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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch.8

SUBJECT TO THE EVALUATION AND REESTABLISHMENT
PROVISIONS OF THE REGULATORY PROGRAMS EVALUATION ACT OF
1978, THIS TITLE AND ALL RULES AND REGULATIONS ADOPTED UNDER
THIS TITLE SHALL TERMINATE AND BE OF NO EFFECT AFTER JULY 1,
1984.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived
without substantive change from Art. 43, § 808A,
as that section applies to speech pathologists.

As to the Regulatory Programs Evaluation Act of
1978, see Art. 41, § 484 et seq. of the Code.

GENERAL REVISOR'S NOTE:

Present Art. 43, §§ 791 through 808A govern both speech
pathology and audiology. Although their professions are
closely related, speech pathologists and audiologists must
meet distinct educational requirements and receive
independent licenses issued by separate boards. An
individual may practice both speech pathology and audiology
only if licensed to practice both professions. Therefore,
under the revision of this article, the provisions on
audiology now appear separately in Title 2 of this article.

As to present Art. 43, § 808, see the General Revisor's
Note to Title 2 of this article.

GENERAL REVISOR'S NOTE TO ARTICLE:

The titles of this article, other than Title 1, include
the principal provisions that affect certain health
occupations. Each health occupation is unique. However,
many present provisions, e.g., those establishing the
qualifications for consumer representatives on licensing or
certification boards, are almost the same from one health
occupation to another, and many others, e.g., the grounds
for suspension or revocation of a license or certification,
are similar in form and function.

It is a precept of the Commission to Revise the
Annotated Code to revise the law in a clear, straightforward
manner, and, once something is said, to say it the same way
every time it is said. To that end, in revising this
article, the Commission has conformed the language and
organization of each title of this article, except Title 1,
as far as the laws regarding each health occupation allow.
Thus, where two present provisions are phrased differently
but have the same substantive effect, their revisions in
this article are the same, in addition, the Commission has
adopted a standard organizational framework that is followed
in each title of this article, except Title 1. As a result,
a reader of this article will find the provisions that
address a particular aspect of one health occupation in a
location in the applicable title that closely corresponds to
the location of a parallel provision, if any, in the title