PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 718

(D) ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT CONTAINING
PROVISIONS REQUIRED BY § 2-609 OF THIS ARTICLE AND SUCH OTHER PROVISIONS
AS MAY BE PERMITTED BY THAT SECTION SHALL BE:

(1)     EXECUTED FOR EACH PARTY TO THE ARTICLES IN THE MANNER
REQUIRED BY TITLE 1 OF THIS ARTICLE; AND

(2)     FILED FOR RECORD WITH THE DEPARTMENT.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1997.

Approved May 22, 1997.

CHAPTER 718
(House Bill 1110)

AN ACT concerning

Physician Assistants - Termination or Employment - Reporting Requirements

FOR the purpose of requiring employers of physician assistants to report to the State
Board of Physician Quality Assurance certain information concerning the
termination of a physician assistant under certain circumstances; establishing a
certain time frame for the reporting of certain information; requiring the Board to
adopt certain regulations; and generally relating to the requirement that employers
of physician assistants report to the Board any termination of employment of a
physician assistant relating to a quality of care issue.

BY adding to

Article - Health Occupations

Section 15-103

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1994 Replacement Volume and 1996 Supplement)

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

Article - Health Occupations

15-103.

(A) AN EMPLOYER OF A PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT SHALL REPORT TO THE
BOARD, ON THE FORM PRESCRIBED BY THE BOARD, ANY TERMINATION OF
EMPLOYMENT OF THE PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT IF THE CAUSE OF TERMINATION
RELATED TO A QUALITY OF CARE ISSUE.

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