The hospital shall have:
- A. Rehabilitation capabilities adequately staffed with equipment available to treat all injured children while in the pediatric trauma center;
- B. Rehabilitation consultation services, occupational therapy, speech therapy, and physical therapy, available in the critical care phase as needed;
- C. Pediatric rehabilitation services staffed by personnel trained in pediatric rehabilitation care and properly equipped for acute care of injured pediatric patients;
- D. Full in-house service or transfer process in place to a rehabilitation service for long-term care or sub-acute care; and
- E. Transfer agreements to rehabilitation hospitals, for the primary three rehabilitation hospitals the trauma center utilizes, which may be a joint transfer agreement if the trauma center is a part of a health system that utilizes a particular rehabilitation center.
Authority: Education Article, §13-509, Annotated Code of Maryland
Effective date: September 7, 1998 (25:18 Md. R. 1439)
Regulation .01B amended effective July 1, 2002 (29:12 Md. R. 933)
Regulation .03E amended effective June 4, 2007 (34:11 Md. R. 972)
Regulation .06C amended effective July 1, 2002 (29:12 Md. R. 933)
Regulation .16A amended effective July 1, 2002 (29:12 Md. R. 933)
Regulation .16 amended effective June 4, 2007 (34:11 Md. R. 972)
Regulation .18A amended effective July 1, 2002 (29:12 Md. R. 933)
Regulations .01—.20 repealed and new regulations .01 — .22 adopted effective July 24, 2023 (50:14 Md. R. 594)
Regulation .02B amended effective July 21, 2025 (52:14 Md. R. 714)