WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                           Ch. 88

SECTION 2. 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect October 1, 1993.

Approved April 26, 1993.

CHAPTER 88
(Senate Bill 102)

AN ACT concerning

State Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners

FOR the purpose of authorizing the State Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners to issue
advisory opinions under certain circumstances; altering a certain ground for
discipline; requiring the Board to provide certain information relating to
investigations to certain people under certain circumstances; altering conditions for
expungement of records; altering the penalties assessed under certain
circumstances; altering the term of a limited license; and generally relating to the
State Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Health Occupations
Section 16-312, 16-313, 16-315, 16-318, and 16-505
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1991 Replacement Volume and 1992 Supplement)

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

Article - Health Occupations

16-312.

(a) Subject to the hearing provisions of § 16-314 of this subtitle, the Board, on the
affirmative vote of a majority of its members then serving, may deny a license or a limited
license to any applicant, reprimand any licensee or holder of a limited license, impose an
administrative monetary penalty not exceeding $5,000 on any licensee or holder of a
limited license, place any licensee or holder of a limited license on probation, or suspend
or revoke a license or a limited license if the applicant, licensee, or holder:

(1)     Fraudulently or deceptively obtains or attempts to obtain a license for
the applicant or licensee or for another;

(2)     Fraudulently or deceptively uses a license;

(3)     Is convicted of or pleads guilty or nolo contendere to a felony or to a
crime involving moral turpitude, whether or not any appeal or other proceeding is
pending to have the conviction or plea set aside;

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