Does a psychiatry or behavioral health clinic in Maryland need a medical director?

Yes. The rule calls the role Medical Director. Must be a psychiatrist.

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Maryland: medical director and delegated services for a psychiatry or behavioral health clinic

Whether Maryland requires a physician medical director for a psychiatry or behavioral health clinic, the qualifications, duties, and what the state says about the staff who deliver protocol-driven services.

Medical directorMedical director required

Research date2026-09-03

Qualifications

Must be a psychiatrist.

Duties the rule assigns

Have overall responsibility for clinical services
Be on-site at least 20 hours per week

Notes

Codified specifically for licensed Outpatient Mental Health Centers. Maryland's substance use disorder program licensing (the other program levels in COMAR 10.63.03 and the opioid treatment rules in COMAR 10.47) does not show the same explicit medical-director mandate.

Sources (1)

COMAR 10.63.03.05 — Outpatient Mental Health Centersecondary

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