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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 645

(1)  Fraudulent or deceptive procuring or use of
a license.

(2)  Solicitation or advertising contrary to §
129 of this article.

(3)  The performance of an abortion outside a
licensed hospital.

(4)  The physician has been charged with a crime
involving moral turpitude, and has entered a nolo contendere
or guilty plea or has been convicted of the crime.

(5)  Abandonment of a patient.

(6) (i) Is addicted to the illegal use of a
controlled dangerous substance;

(ii) Habitually abuses any narcotic or
controlled dangerous substance as defined in Article 27 of
the Annotated Code of Maryland;

(iii) Is habitually intoxicated; or

(iv) Renders professional services under
the influence of alcoholic beverages; or

(v) Renders professional services while
using narcotics or controlled dangerous substances as
defined in Article 27 of the Annotated Code, or other drugs,
in excess of therapeutic amounts or without valid medical
indication.

(7)  Promotion by a physician of the sale of
drugs, devices, appliances or goods provided for a patient
in such a manner as to exploit the patient for financial
gain of the physician.

(8)  Immoral conduct of a physician in his
practice as a physician.

(9)  Willfully making and filing false reports or
records, in his practice as a physician.

(10)  Willful omission to file or record, or
willfully impeding or obstructing a filing or recording, or
inducing another person to omit to file or record medical
reports required by law.

(11)  Failure to furnish details of a patient's
medical record to succeeding physicians or hospital upon
proper request.

(12)  Solicitation of professional patronage by
agents or persons, or profiting from the acts of those
representing themselves to be agents of the licensed
physician.