2458                                         LAWS OF MARYLAND                                     Ch. 458

FOR the purpose of providing for the establishment of a
veterinary review committee for certain purposes; defining
certain terms; describing the formation and functions of a
veterinary review committee; providing certain powers and
duties for a veterinary review committee; prohibiting the
admissibility or discoverability of certain records of a
veterinary review committee; providing certain exceptions;
providing for the immunity of a member of a veterinary
review committee, for certain actions; and generally relating
to veterinary review committees.

BY adding to

Article - Agriculture

Section 2-302.1                                                                           

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1974 Volume and 1984 Supplement)

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

Article - Agriculture

2-302.1.

(A)  IN THIS SECTION, "VETERINARY REVIEW COMMITTEE" MEANS A
COMMITTEE OR BOARD THAT:

(1)  IS WITHIN ONE OF THE CATEGORIES DESCRIBED IN
SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION; AND

(2)  PERFORMS ANY OF THE FUNCTIONS LISTED IN
SUBSECTION (C) OF THIS SECTION.

(B)  FOR PURPOSES OF- THIS SECTION, A VETERINARY REVIEW
COMMITTEE IS:

(1)  A REGULATORY BOARD OR AGENCY THAT IS ESTABLISHED
BY STATE OR FEDERAL LAW TO LICENSE, CERTIFY, OR DISCIPLINE ANY
VETERINARY PRACTITIONER;

(2)  A COMMITTEE OF THE MARYLAND VETERINARY MEDICAL
ASSOCIATION OR ANY OF ITS COMPONENT SOCIETIES; OR

(3) ANY PERSON, INCLUDING A PROFESSIONAL STANDARD
REVIEW ORGANIZATION, WHO CONTRACTS WITH AN AGENCY OF THIS STATE
OR OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO PERFORM ANY OF THE FUNCTIONS
LISTED IN SUBSECTION (C) OF THIS SECTION; OR

(4)(3) ANY PERSON WHO CONTRACTS WITH A VETERINARY
PRACTITIONER TO PERFORM ANY OF THOSE FUNCTIONS LISTED IN
SUBSECTION (C) OF THIS SECTION THAT ARE LIMITED TO THE REVIEW OF
SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE VETERINARY PRACTITIONER.