compatible with established principles of health care; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Flexible enough to allow deviations from the norms when justified on a case by case basis.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Before denying an initial application for certification or revoking an issued certificate, the Commissioner shall provide the applicant or certificate holder with:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Reasonable time to supply additional information which demonstrates compliance with the requirements of this chapter and the opportunity to request a hearing;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Written notice of the reasons for the denial or revocation; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>30 days in which to request a hearing in accordance with State Government Article, Title 10, Subtitle 2, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>