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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 702

Article 43 — Health

Section 120, 130(a), (b) and (c), 257, 292(a) and (b),
294(d), 339, 340, 369(b), 467, 468, 482(a) and
(b), 499, 500, 555B-6(a), 606(a) and (b), 621,
622, 726(a) and (b), 769(a) and (b), 801(a),
(b), (c), and (g), 802, 803, 862(a) and (b),
and 914(a)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1971 Replacement Volume and 1979 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article 32 - Dentistry

2B.

(A)  IN THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE
MEANINGS INDICATED.

(1)  "FINANCIAL INTEREST" MEANS:

(I)  AN ASSET WITH A FAIR MARKET VALUE OF
$1,000 OR MORE IN A CALENDAR YEAR; OR

(II)  A SOURCE OF INCOME OF $500 OR MORE IN
A CALENDAR YEAR.

(2)  "HOUSEHOLD MEMBER" MEANS:

(I)  A PERSON'S SPOUSE, SON, DAUGHTER,
WARD, FINANCIALLY DEPENDENT PARENT, OR OTHER RELATIVE WHO
SHARES THE PERSON'S LEGAL RESIDENCE; OR

(II)  A PERSON'S SON, DAUGHTER, WARD,
PARENT, OR OTHER RELATIVE OVER WHOSE FINANCIAL AFFAIRS THE
PERSON HAS LEGAL OR ACTUAL CONTROL.

(B)  THERE SHALL BE TWO CONSUMER MEMBERS ON THE BOARD
WHO:

(1)  ARE QUALIFIED TO REPRESENT THE INTERESTS OF
CONSUMERS MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC;

(2)  HAVE NEVER BEEN A DENTIST, DENTAL HYGIENIST,
DENTIST-IN-TRAINING, OR DENTAL HYGIENIST-IN-TRAINING, NOR
HAVE A HOUSEHOLD MEMBER WHO IS A DENTIST, DENTAL HYGIENIST,
DENTIST-IN-TRAINING, OR DENTAL HYGIENIST-IN-TRAINING;

(3)  HAVE NEVER PARTICIPATED IN A RELATED
COMMERCIAL OR PROFESSIONAL FIELD, NOR HAVE A HOUSEHOLD
MEMBER WHO PARTICIPATES IN A RELATED COMMERCIAL OR
PROFESSIONAL FIELD; AND