PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

S.B. 246

Article - Health Occupations

[14-604.

(a)     A physician may not represent to the public that the physician is a specialist in
any field of specialized medical practice unless identified as a specialist in that field by
the Board.

(b)     If a physician requests, the Board shall determine whether the physician
qualifies for Board identification as a specialist.

(c)     (1) The Board shall adopt rules and regulations concerning application
procedures, fees, and required qualifications for identification as a specialist.

(2)     The qualifications required of applicants for Board identification as a
specialist may include:

(i) The requirements established by the American Board of Medical
Specialties, the Council of Medical Specialty Societies, and the Accreditation Council for
Graduate Medical Education;

(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.

May 23, 1996

The Honorable Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr.
President of the Senate
State House
Annapolis MD 21401

Dear Mr. President:

In accordance with Article II, Section 17 of the Maryland Constitution, I have today
vetoed Senate Bill 246.

This bill requires the Department of Transportation to provide $4 million in grants
annually to local jurisdictions to fund the cost of providing paratransit services in

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