WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

(II) TAKE ANY APPROPRIATE AND IMMEDIATE ACTION
AS NECESSARY.

(2) (I) AFTER PERFORMING ANY NECESSARY PRELIMINARY
INVESTIGATION OF AN ALLEGATION OF GROUNDS FOR DISCIPLINARY OR
OTHER ACTION, THE BOARD SHALL REFER ANY ALLEGATION INVOLVING
STANDARDS OF MEDICAL CARE, AS DETERMINED BY THE BOARD, AND ANY
ALLEGATION BASED ON § 14-504(A)(19) TO THE FACULTY FOR FURTHER
INVESTIGATION AND PHYSICIAN PEER REVIEW WITHIN THE INVOLVED
MEDICAL SPECIALTY OR SPECIALTIES.

(II) THE FACULTY MAY REFER THE ALLEGATION FOR
INVESTIGATION AND REPORT TO THE APPROPRIATE:

1.  COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY; OR

2.  COMMITTEE OF THE FACULTY.

(c)  (1) The Faculty, all committees of the Faculty, except
the physician rehabilitation committee, and all county medical
societies shall refer to the [Commission] BOARD all complaints
that set forth allegations of grounds for disciplinary action
under § 14-504 of this subtitle.

(2) If the Faculty determines that 3 or more
malpractice claims have been filed against an individual licensed
physician under § 3-2A-04(a) of the Courts and Judicial
Proceedings Article within a 5-year period, the Faculty shall
submit the name of the individual licensed physician to the
[Commission] BOARD and, subject to the approval of the
[Commission] BOARD, shall refer the claims to the Faculty's
appropriate committee for investigation and report to the
[Commission] BOARD as if the [Commission] BOARD had referred the
claims to the committee of the Faculty.

(d)  (1) (i) Unless the [Commission] BOARD grants an
extension, the medical society or Faculty committee shall report
to the [Commission] BOARD on its investigation within 90 days
after the referral.

(ii) However, if the investigatory body does
not complete its report within 90 days, the [Commission] BOARD
may refer the allegation to another investigatory body.

(2)  The report shall contain the information and
recommendations necessary for appropriate action by the
[Commission] BOARD.

(3)  On receipt of the report, the [Commission] BOARD
shall consider the recommendations made in the report and take
the action, including further investigation, that it finds
appropriate under this title.

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