WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 593

(6)  Is convicted of or pleads guilty or nolo
contendere with respect to a crime involving moral turpitude,
whether or not any appeal or other proceeding is pending to have
the conviction or plea set aside;

(7)  Abandons a patient;

(8)  Habitually is intoxicated;

(9)  Is addicted to, or habitually abuses, any
narcotic or controlled dangerous substance as defined in Article
27 of the Code;

(10)  Provides professional services:

(i) While under the influence of alcohol; or

(ii) While using any narcotic or controlled
dangerous substance, as defined in Article 27 of the Code, or
other drug that is in excess of therapeutic amounts or without
valid medical indication;

(11)  Promotes the sale of drugs, devices, appliances,
or goods to a patient so as to exploit the patient for financial
gain;

(12)  Willfully makes or files a false report or
record in the practice of medicine;

(13)  Willfully fails to file or record any medical
report as required under law, willfully impedes or obstructs the
filing or recording of the report, or induces another to fail to
file or record the report;

(14)  On proper request, fails to provide details of a
patient's medical record to another physician or hospital;

(15)  Solicits professional patronage through an agent
or other person or profits from the acts of a person who is
represented as an agent of the physician;

(16)  Pays or agrees to pay any sum to any person for
bringing or referring a patient or accepts or agrees to accept
any sum from any person for bringing or referring a patient;

(17)  Agrees with a clinical or bioanalytical
laboratory to make payments to the laboratory for a test or test
series for a patient, unless the licensed physician discloses on
the bill to the patient or third-party payor:

(i) The name of the laboratory;

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