(a) In this section, "facility" means a special psychiatric hospital or an acute general care hospital with separately identified inpatient psychiatric service. (b) (1) As a condition of licensure, each facility shall adopt written policies and procedures to implement the requirements of §§ 10-701 through 10-709 of this article. The policies and procedures: (i) May expand the rights provided in §§ 10-701 through 10- 709 of this article; (ii) Shall provide for a mechanism for patients and others to report suspected violations of §§ 10-701 through 10-709 of this article to a designated official of the hospital; (iii) Shall provide a system for investigating suspected violations; and (iv) Shall ensure that there is a timely appropriate response to any suspected violation. (2) The Secretary may inspect any document necessary to ensure compliance with this subsection and §§ 10-701 through 10-709 of this article. (3) If a hospital that is a facility fails to adopt and implement the policies and procedures required by this subsection or maintains a continuing pattern of conditions or practices in knowing violation of §§ 10-701 through 10-709 of this article, the Secretary may impose the following penalties, but only after the Secretary has satisfied the conditions in § 19-360 of this subtitle: (i) Delicensure of the specialty psychiatric hospital; (ii) Delicensure of the separately identified psychiatric service of the acute general care hospital; or (iii) A fine not to exceed $500 per day for each day the violation continues.
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