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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 551

(B) (1) UPON CONSIDERATION OF ALL RELEVANT

INFORMATION, THE SECRETARY SHALL REPORT FINDINGS TO THE
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF ANY TECHNOLOGY OR
MEANS FOR THE PERMANENT DISPOSAL OF HIGH LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTE
AS PROVIDED IN ARTICLE 78, § 54AB OF THIS CODE.

(2) IF THE CRITERIA PROVIDED IN ARTICLE 78, -§
54AB HAVE BEEN SATISFIED, THE SECRETARY SHALL SO CERTIFY.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1981.

Approved May 19, 1981.

CHAPTER 552

(Senate Bill 604)

AN ACT concerning

Health Care Malpractice Claims - Time Limitations

FOR the purpose of providing that discovery proceedings in a
health care malpractice claim shall be completed within
a certain time; providing that the time for completion
of discovery may be enlarged or shortened by the
chairman of a panel arbitrating the action, for good
cause shown; providing that in all other certain
matters relating to discovery, the provisions of the
Maryland Rules, Chapter 400, shall apply; and providing
that a panel arbitrating a health care malpractice
claim shall make its determination within a certain
time; and authorizing the Director or a panel
chairman, for good cause shown, to lengthen or shorten
these time limitations.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 3-2A-05(b) and (f)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1980 Replacement Volume and 1980 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be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows: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 - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

3-2A-05.