A. The stroke center medical director shall be a physician with special competence in caring for the acute stroke patient who is clinically active at the facility and is Board certified or Board eligible in:
- (1) Neurology;
- (2) Internal medicine; or
- (3) Emergency medicine.
- B. The stroke center medical director’s qualifications shall include active participation in the Stroke Quality Improvement Council (QIC) and 8 or more hours of category 1 CME credits related to stroke care annually.
- C. Qualifications for stroke center physicians who care for stroke patients shall include 4 or more hours of category 1 or 2 CME credits per year related to stroke care.
- D. Training for nonphysician stroke center professional staff who care for acute stroke patients shall include 4 or more hours of continuing medical education per year in the area of cerebrovascular disease.
Authority: Education Article, §13-509, Annotated Code of Maryland
Effective date: July 1, 2021 (48:9 Md. R. 360)
Regulation effective July 21, 2025 (52:14 Md. R. 714)