- A. The Department may suspend a provider's certificate if the provider has violated a regulation of this chapter, and the violation has not been corrected within the time specified in the notice of violation.
- B. The Department may immediately suspend a provider's certificate if a violation of a regulation of this chapter results in conditions that pose an imminent danger to the health or safety of a participant.
- C. The Department shall notify a provider in writing of a decision to suspend the provider's certificate.
D. A notice of certification suspension shall include:
- (1) The reasons for suspension;
- (2) A citation to the regulation on which the suspension is based;
- (3) The period of suspension;
- (4) Notification that the violation may lead to revocation of the certificate if the violation is not corrected within the number of days specified in the notice;
- (5) The provider's right to appeal the suspension in accordance with Regulation .33 of this chapter; and
- (6) What a provider shall do to file an appeal, including all relevant time requirements.
- E. The Department shall notify the participants and the owner of the facility, or the management agent for the owner, of a decision to suspend a certificate under this regulation. The contents of the notice shall comply with §D of this regulation.
- F. Upon notification of a suspension and until the suspension has been lifted, a provider may not enter into a provider-participant agreement with an individual who was not a participant at the time of the suspension.
- G. A provider aggrieved by a notice of certification suspension may appeal the Department's action by filing a request for an appeal in accordance with Regulation .33 of this chapter.
Authority: Human Services Article, §§10-209 and 10-210, Annotated Code of Maryland
Effective date: July 1, 2005 (32:10 Md. R. 926)
Regulation .01B amended effective June 4, 2018 (45:11 Md. R. 580)
Regulation .07 amended effective June 4, 2018 (45:11 Md. R. 580)
Regulation .14B amended effective June 4, 2018 (45:11 Md. R. 580)
Regulation .16C amended effective June 4, 2018 (45:11 Md. R. 580)
Regulation .17 amended effective June 4, 2018 (45:11 Md. R. 580)
Regulation .18 amended effective June 4, 2018 (45:11 Md. R. 580)
Regulation .19 amended effective June 4, 2018 (45:11 Md. R. 580)
Regulation .22 amended effective June 4, 2018 (45:11 Md. R. 580)
Regulation .23A—C amended effective June 4, 2018 (45:11 Md. R. 580)
Regulation .26A amended effective June 4, 2018 (45:11 Md. R. 580)
Regulation .28 amended effective June 4, 2018 (45:11 Md. R. 580)
Regulation .32A amended effective June 4, 2018 (45:11 Md. R. 580)