Ch. 508                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAPTER 508

(House Bill 1379)

AN ACT concerning

State Board of Nursing - Registered Nurses'
Rehabilitation Committee

FOR the purpose of establishing a Registered Nurses'

Rehabilitation Committee in the State Board of Nursing;
providing for the composition and terms of members of the
Committee; providing for the election of officers of the
Committee; providing for the compensation of members;
authorizing the Committee to employ a staff; establishing
the powers and duties of the Committee; requiring the
Committee to inform certain registered nurses of the rights
and responsibilities of nurses in the registered nurses'
rehabilitation program and the results of noncompliance with
the program; providing for the expulsion of nurses from the
program; requiring the Committee to purge and destroy
certain records under certain circumstances; requiring the
confidentiality of certain Board or Committee records;
requiring the Board to provide for the representation of
certain persons in a defamation action resulting from
certain reports or information; providing for a delayed
effective date; and generally relating to the establishment
of the Registered Nurses' Rehabilitation Committee in the
State Board of Nursing.

BY adding to

Article - Health Occupations

Section 7-208

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1986 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 - Health Occupations

7-208.

(A)  IN THIS SECTION, "PROGRAM" MEANS THE REGISTERED NURSES'
REHABILITATION PROGRAM.

(B)  (1) THERE IS A REGISTERED NURSES' REHABILITATION

COMMITTEE IN THE BOARD.

(2) THE BOARD MAY CREATE 1 OR MORE REHABILITATION
COMMITTEES.

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