Ch. 138

LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAPTER 138

(Senate Bill 305)

AN ACT concerning

Health Claims Arbitration Office -
Certificates of Qualified Experts

FOR the purpose of requiring the Director of the Health Claims
Arbitration Office to forward to the Commission on Medical
Discipline, or its successor, copies of certain certificates
of qualified experts filed with the Director; and clarifying
when the Director is required to forward copies of a claim
to the Commission on Medical Discipline, or its successor,
and the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of
Maryland.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 3-2A-04(a)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1984 Replacement Volume and 1987 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 3-2A-04(b)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1984 Replacement Volume and 1987 Supplement)

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

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

3-2A-04.

(a) (1) A person having a claim against a health care
provider for damage due to a medical injury shall file his claim
with the Director, and, IF THE CLAIM IS AGAINST A PHYSICIAN, the
Director shall forward copies of the claim to the Commission on
Medical Discipline of Maryland, OR ITS SUCCESSOR, and the Medical
and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland. The Director
shall cause a copy of the claim to be served upon the health care
provider by the appropriate sheriff in accordance with the
Maryland Rules. The health care provider shall file a response
with the Director and serve a copy on the claimant and all other
health care providers named therein within the time provided in
the Maryland Rules for filing a responsive pleading to a

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