Md. Code Regs. 10.01.16.08 - Enforcement
A. For entities and individuals not regulated by the Office of Health Care Quality or the appropriate health occupations board, the Secretary shall have the authority to investigate any complaint concerning medical records that are covered by this chapter. By letter, the Secretary may delegate this authority to any unit of the Department, including a health occupations board, the Office of Health Care Quality, or the Office of the Inspector General.
B. To ensure compliance and enforce this chapter:
(1) The Office of Health Care Quality shall have authority over a health care facility; and
(2) A health occupations board shall have authority over an individual who is a health care provider.
C. The Office of Health Care Quality, the appropriate health occupations board, or both, shall investigate any complaint concerning medical records that are or were in the possession of a person or entity covered by this chapter.
D. After giving a person or entity an opportunity for a hearing to be held in accordance with the disciplinary hearing procedures that would be applicable to a health care provider who owned or possessed the medical records at issue, the Office of Health Care Quality, the appropriate health occupations board, or both, may impose any fines stated in Regulation .09B, of this chapter, as appropriate.
E. After giving a person or entity an opportunity for a hearing to be held in accordance with COMAR 10.01.03, the Secretary may impose any fines stated in Regulation .09B of this chapter for entities which are not regulated by the Office of Health Care Quality or an appropriate health occupations board.
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