|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ch. 452
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2) Set forth in writing for each nurse OR NURSING ASSISTANT
participating in the program a rehabilitation program established for that nurse OR
NURSING ASSISTANT, including the requirements for supervision and surveillance.
(1) The Committee shall inform each nurse OR NURSING ASSISTANT who
requests participation in the program of:
(1) The procedures followed in the program;
(2) The rights and responsibilities of the nurse OR NURSING ASSISTANT
in the program; and
(3) The possible results of noncompliance with the program.
(m) (1) Each nurse OR NURSING ASSISTANT who requests to participate in
the program shall agree to cooperate with the individual rehabilitation program
designed by a Committee.
(2) Any failure to comply with the provisions of a rehabilitation program
may result in termination of the nurse's OR NURSING ASSISTANT'S participation in
the program.
(3) The Committee shall report the name and license number of a nurse
OR THE NAME AND CERTIFICATE NUMBER OF A NURSING ASSISTANT who is expelled
from the program for failure to comply with the conditions of the program.
(4) (i) The program shall transfer to the Board all the records of any
nurse OR NURSING ASSISTANT expelled from the program.
(ii) The Board may initiate disciplinary action based on the failure
of the nurse OR NURSING ASSISTANT to comply with the conditions of the program in
accordance with the provisions of §§ 8-316 and 8-317 of this title.
(n) After a Committee has determined that a nurse OR NURSING ASSISTANT
has been rehabilitated, the Committee shall purge and destroy all records concerning
a nurse's OR NURSING ASSISTANT'S participation in the program.
(o) All Board and Committee records of a proceeding concerning the
rehabilitation of a nurse OR NURSING ASSISTANT in the program are confidential and
are not subject to discovery or subpoena in any civil or criminal action.
(p) The Board shall provide for the representation of any person making
reports to a Committee or the Board under this section in any action for defamation
directly resulting from reports or information given to a Committee or the Board
regarding a nurse's OR NURSING ASSISTANT'S participation in the program.
8-6A-10.
(a) Subject to the hearing provisions of § 8-317 of this title, the Board may
deny a certificate to any applicant, reprimand any certificate holder, place any
certificate holder on probation, or suspend or revoke the certificate of a certificate
holder, if the applicant or certificate holder:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
- 2469 -
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
