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Ch. 131
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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 2000, and shall be applicable to all taxable years beginning on or after July 1,
2000.
Approved April 25, 2000.
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CHAPTER 131
(House Bill 497)
AN ACT concerning
Evidence - Health Care Records and Writings
FOR the purpose of expanding the definition of the term "health care provider" to
include certain health care facilities, agencies, institutions, services, programs,
and other health care providers licensed in regulated by another state to provide
health care services for the purpose of making certain records and writings of
the health care facilities, agencies, institutions, services, programs, and other
health care providers admissible in certain civil trials without certain
testimony; defining a certain term; clarifying language; providing for
application of this Act; and generally relating to the admissibility of certain
health care records and writings as evidence of certain matters in certain civil
trials.
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings
Section 3-2A-01(e)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1998 Replacement Volume and 1999 Supplement)
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings
Section 10-104
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1998 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 - Courts and Judicial Proceedings
3-2A-01.
(e) "Health care provider" means a hospital, a related institution as defined in
§ 19-301 of the Health - General Article, a physician, an osteopath, an optometrist, a
chiropractor, a registered or licensed practical nurse, a dentist, a podiatrist, a
psychologist, a licensed certified social worker-clinical, and a physical therapist,
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