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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch.8

The law is silent on whether the State Board of
Examiners for Audiologists and the State Board of
Examiners for Speech Pathologists are in the
Department even though the laws on all of the
other health occupation boards governed under
this article provide that those boards are in the
Department. To avoid any question of
jurisdiction, the phrase "in the Department" is
added to include the Board expressly as a unit in
the Department.

The only other changes are in style.

19-202. MEMBERSHIP.

(A) COMPOSITION.

(1)  THE BOARD CONSISTS OF SIX MEMBERS.

(2)  OF THE SIX BOARD MEMBERS:

(I)  THREE SHALL BE LICENSED SPEECH
PATHOLOGISTS WHO:

1.  HAVE AT LEAST 5 YEARS PAID WORK
EXPERIENCE IN SPEECH PATHOLOGY; AND

2.  HOLD A CERTIFICATE OF CLINICAL
COMPETENCE IN SPEECH PATHOLOGY OF THE AMERICAN SPEECH AND
HEARING ASSOCIATION OR AN EQUIVALENT CERTIFICATE;

(II)  ONE SHALL BE AN AUDIOLOGIST WHO:

1.  IS LICENSED TO PRACTICE AUDIOLOGY
IN THIS STATE;

2.  HAS AT LEAST 5 YEARS PAID WORK
EXPERIENCE IN AUDIOLOGY; AND

3.  HOLDS A CERTIFICATE OF CLINICAL
COMPETENCE IN AUDIOLOGY OF THE AMERICAN SPEECH AND HEARING
ASSOCIATION OR AN EQUIVALENT CERTIFICATE;

(III)  ONE SHALL BE A PHYSICIAN WHO:

1. IS LICENSED TO PRACTICE MEDICINE
IN THIS STATE; AND

2 HOLDS A CERTIFICATE OF
QUALIFICATION FROM THE AMERICAN BOARD OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY; AND

(IV)  ONE SHALL BE A CONSUMER MEMBER.

(3)  THE GOVERNOR SHALL APPOINT THE PHYSICIAN
MEMBER, WITH THE ADVICE OF THE SECRETARY, FROM A LIST
SUBMITTED TO THE SECRETARY AND THE GOVERNOR BY THE MARYLAND
SOCIETY OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE MEDICAL