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LAWS OF MARYLAND

[Ch. 700

(16)   Gross and willful and continued
overcharging for professional services; including filing
of false statements for collection of fees for which
services are not rendered.

(17)   Offering, undertaking or agreeing to
cure or treat disease by a secret method, procedure,
treatment or medicine.

(18)     Professional, PHYSICAL, or mental
incompetency.

[[IN MAKING ITS INVESTIGATION THE COMMISSION MAY
REQUEST A PHYSICIAN TO SUBMIT TO AN APPROPRIATE
EXAMINATION BY PHYSICIANS DESIGNATED BY THE COMMISSION AT
THE EXPENSE OF THE COMMISSION. FAILURE OF A PHYSICIAN TO
SUBMIT TO THE REQUEST WHEN REQUESTED CONSTITUTES AN
ADMISSION OF INABILITY TO PRACTICE COMPETENTLY UNLESS THE
FAILURE IS DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND HIS CONTROL, AND A
DEFAULT AND FINAL ORDER MAY BE ENTERED WITHOUT THE TAKING
OF TESTIMONY OR PRESENTATION OF EVIDENCE. A PHYSICIAN
AFFECTED UNDER THIS PROCEEDING SHALL BE AFFORDED AN
OPPORTUNITY AT REASONABLE INTERVALS TO DEMONSTRATE THAT
HE CAN RESUME THE COMPETENT PRACTICE OF MEDICINE IN
COMPLIANCE WITH STANDARDS OF ACCEPTABLE AND PREVAILING
MEDICAL PRACTICE. A PHYSICIAN WHO ACCEPTS THE PRIVILEGE
OF PRACTICING MEDICINE IN THIS STATE AND IS LICENSED TO
PRACTICE MEDICINE IN THIS STATE IS DEEMED TO HAVE GIVEN
HIS CONSENT TO SUBMIT TO THE EXAMINATION PROVIDED
REQUESTED FOR IN THIS SUBSECTION WHEN REQUESTED IN
WRITING BY THE COMMISSION, AND TO HAVE WAIVED ALL
OBJECTIONS TO THE ADMISSIBILITY OF THE TESTIMONY OR
EXAMINATION REPORTS OF THE EXAMINING DOCTOR OF MEDICINE
ON THE GROUND THAT THE TESTIMONY OR REPORTS CONSTITUTE A
PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATION.]]

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1975.

Approved May 15, 1975.

CHAPTER 701
(House Bill 623)
AN ACT concerning

Merit System — Part—time Employment
FOR the purpose of [[providing increased employment