PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 516

(1)     THREE RESPIRATORY CARE PRACTITIONERS;

(2)     THREE PHYSICIANS WHOSE APPROVED SPECIALTY IS THORACIC
SURGERY OR PULMONARY MEDICINE:

(I) ONE OF WHOM IS A SPECIALIST IN THORACIC SURGERY;

(II) ONE OF WHOM IS A SPECIALIST IN PULMONARY MEDICINE;
AND

(III) ONE OF WHOM IS A SPECIALIST IN ANESTHESIOLOGY; AND

(3)     ONE CONSUMER MEMBER.

(B) THE CONSUMER MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE:

(1)     SHALL BE A MEMBER OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC;

(2)     MAY NOT BE OR EVER HAVE BEEN:

(I)      A RESPIRATORY CARE PRACTITIONER;

(II)     ANY HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL; OR

(III)   IN TRAINING TO BE A RESPIRATORY CARE PRACTITIONER OR
OTHER HEALTH PROFESSIONAL;

(3)     MAY NOT HAVE A HOUSEHOLD MEMBER WHO IS A HEALTH
PROFESSIONAL OR IS IN TRAINING TO BE A HEALTH PROFESSIONAL; AND

(4)     MAY NOT:

(I)      PARTICIPATE OR EVER HAVE PARTICIPATED IN A
COMMERCIAL OR PROFESSIONAL FIELD RELATED TO RESPIRATORY CARE;

(II)     HAVE A HOUSEHOLD MEMBER WHO PARTICIPATES IN A
COMMERCIAL OR PROFESSIONAL FIELD RELATED TO RESPIRATORY CARE;

(III) HAVE HAD WITHIN 2 YEARS BEFORE APPOINTMENT A
FINANCIAL INTEREST IN A PERSON REGULATED BY THE BOARD; OR

(IV)   HAVE HAD WITHIN 2 YEARS BEFORE APPOINTMENT A
FINANCIAL INTEREST IN THE PROVISION OF GOODS OR SERVICES TO RESPIRATORY
CARE PRACTITIONERS OR TO THE FIELD OF RESPIRATORY CARE.

(C) (1) THE TERM OF A MEMBER IS 3 YEARS.

(2)     THE TERMS OF MEMBERS ARE STAGGERED AS REQUIRED BY THE
TERMS PROVIDED FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ON JULY 1, 1996.

(3)     AT THE END OF A TERM, A MEMBER CONTINUES TO SERVE UNTIL A
SUCCESSOR IS APPOINTED AND QUALIFIES.

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