Ch. 671 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(ii) $500 per day for each day the violation continues.
Article - Health Occupations

14-601.

(b) For purposes of this section, a medical review committee is:

(1) A regulatory board or agency established by State or federal law to
license, certify, or discipline any provider of health care;

(2) A committee of the Faculty or any of its component societies or a
committee of any other professional society or association composed of providers of
health care;

(3) A committee appointed by or established in a local health department
for review purposes;

(4) A committee appointed by or established in the Maryland Institute for
Emergency Medical Services Systems;

(5) A committee of the medical staff or other committee, including any
risk management, credentialing, or utilization review committee established in
accordance with § 19-319 of the Health - General Article, of a hospital, related
institution, or alternative health care system, if the governing board of the hospital,
related institution, or alternative health care system forms and approves the committee
or approves the written bylaws under which the committee operates;

(6) Any person, including a professional standard review organization,
who contracts with an agency of this State or of the federal government to perform any
of the functions listed in subsection (c) of this section; [or]

(7) Any person who contracts with a provider of health care to perform
any of those functions listed in subsection (c) of this section that are limited to the
review of services provided by the provider of health care; OR

(8) AN ORGANIZATION, ESTABLISHED BY THE MARYLAND
HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, INC. AND THE FACULTY, THAT CONTRACTS
WITH A HOSPITAL, RELATED INSTITUTION, OR ALTERNATIVE DELIVERY
SYSTEM TO:

(I) ASSIST IN PERFORMING THE FUNCTIONS LISTED IN
SUBSECTION (C) OF THIS SECTION; OR

(II) ASSIST A HOSPITAL IN MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS
OF § 19-319(E) OF THE HEALTH - GENERAL ARTICLE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1990.

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