Home Health Practitioner Certificate and Inspection Process
A Home Health Practitioner is an office for a practitioner who resides in the dwelling unit which the office is located. A Home Health Practitioner is prohibited in apartments, multi-use and general building types.
For this purpose, a health practitioner is defined as a person who is licensed or certified by a Board under the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and has an advanced degree in the field from an accredited educational institution, (except that this definition excludes an electrologist, mortician, nursing home administrator, pharmacist, or veterinarian). This definition includes a registered nurse or physician’s assistant only if that person has an advanced degree in the field and practices independently.
Home health practitioners are permitted, as a limited use, in all zones except IL, IM, IH
Treatment of more than one patient or client at a time is allowed, but not more than 5 vehicle trips containing not more than 10 patients may come or leave at the same appointment time.
An indoor waiting room must be provided if more than one patient or client will be on the premises at the same time.
The sale of goods on the premises is prohibited, except for medication prescribed by the health practitioner or a prescribed remedial device that cannot be obtained from a commercial source.