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Ch. 51
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2000 LAWS OF MARYLAND
CHAPTER 51
(Senate Bill 100)
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AN ACT concerning
Patient Care Advisory Committees - Consultation and Evidentiary Use of
Advice
FOR the purpose of requiring a patient care advisory committee to consult with a
medical professional familiar with pediatric end-of-life care under certain
circumstances; authorizing the written advice of a patient care advisory
committee to be admitted into evidence in a certain guardianship or juvenile
proceeding; and generally relating to patient care advisory committees.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Health - General
Section 19-372 and 19-374
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1996 Replacement Volume and 1999 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Health - General
19-372.
(a) (1) Each advisory committee shall consist of at least 4 members,
including:
(i) A physician not directly involved with the care of the patient in
question;
(ii) A registered nurse not directly involved with the care of the
patient in question;
(iii) A social worker; and
(iv) The chief executive officer or a designee from each hospital and
each related institution represented on that advisory committee.
(2) The advisory committee may consist of as many other individuals as
each represented hospital and related institution may choose, including:
(i) Representatives of the community; and
(ii) Ethical advisors or clergy.
(3) As part of the advisory committee's deliberations, the advisory
committee, in appropriate cases, shall consult:
(i) All members of the patient's treatment team;
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