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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 864

[(e)] (F) (1) Within 15 days of receipt of notice of a
final action disapproving a resolution or approving a decision
not to resolve a dispute relating to the formation of a State
contract, the bidder or offeror or prospective bidder or offeror
may appeal the action to the State Board of Contract Appeals.
The decision of the Board is final only subject to judicial
review.

(2) Within 30 days of receipt of notice of a final
action disapproving a settlement or approving a decision not to
settle a dispute relating to a contract entered into by the
State, the contractor may appeal to the Maryland State Board of
Contract Appeals.

[(f)] (G) An approved settlement is judicially enforceable
in the appropriate court.

[(g)] (H) Subsections (a) through [(e)] (F) of this section
shall not apply to disputes concerning the formation of contracts
to procure architectural and engineering services made under
Title 19. Within 15 days of receipt of notice of a
recommendation by the Transportation Professional Services
Selection Board or the General Professional Services Selection
Board to the Board of Public Works to enter into an architectural
and engineering services procurement contract, a prospective
offeror of architectural and engineering services may appeal the
recommendation to the Board of Public Works which may only (1)
approve the recommendation, (2) disapprove the recommendation, or
(3) remand the recommendation to the Transportation Professional
Services Selection Board or the General Professional Services
Selection Board for further consideration.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1986.

Approved May 27, 1986.

CHAPTER 864

(House Bill 1770)

AN ACT concerning

Certificates of Need - Exemption for Private Offices
of Physicians , Podiatrists, and Dentists

FOR the purpose of altering the definition of ambulatory surgical
facility so as to include certain ambulatory surgical
facilities or centers under certificate of need requirements
and to exempt certain offices of physicians, podiatrist, or
dentists from obtaining certificates of need from