Ch. 662                                        1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

                   Article - Transportation

23-207.

[(a)]The Administration and the Secretary may jointly adopt rules and regulations
as required for purposes of implementation, administration, regulation, and enforcement
of the provisions of this subtitle, including rules and regulations that, consistent with
federal law, exempt certain vehicles from the inspections and tests under this subtitle.

[(b) Subject to § 2-1312 of the State Government Article, the Secretary of
Transportation and the Secretary of the Environment shall furnish a joint report, within
30 days after the date Congress modifies the provisions of the federal Clean-Air Act, to
the Legislative Policy Committee, the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee, and the
House Environmental Matters Committee outlining the status of changes in the federal
Clean Air Act as of that date and all other related and pertinent information.]

Chapter 7 of the Acts of 1988, as amended by Chapter 55 of the Acts of 1991

[SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Racing Commission
shall report, subject to § 2-1312 of the State Government Article, to the General
Assembly by November 1 of each year on the effects of intertrack wagering, including the
effect on the handles of both tracks, the number of bets placed at both tracks, any
problems arising from intertrack wagering, and the effect on amusement taxes from
racetrack admissions.]

Chapter 109 of the Acts of 1988, as amended by Chapter 271 of the Acts of 1992

SECTION 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Department, on or
before [January 1] OCTOBER 1 of each year, shall [submit a] report to the Legislative
Policy Committee [that contains the following information] for the previous FISCAL year
REGARDING:

[1. The] (1) RELEVANT DISCIPLINARY INDICATORS, WHICH MAY INCLUDE:

(I)       THE number of physicians investigated under each of the
disciplinary grounds enumerated under § 14-404 of the Health Occupations Article;

(II)     THE NUMBER OF PHYSICIANS WHO WERE REPRIMANDED OR
PLACED ON PROBATION OR WHO HAD THEIR LICENSES SUSPENDED OR REVOKED;

(III)    THE NUMBER OF CASES PROSECUTED AND DISMISSED AND ON
WHAT GROUNDS;

(IV)    THE CRITERIA USED TO ACCEPT AND REJECT CASES FOR
PROSECUTION; AND

(V)     THE NUMBER OF UNRESOLVED ALLEGATIONS PENDING
BEFORE THE BOARD;

[2.] (2) The average length of the time spent investigating allegations brought
against physicians under each of the disciplinary grounds enumerated under § 14-404 of
the Health Occupations Article;

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