HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(G) PHYSICIAN.

"PHYSICIAN" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS AUTHORIZED UNDER
THE MARYLAND MEDICAL PRACTICE ACT TO PRACTICE MEDICINE IN
THIS STATE.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This subsection is new language added
for brevity. It is patterned after HG §
l-101(h).

This definition relates only to the term
"physician" as used in this article and has no
effect on who may be licensed or authorized to
practice medicine. In that regard, see Title 14
of the Health Occupations Article. See also 60
Op. Att'y Gen. 383 (1975), concerning the scope
of "physician" for purposes of the Medical
Malpractice Insurance Act and Beverungen v.
Briele, 25 Md. App. 233 (1975).

(H) SECRETARY.

"SECRETARY" MEANS THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND MENTAL
HYGIENE.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This subsection is new language added
to avoid repetition of the full title "Secretary
of Health and Mental Hygiene".

Throughout. this article, "Secretary" is

substituted for the obsolete references in the

former law to the "State Board of Health", the

"State Board of Health and Mental Hygiene", and
the "Commissioner of Health". For the most part,

these substitutions follow from the rule of

construction set out by former Article 43, § 1H.

Also throughout this article, "Secretary" is
substituted for phrases such as "Secretary or an
authorized agent of the Secretary", the context
of the statute implies that the Secretary may
delegate a power or the performance of a duty.
Where it is intended that the Secretary be able
to delegate a power or the performance of a duty,
but the context would not otherwise clearly imply
the Secretary's power to delegate, and where, for
other reasons, clarity so requires, language such
as "Secretary or a designee of the Secretary" is
used.

(I) STATE.

"STATE" MEANS: