VETOES

(4)  Is professionally, physically, or mentally
incompetent;

(5)  Solicits or advertises in violation of § 14-604
of this title;

[(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)] (6) Abandons a patient;

[(8)] (7) Habitually is intoxicated;

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

[(10)] (9) 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)] (10) Promotes the sale of drugs, devices,
appliances, or goods to a patient so as to exploit the patient
for financial gain;

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

[(13)] (12) 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)] (13) On proper request, fails to provide
details of a patient's medical record to another physician or
hospital;

[(15)] (14) 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)] (15) 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;

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