Md. Code Regs. 10.07.14.23 - Admission Requirements

A. Discrimination Prohibited. An assisted living program licensed under this chapter may not discriminate in admitting or providing care to an individual because of the individual's:

(1) Race;

(2) Color;

(3) National origin;

(4) Sexual orientation;

(5) Gender identity;

(6) Religion;

(7) Physical disability; or

(8) Mental disability.

B. An assisted living program may not provide services to individuals who at the time of initial admission, as established by the initial assessment, would require:

(1) More than intermittent nursing care;

(2) Treatment of stage three or stage four skin ulcers;

(3) Ventilator services;

(4) Skilled monitoring, testing, and frequent adjustment of medications and treatments where there is the presence of a fluctuating acute condition; or

(5) Monitoring of a chronic medical condition that is not controllable through readily available medications and treatments.

C. An individual may not be admitted to an assisted living program who is:

(1) Dangerous to the individual or others when the assisted living program would be unable to eliminate the danger through the use of appropriate treatment modalities; or

(2) At high risk for health or safety complications which cannot be adequately managed.

D. The provisions of §§B and C of this regulation do not apply to a resident being admitted to an assisted living program when the resident is under the care of a general hospice care program licensed by the Department which ensures delivery of one or more of the services described under §§B and C of this regulation through the hospice program's plan of care.

Notes

Md. Code Regs. 10.07.14.23

Regulations .23 adopted effective December 29, 2008 (35:26 Md. R. 2249); adopted effective 52:8 Md. R. 357, eff. 4/28/2025.