2018 Maryland Code
Health - General
Title 20 - Miscellaneous Health Provisions
Subtitle 13 - Cultural and Linguistic Competency of Health Care Professionals
§ 20-1301. Definitions
(a) In general. -- In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b) Cultural and linguistic competency. -- "Cultural and linguistic competency" means cultural and linguistic abilities that can be incorporated into therapeutic and medical evaluation and treatment, including:
(1) Direct communication in the patient's primary language;
(2) Understanding and applying the roles that culture, ethnicity, and race play in diagnosis, treatment, and clinical care; and
(3) Awareness of how the attitudes, values, and beliefs of health care providers and patients influence and impact professional and patient relations.
(c) Health care professional. -- "Health care professional" includes a physician, nurse, dentist, social worker, psychologist, pharmacist, health educator, or other allied health professional.
(d) Program. -- "Program" means the Cultural and Linguistic Health Care Professional Competency Program.