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Office of Regulation & Policy Coordination

What We Do:​

The Office of Regulation and Policy Coordination is responsible for managing the Department's:
  1. Regulatory Process;
  2. Policy Process; and
  3. Institutional Review Board (IRB).

Regulations:

Policies:

​​​Institutional Review Board (IRB):

  • This office manages and coordinates all aspects of the Department’s Institutional Review Board (IRB). 
  • The MDH IRB is governed by MDH Policy 01.03.02​ - Policy on Research Involving Human Subjects and MDH Institutional Review Board and 45 CFR Part 46.  
  • The MDH IRB is responsible for reviewing all human subject research that: 
    • Is funded with federal, State, or other funds available from or through MDH; 
    • Involves human subjects who are patients or clients of MDH; 
    • Involves data that is held or compiled by or for MDH; and 
    • Is undertaken by an employee of MDH or a student in a residency program at MDH who is conducting the research as a function of their employment or training program. ​

COMAR 10.63 Regulatory Revisions

​The Maryland Department of Health's Behavioral Health Administration is working on comprehensive regulatory revisions to COMAR 10.63. For more information click here. 

Items Undergoing Informal Comment

​​MDH is seeking informal feedback from the public on a number of draft regulatory proposals and other important items. To view the items undergoing informal public comment and to learn how to submit feedback, click here​.

News/Updates

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Contact Us​​

Jordan Fisher Blotter, JD​​
Director, Office of Regulation & Policy Coordination 
201 West Preston Street,
Room 534
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
PHONE:  (410) 767-​0938
[email protected]