Ch. 349                                    1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

14-404.

(a) Subject to the hearing provisions of § 14-405 of this subtitle, the Board, on the
affirmative vote of a majority of its full authorized membership, may reprimand any
licensee, place any licensee on probation, or suspend or revoke a license if the licensee:

(33)   Fails to cooperate with a lawful investigation conducted by the Board:

[or]

(34)    IS CONVICTED OF INSURANCE FRAUD UNDER ARTICLE 48A, § 233A
OF THE CODE; OR

[(34)] (35) Is in breach of a service obligation resulting from the applicant's
or licensee's receipt of State or federal funding for the licensee's medical education.

SECTION 7. 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, except as provided in
Section 5 of this Act, this Act shall take effect July 1, 1996.

Approved May 14, 1996.

AN ACT concerning

CHAPTER 349
(House Bill 348)

Department of Budget and Management

FOR the purpose of renaming the Department of Budget and Fiscal Planning to be the
Department of Budget and Management; abolishing the Department of Personnel;
specifying that the Department of Budget and Management is responsible for
administering the personnel management functions of the Executive Branch of
State government; transferring the telecommunications functions of the Executive
Branch, including the Governor's Advisory Board for Telecommunications Relay,
from the Department of General Services to the Department of Budget and
Management; altering provisions relating to the appointment of the Chief of
Information Technology; repealing a provision prohibiting the Chief of Information
Technology from having certain operating responsibility; providing for the transfer
of certain employees under certain circumstances; repealing certain provisions of
law rendered inapplicable by provisions of this Act; providing that certain laws
relating to layoff procedures do not apply to the termination of State positions that
may result from the implementation of the provisions of this Act; providing for
appropriate transitional provisions relating to the continuity of certain departments,
boards, commissions, committees, agencies, and other units and the continuity,
transfer, or enforceability of laws, regulations, policies, guidelines, orders,
directives, records, property, assets, obligations, contracts, agreements, rights, and
privileges in effect prior to certain dates in the Department, offices, units, and
positions abolished under this Act; providing for the transfer of certain property.
records, fixtures, appropriations, credits, assets, liabilities, obligations, rights, and
privileges; providing for the continuity of certain laws, rules and regulations.

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