HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                         2843

PERFORMANCE UNDER THE CONTRACT, BE SUBJECT TO A DETERMINATION OF
QUESTIONS OF FACT BY AN OFFICER OR OFFICIAL BODY OF A CODE
COUNTY, PROVIDED THAT THE DECISION OF THE OFFICER OR OFFICIAL
BODY OF A CODE COUNTY IS SUBJECT TO REVIEW DE NOVO ON THE RECORD
BY A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION.

(H) IF CONTRACT DISPUTE SETTLEMENT PROCEDURES ARE

AUTHORIZED BY A CODE COUNTY, IT MAY IN ITS DISCRETION ELECT ONLY
THOSE PROCEDURES OUTLINED IN EITHER SUBSECTIONS (F) OR (G).

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
be construed only prospectively and may not be applied or
interpreted to have any effect upon or application to any
existing contract entered into prior to the effective date of
this Act.

SECTION 2 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1984.

Approved May 29, 1984.

CHAPTER 540

(Senate Bill 433)

AN ACT concerning

Disabled Individuals - Consent to Medical or Dental Care

FOR the purpose of defining certain terms; clarifying the persons
that may treat a disabled individual without consent under
certain circumstances; providing that under certain
circumstances certain persons may consent to medical or
dental care for a disabled person; providing that under
certain circumstances a health care provider may not be
subject to civil or criminal liability or professional
disciplinary action because the individual did not consent
to the treatment; providing that the person or persons
giving substituted consent are not subject to civil or
criminal liability as a result of providing the consent; and
generally relating to certain authorizations to consent to
health care.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Health - General

Section 20-107

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1982 Volume and 1983 Supplement)