PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                          H.B. 1142

is not an issue, providing procedures for corrective action agreements; adding a
certain ground for discipline of certain individuals; and generally relating to the State
Board of Physician Quality Assurance and disciplinary actions.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - Health Occupations
Section 14-401(a) and (b)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1994 Replacement Volume and 1995 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Health Occupations
Section 14-401(c) and 14-404(a)(33) and (34)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1994 Replacement Volume and 1995 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - Health Occupations

Section 14-404(a)(35)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1994 Replacement Volume and 1995 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Health Occupations

14-401.

(a)     The Board shall perform any necessary preliminary investigation before the
Board refers to an investigatory body an allegation of grounds for disciplinary or other
action brought to its attention.

(b)     If an allegation of grounds for disciplinary or other action is made by a patient
or a family member of a patient in a standard of care case and a full investigation results
from that allegation, the full investigation shall include an offer of an interview with the
patient or a family member of the patient who was present on or about the time that the
incident that gave rise to the allegation occurred.

(c)     (1) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, after performing any
necessary preliminary investigation of an allegation of grounds for disciplinary or other
action, the Board may:

(i) Refer the allegation for further investigation to the Faculty; [ or]

(ii) Take any appropriate and immediate action as necessary; OR

(HI) COME TO AN AGREEMENT FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION WITH A
LICENSEE PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (4) OF THIS SUBSECTION.

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