(a) (1) In this section, “patient care personnel” means an individual whom a related institution employs to provide health related or personal care services.
(2) “Patient care personnel” does not include an individual who provides general administrative, nonmedical supervisory, or record keeping services in a related institution.
(b) The Secretary may adopt reasonable rules and regulations that set minimum qualifications for patient care personnel who are not licensed under the Health Occupations Article.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Title 19 - Health Care Facilities
Subtitle 3 - Hospitals and Related Institutions
Part I - Definitions; General Provisions
Section 19-302 - Scope of Subtitle
Section 19-303 - Nonprofit Hospitals; Community Benefit
Section 19-304 - Reporting Unexpected Occurrences or Incidents; Analysis
Section 19-307 - Classifications of Hospitals and Related Institutions
Section 19-307.1 - Regulations for Limited Service Hospitals
Section 19-307.2 - Licensed Bed Capacity
Section 19-308 - Standards and Inspections
Section 19-308.1 - Patient Care Personnel
Section 19-308.2 - Transfer of Patients Between Hospitals
Section 19-308.3 - Applications or Contracts for Admission
Section 19-308.4 - Personal Identification Tags for Employees and Certain Others
Section 19-308.5 - Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Program
Section 19-308.6 - Uniform Emergency Security Codes for Hospitals
Section 19-308.7 - Umbilical Cord Blood Donation
Section 19-308.8 - Discharge or Transfer of Patients
Section 19-310 - Organ or Tissue Donations
Section 19-310.1 - Quality Assessment of Nursing Facilities; Medicare Reimbursement
Section 19-310.2 - Protocol for Sexual Assault Medical Forensic Examinations
Section 19-310.3 - Development of Protocol for Discharge of Patient With Substance Use Disorder