# COMAR Title 32 — Maryland Department of Aging

## Subtitle 02 — Provider Regulations

### Chapter 02 — Certificate of Registration for Continuing Care at Home Providers

#### Regulation .26 Individuals Employed or Contracted by Provider.

*COMAR 32.02.02.26*

A. If a provider employs an individual or contracts with an individual to provide services to the provider's subscribers and the individual will enter a subscriber's dwelling or any combination of subscribers' dwellings more than four times in a year to deliver those services, then the provider shall:

  (1) Make sure the individual meets the requirements of §B of this regulation;

  (2) Check at least two character references for the individual to confirm the individual meets the requirements of §B(1)—(5) of this regulation; and

  (3) Have the individual submit the necessary forms and fingerprints needed to conduct a criminal history records check through the Criminal Justice Information System operated by the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services.

B. An individual who is employed by or contracted by a provider to provide services to a subscriber in the subscriber's dwelling and who will enter a subscriber's dwelling or any combination of subscribers' dwellings more than four times in a year to deliver those services shall:

  (1) Be 18 years old or older;

  (2) Have adequate training, education, or experience to perform the duties assigned;

  (3) Have sufficient physical, emotional, and mental capacity to perform the duties assigned;

  (4) Have no convictions for crimes that have a bearing on the individual's ability to provide services consistent with the well-being of the subscribers;

  (5) Have sufficient moral character to be entrusted with providing services to elderly people who may be physically or mentally infirm;

  (6) Provide the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of at least three references attesting to the individual's meeting the requirements of §B(1)—(5) of this regulation; and

  (7) Be free from communicable diseases, as evidenced by a physician's statement.