1. A. Before admission, the center shall obtain a written assessment from the prospective participant's health care provider, who shall certify that the information provided reflects the individual's health status within 45 days of the individual's admission. Upon request and for good cause shown, the Department may grant an exception to all or part of the preadmission assessment.

2. B. Written Assessment. The health care provider's assessment shall include:

   1. (1) Recent medical history, including any acute medical condition or hospitalization;
   2. (2) Significant medical conditions affecting function, including the individual's ability for self-care, cognition, physical conditions, and behavioral and psychosocial status;
   3. (3) Other active and significant chronic or acute medical diagnoses;
   4. (4) Known allergies to medications, environment, and food;
   5. (5) Medical confirmation that the individual is free from communicable disease and other active reportable airborne diseases;
   6. (6) Current and other needed medications and treatments and the ability of the individual to self-medicate or self-treat;
   7. (7) Information of advanced directives for health care;
   8. (8) Current nutritional status including height, weight, risk factors, and deficits;
   9. (9) Diets ordered by the health care provider;
   10. (10) Medically necessary limitations or precautions; and
   11. (11) Monitoring or performance of tests after admission.

Authority: Health-General Article, §§2-104, 14-206, and 14-304; State Government Article, §10-226; Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: January 12, 1979 (6:1 Md. R. 17)

Regulations .01; .02B, E; .03A, C, D; .04A—E; .05A, G, H, L, M, N; .06A; .07A, C; .08B; .09C; and .11B, K amended effective July 11, 1980 (7:14 Md. R. 1350)

Regulation .04F repealed effective July 11, 1980 (7:14 Md. R. 1350)

Chapter recodified from COMAR 10.26.01 to COMAR 10.12.04 and Regulations .01, .02A, .04—.08, .09C, .10A, and .11A amended effective November 13, 1989 (16:22 Md. R. 2365)

Regulation .02E amended effective July 5, 1993 (20:13 Md. R. 1049)

Regulations .01—.12 repealed and new Regulations .01—.52 adopted effective November 23, 2006 (33:23 Md. R. 1795)

Regulation .02B amended effective January 20, 2014 (41:1 Md. R. 13)

Regulations .01—.52 repealed and new Regulations .01—.53 adopted effective December 13, 2014 (41:12 Md. R. 668)

Regulation .04A amended effective December 21, 2015 (42:25 Md. R. 1543); August 29, 2016 (43:17 Md. R. 953)

Regulation .04C amended effective August 29, 2016 (43:17 Md. R. 953)