In addition to meeting the requirements of COMAR 30.08.11.09, a hospital designated as a thrombectomy-capable primary stroke center shall have the following diagnostic capability available when indicated:

1. A. Carotid duplex ultrasound;
2. B. Transcranial ultrasonography; and
3. C. Transesophageal/transthoracic echocardiogram.

Authority: Education Article, §13-509, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: January 1, 2022 (48:22 Md. R. 939)