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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".30" citation="COMAR 32.03.04.30" title_num="32" subtitle_num="03" chapter_num="04" heading="Suspension of Certificate.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The Department may suspend a provider's certificate if the provider has violated a regulation of this chapter, and the violation has not been corrected within the time specified in the notice of violation.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The Department may immediately suspend a provider's certificate if a violation of a regulation of this chapter results in conditions that pose an imminent danger to the health or safety of a participant.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The Department shall notify a provider in writing of a decision to suspend the provider's certificate.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>A notice of certification suspension shall include:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The reasons for suspension;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A citation to the regulation on which the suspension is based;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The period of suspension;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Notification that the violation may lead to revocation of the certificate if the violation is not corrected within the number of days specified in the notice;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>The provider's right to appeal the suspension in accordance with Regulation .33 of this chapter; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>What a provider shall do to file an appeal, including all relevant time requirements.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>The Department shall notify the participants and the owner of the facility, or the management agent for the owner, of a decision to suspend a certificate under this regulation. The contents of the notice shall comply with §D of this regulation.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>Upon notification of a suspension and until the suspension has been lifted, a provider may not enter into a provider-participant agreement with an individual who was not a participant at the time of the suspension.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>A provider aggrieved by a notice of certification suspension may appeal the Department's action by filing a request for an appeal in accordance with Regulation .33 of this chapter.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>