(a) Each hospital or nursing facility in the State shall ensure that its employees and any other individuals who provide a health care service within or on the premises of the hospital or nursing facility wear a personal identification tag, except where inappropriate for medical reasons, that indicates in readable text:
(1) The first name, nickname, last name, or full name of the individual that is commonly used in the hospital or nursing facility; and
(2) The professional or other title of the individual.
(b) The Secretary may impose a fine not to exceed $25 per violation of this section.
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