774

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 9

(a) Every health insurance policy delivered or issued
for delivery in this State which provides for reimbursement
for any service which is within the lawful scope of practice
of a [duly] licensed certified social worker shall provide
such benefit whether the service is performed by a doctor of
medicine or by a [duly] licensed certified social worker who
has had at least two years or 3,000 hours of post-masters
supervised clinical social work practice in a clinical
program as established by the STATE Board of Social Work
Examiners if the insured or the person covered by the policy
was referred to the social worker by a physician.

470-O.

(a) In this section "certified nurse practitioner"
means a licensed registered nurse who has completed a nurse
practitioner program approved by the [Maryland] State Board
of Examiners of Nurses and who has passed a Board approved
examination.

477F.

All group health insurance policies, or any certificate
thereunder, issued or delivered in this State, or issued to
a group which is incorporated or has a main office located
in this State, or covering persons who reside or work within
this State, which provide insurance against expenses
incurred for services that optometrists are licensed to
perform under the provisions of [Article 43] TITLE 10 OF THE
HEALTH OCCUPATIONS ARTICLE, shall obligate the insurer, in
accordance with the other provisions of the policies, to
insure the expenses when rendered by an optometrist.

477-O.

(a) Every group or blanket health insurance policy
delivered or issued for delivery in this State or issued to
a group which is incorporated or has a main office located
in this State, or covering persons who reside or work within
this State, which provides for reimbursement for any service
which is within the lawful scope of practice of a [duly]
licensed certified social worker shall provide such benefit
whether the service is performed by a doctor of medicine or
by a [duly] licensed certified social worker who has had at
least two years or 3,000 hours of post-masters supervised
clinical social work practice in a clinical program as
established by the STATE Board of Social Work Examiners if
the insured or the person covered by the policy was referred
to the social worker by a physician.

477T.

(a) In this section "certified nurse practitioner"
means a licensed registered nurse who has completed a nurse
practitioner program approved by the [Maryland] State Board
of Examiners of Nurses and who has passed a Board approved
examination.