​Office of Health Care Quality - Regulations

The Code of Maryland Regulations ("COMAR") ​is the official compilation of all regulations issued by agencies of the State of Maryland.  COMAR is organized by title, subtitle, chapter, and regulation.  For example, COMAR 10.07.02.01 is Title 10, Subtitle 7, Chapter 2, and Regulation 1.  ​

The Division of State Documents provides the official online access to COMAR.​ To order copies of COMAR regulations, contact Tarshia Neal  at the Maryland Division of State Documents at (410) 260-3874 or [email protected]v. Regulations are also available at public libraries.  The Office of Health Care Quality is not allowed to sell copies of COMAR regulations. 

Regulations recently or currently under review by OHCQ are found using the section below.

If the intent is to submit a formal petition to the Maryland Department of Health (MDH) to promulgate, amend or repeal a regulation, interested stakeholders and constituents are directed to the Maryland Department of Health (MDH) Office of Regulation and Policy Coordination (ORPC).

List of OHCQ Regulations

Regulations recently or currently under review are in red text with hyperlink. All other COMAR inquires can be made at the Division of State Documents website.​​

10.21.12 and ​10.21.13 Use of Quiet Room, Use of Restraint and Use of Seclusion​
10.05.01 General Requirements
10.05.02 Freestanding Birthing Cen​ters
10.05.03 Freestanding Major Medical Equipment Facilities
10.05.04 Freestanding Kidney Dialysis Centers​
10.05.05 Freestanding Ambulatory Surgical Facilities​
10.07.01 Acute General Hospitals and Special Hospitals​​
10.07.03 Health Care Staff Agencies
10.07.04 ​Residential Treatment Centers
10.07.05 Residential Service Agencies
10.07.06 Hospital Patient Safety Program
10.07.07 Nursing Referral Service Agencies
10.07.08 Freestanding Medical Facilities
10.07.09 and 10.07.02 -​​​​ Residents' Bill of Rights - Nursing Homes
10.07.10 Home Health Agencies
10.07.11 Health Maintenance Organizations
10.07.12 Health Care Facilities Within Correctional Institutions
10.07.13 Forensic Residential Centers
10.07.14 Assisted Living Programs
10.07.15 Application for Hospitals and Related Institutions
10.07.16 Limited Private Inpatient Facilities
10.07.17 Limited Service Hospitals
10.07.18 Comprehensive Rehabilitation Facilities
10.07.20 Intermediate Care Facilities for Individu​​als with Intellectual Disabilities (ICF/IID)
10.07.21 Hospice Care Programs
10.07.22 Hospice Care Programs: Hospice House Requirements
10.10.01-10.10.08 General - Medical Laboratories​
10.10.10 Job-Related Alcohol and Controlled Dangerous Substances Testing
10.10.12 Medical Laboratories - Public Health HIV Testing Programs​
10.12.01 Surgical Abortion Facilities
10.12.03 Cosmetic Surgical Facilities
10.12.04 Day Care for the Elderly and Adults with a Medical Disability
10.50.01 Tissue Banks
10.51.01 - 10.51.07 Forensic Laboratories
10.01.21 Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (MOLST) Form ​