A. The administrator shall ensure that all personnel:
- (1) Receive orientation and have experience sufficient to demonstrate competency to perform assigned patient care duties;
- (2) Are licensed or certified by an appropriate occupational licensing board to practice in this State, if required by law; and
- (3) Perform or delegate duties and responsibilities in accordance with standards of practice as defined by the Health Occupations Article, Annotated Code of Maryland.
- B. The administrator shall have a sufficient number of qualified professional staff on duty at all times to ensure safe operation and maintenance of the facility.
- C. The facility shall have job descriptions on file for all personnel.
- D. The administrator shall ensure that all personnel are free from active reportable airborne communicable disease as evidenced by a physician's or other qualified health care practitioner's statement.
Authority: Health-General Article, §19-3B-01 et seq., Annotated Code of Maryland
Effective date: August 23, 1999 (26:17 Md. R. 1322)
Regulation .02B amended effective April 16, 2012 (39:7 Md. R. 491)
Regulation .04A, I amended effective March 13, 2017 (44:5 Md. R. 292)
Regulation .05A amended effective March 14, 2016 (43:5 Md. R. 385)
Regulation .08 amended effective April 16, 2012 (39:7 Md. R. 491)
Regulation .08C amended effective February 27, 2017 (44:4 Md. R. 252)