1. A. If a provider employs an individual or contracts with an individual to provide services to the provider's subscribers and the individual will enter a subscriber's dwelling or any combination of subscribers' dwellings more than four times in a year to deliver those services, then the provider shall:

   1. (1) Make sure the individual meets the requirements of §B of this regulation;
   2. (2) Check at least two character references for the individual to confirm the individual meets the requirements of §B(1)—(5) of this regulation; and
   3. (3) Have the individual submit the necessary forms and fingerprints needed to conduct a criminal history records check through the Criminal Justice Information System operated by the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services.

2. B. An individual who is employed by or contracted by a provider to provide services to a subscriber in the subscriber's dwelling and who will enter a subscriber's dwelling or any combination of subscribers' dwellings more than four times in a year to deliver those services shall:

   1. (1) Be 18 years old or older;
   2. (2) Have adequate training, education, or experience to perform the duties assigned;
   3. (3) Have sufficient physical, emotional, and mental capacity to perform the duties assigned;
   4. (4) Have no convictions for crimes that have a bearing on the individual's ability to provide services consistent with the well-being of the subscribers;
   5. (5) Have sufficient moral character to be entrusted with providing services to elderly people who may be physically or mentally infirm;
   6. (6) Provide the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of at least three references attesting to the individual's meeting the requirements of §B(1)—(5) of this regulation; and
   7. (7) Be free from communicable diseases, as evidenced by a physician's statement.

Authority: Human Services Article, §10-454, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: May 15, 2000 (27:9 Md. R. 859)

Chapter recodified from COMAR 14.11.09 to COMAR 32.02.02, October 2000

Regulation .02H amended effective March 17, 2025 (52:5 Md. R. 239)

Regulation .10A amended effective March 17, 2025 (52:5 Md. R. 239)

Regulation .10F adopted effective March 17, 2025 (52:5 Md. R. 239)

Regulation .11C amended effective March 1, 2004 (31:4 Md. R. 319)

Regulation .14J amended effective March 17, 2025 (52:5 Md. R. 239)

Regulation .16C amended effective March 17, 2025 (52:5 Md. R. 239)

Regulation .17D amended effective March 17, 2025 (52:5 Md. R. 239)

Regulation .31 amended effective March 17, 2025 (52:5 Md. R. 239)