3128                                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                                         Ch. 621

CHAPTER 621

(House Bill 478)

AN ACT concerning

Dentistry - Dental Review Committee

FOR the purpose of providing that the functions of a dental
review committee shall include evaluating and providing
assistance to any provider of dental care in need of
treatment and rehabilitation for alcoholism, drug abuse,
chemical dependency, or other physical, emotional, or mental
condition.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Health Occupations
Section 4-501(c)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1981 Volume and 1983 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Health Occupations

4-501.                                                                           

(c) For purposes of this section, a dental review
committee:

(1)  Evaluates and seeks to improve the quality of
dental care provided by providers of dental care;

(2)  Evaluates the need for and the level of
performance of dental care provided by providers of dental care;

(3)  Evaluates the qualifications, competence, and
performance of providers of dental care; [or]

(4)  Evaluates and acts on matters that relate to the
discipline of any provider of dental care; OR

(5)  EVALUATES AND PROVIDES ASSISTANCE TO ANY PROVIDER
OF DENTAL CARE IN NEED OF TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION FOR
ALCOHOLISM, DRUG ABUSE, CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY, OR OTHER PHYSICAL,
EMOTIONAL, OR MENTAL CONDITION.

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