(a) The Secretary, in consultation with the Association of Maryland Hospitals and Health Systems and the Maryland Association of Hospital Security and Safety Directors, shall develop a uniform set of emergency security codes for hospitals.
(b) The Secretary shall adopt regulations to implement the uniform set of emergency security codes.
(c) Each hospital in Maryland shall implement the provisions of the uniform set of emergency security codes for hospitals within 2 years of the adoption of the regulations by the Secretary.
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