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Ch. 14
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LAWS OF MARYLAND
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16-119. REPORTS OF CERTAIN DISORDERS BY PHYSICIANS AND
SPECIALISTS.
(A) CERTAIN DISORDERS TO BE DEFINED.
THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE,
TOGETHER WITH THE MEDICAL AND CHIRURGICAL FACULTY AND THE
BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF OPTOMETRY, SHALL DEFINE:
(1) DISORDERS CHARACTERIZED BY LAPSES OF
CONSCIOUSNESS; AND
(2) DISORDERS THAT RESULT IN A CORRECTED
VISUAL ACUITY THAT FAILS TO COMPLY WITH THE VISION
REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SUBTITLE.
(B) REPORTS TO BE MADE TO ADMINISTRATION AND TO
SUBJECT OF REPORT.
(1) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (2) OF
THIS SUBSECTION, ANY PHYSICIAN AND ANY OTHER PERSON
AUTHORIZED TO DIAGNOSE, DETECT, OR TREAT DISORDERS
DEFINED UNDER SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION MAY REPORT
TO THE MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARD AND TO THE SUBJECT OF THE
REPORT, IN WRITING, THE FULL NAME, DATE OF BIRTH, AND
ADDRESS OF EACH INDIVIDUAL 15 YEARS OLD OR OLDER WHO HAS
ANY SUCH DISORDER.
(2) UNLESS AUTHORIZED BY THE INDIVIDUAL IN
WRITING, A REPORT MAY NOT BE MADE FROM INFORMATION
DERIVED FROM THE DIAGNOSIS OR TREATMENT OF ANY INDIVIDUAL
ON WHOM A CONFIDENTIAL OR PRIVILEGED RELATIONSHIP IS
CONFERRED BY LAW.
(C) PERSONS TO BE EXAMINED.
ON RECEIPT OF A REPORT UNDER THIS SECTION, THE
ADMINISTRATION SHALL:
(1) AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE, ARRANGE FOR AN
EXAMINATION OF EACH REPORTED INDIVIDUAL WHO HOLDS A
DRIVER'S LICENSE; AND
(2) IF THE INDIVIDUAL FAILS TO MEET THE
REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SUBTITLE, CANCEL HIS LICENSE.
(D) REPORTS CONFIDENTIAL,
(1) THE REPORTS MADE TO THE ADMINISTRATION
UNDER THIS SECTION:
(I) ARE CONFIDENTIAL;
(II) MAY BE DISCLOSED ONLY ON COURT ORDER;
AND
(III) MAY BE USED ONLY TO DETERMINE THE
QUALIFICATIONS OF AN INDIVIDUAL TO DRIVE.
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