Ch. 437

1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(ii) Education;

(iii) Professional experience; and

(iv) Whether, before July 1, 1984, the applicant represented to the
public, in an ethical manner, that the applicant was a specialist.

(3) The Board may contract with the Faculty or any other nonprofit agency
to process applications for identification as a specialist.

(d) In approving additional specialties, the Board may consider those fields
recognized and approved by the American Board of Medical Specialties, the Council of
Medical Specialty Societies, and the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical
Education.]

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1996.

Approved May 14, 1996.

CHAPTER 437
(House Bill 226)

AN ACT concerning

Workers' Compensation - Exempt Employees of Subcontractors - liability of Principal

Contractor

FOR the purpose of clarifying that a principal contractor is not liable for workers'
compensation coverage for certain individuals who elect, or who do not elect, to be
exempt from coverage under the workers' compensation law; establishing a certain
presumption; and generally relating to the exemption from coverage of the workers'
compensation law of certain individuals who do work as a subcontractor for a
principal contractor.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - Labor and Employment
Section 9-206, 9-219, and 9-227
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1991 Volume and 1995 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Labor and Employment
Section 9-508

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1991 Volume and 1995 Supplement)

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