WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                         Ch. 348

CHAPTER 348
(House Bill 1486)

AN ACT concerning

Physician Assistants - Sunset Provisions - Extension

FOR the purpose of extending the termination date for provisions of law relating to
physician assistants; and extending the date for the evaluation, under certain
circumstances, of the State Physician Assistant Advisory Committee and the
regulations that relate to the Committee.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Health Occupations
Section 15-502

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1991 Replacement Volume and 1993 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - State Government
Section 8-403 (f)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1993 Replacement Volume and 1993 Supplement)

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

Article - Health Occupations

15-502.

Subject to the evaluation and reestablishment provisions of the Maryland Program
Evaluation Act, this title and all regulations adopted under this title shall terminate and
be of no effect after July 1, [1996] 2004.

Article - State Government

8-403.

(f) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e) of this section, on or before
July 1, [1996] 2003, an evaluation shall be made of the State Physician Assistant Advisory
Committee established under the Health Occupations Article and the regulations that
relate to the Physician Assistant Advisory Committee.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October July 1, 1994.

Approved May 2, 1994.

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