PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 348

(2) The proposal of the Advisory Committee includes supporting
information satisfactory to the Commission that the practice parameter will reduce
unnecessary utilization of health care services; and

(3) The proposal of the Advisory Committee includes supporting
information satisfactory to the Commission that the practice parameter will continue to
provide a high quality of health care.

(c) Any practice parameter adopted by the Commission shall remain in effect, by
regulation no longer than 3 years from the date of its adoption. The Commission may
readopt a practice parameter after its expiration following consultation with the
appropriate medical speciality.

(d) The Advisory Committee may submit amendments to a practice parameter for
adoption by the Commission at any time.

(e) A practice parameter adopted under this subtitle is not admissible into
evidence in any legal proceeding in this State as evidence of a standard of care.

19-1607.

(A) THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE SHALL BY JULY 1, 1997 PROPOSE TO THE
COMMISSION PRACTICE PARAMETERS FOR THE TREATMENT OF SOFT TISSUE
INJURIES CAUSED BY MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS WHICH SHALL:

(1) DISCOURAGE INAPPROPRIATE UTILIZATION; AND

(2) BE CONSISTENT WITH APPROPRIATE STANDARDS OF CARE.

(B) IF THE PRACTICE PARAMETERS SATISFY THE PROVISIONS OF §
19-1606(B)(2) AND (3) OF THIS SUBTITLE, THE COMMISSION SHALL ADOPT THE
PRACTICE PARAMETERS AS PROVIDED IN § 19-1606(C) AND (D) OF THIS SUBTITLE, BY
NOVEMBER 1, 1997.

(C) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS SUBTITLE, TIBS
PRACTICE PARAMETERS ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSION UNDER THIS SUBTITLE
SHALL BE PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE OF THE MEDICAL NECESSITY AND
CONFORMANCE TO PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE OF ANY HEALTH
CARE SERVICE SUBJECT TO EVALUATION UNDER ARTICLE 48A, § 541A(B) OF THE
CODE.

(D) IN ESTABLISHING PRACTICE PARAMETERS REQUIRED UNDER THIS
SECTION, THE COMMISSION MAY CONTRACT WITH OTHER PUBLIC OR PRIVATE
ENTITIES.

Article—Health Occupations

3-317.

(A) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS SUBTITLE, THE
BOARD SHALL REVOKE THE LICENSE OF ANY LICENSEE CONVICTED OF INSURANCE
FRAUD UNDER ARTICLE 48A, § 233 OF THE CODE.

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