2544

LAWS OF MARYLAND

[Ch. 734

FOR the purpose of changing the quorum of the commission
on medical discipline, to provide the vote necessary

for suspension or revocation and [[removing]]

changing the provision allowing a stay of a
revocation or suspension of a physician's license
until the licensee's judicial remedies are
exhausted.

BY repealing and re—enacting, with amendments.

Article 43 - Health

Section 130 (b) and (m)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1971 Replacement Volume and 1973 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Sections 130 (b) and (m) of Article 43 -
Health, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1971
Replacement Volume and 1973 Supplement) be and they are
hereby repealed and re—enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

Article 43 - Health

130.

(b) [Seven] FIVE of the nine members of the
Commission are a quorum for the transaction of all
business , EXCEPT THAT FOR THE COMMISSION TO SUSPEND OR
REVOKE A LICENSE THERE MUST BE FIVE VOTES FOR SUSPENSION
OR REVOCATION.

The Commission may establish and maintain an office
within this State and shall make, adopt and promulgate
rules and regulations for its own government and for the
proper supervision and control of the professional
conduct of all persons under its jurisdiction, as
provided herein and not inconsistent with the laws of
this State or of the United States.

There shall always be nine members, and no person
shall serve in a dual capacity. If there are
nominations which would lead to such an occurrence, the
Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene may designate a
practicing physician from a list submitted by the Medical
and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland, the
list having been composed from a list of nominees
submitted by component societies of the Medical and
Chirurgical Faculty.

(m) The filing by the Commission in the office of
the Board of Medical Examiners of a certificate or order