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E. Be mailed to the recipient, the person in interest, or counsel
for the recipient or person in interest by certified mail, return receipt requested, on or
before the date of filing the request for issuance of compulsory process or the request for

discovery;

(vii) In the event of the death of a recipient, to the office of the medical
examiner as authorized under [Title 5] § 5-309 OR § 10-714 of this article.

(2)     A written request for disclosure or written confirmation of an oral
request in an emergency that justifies the need for disclosure shall be inserted in the
medical record of the recipient.

(3)     Documentation of the disclosure shall be inserted in the medical record
of the recipient.

(4)     This subsection may not preclude a health care provider, a recipient, or
person in interest from asserting in a motion to quash or a motion for a protective order
any constitutional right or other legal authority in opposition to disclosure.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is an emergency
measure, is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health and safety, has
been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of all the members elected to
each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, and shall take effect from the date it is
enacted shall take effect October 1, 1993.

Approved April 26, 1993.

CHAPTER 84
(Senate Bill 97)

AN ACT concerning

State Board of Occupational Therapy Practice

FOR the purpose of altering the composition of the State Board of Occupational Therapy
Practice; altering the terms of the membership of the Board; providing for
accreditation of certain educational requirements by a certain organization under
certain circumstances; authorizing certain occupational therapists and occupational
therapy assistants to practice limited occupational therapy under certain
circumstances; altering certain provisions relating to waiving certain examinations;
altering the requirements for reinstatement of a license; altering the number of
temporary licenses the Board may issue; continuing the State Board of Occupational
Therapy Practice until a certain date; making a technical correction; and generally
relating to the practice of occupational therapy.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Health Occupations
Section 10-202, 10-301, 10-302, 10-307, 10-312, and 10-313, and 10-502

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