Ch. 252

2003 LAWS OF MARYLAND

members of the Board; changing one of the consumer members of the Board to
be a certain public member of the Board; altering the requirements for both the
consumer members and the public member of the Board; requiring the Board to
provide a certain notice of a vacancy of certain members of the Board, to provide
information regarding a certain selection process, to solicit professional
organizations and licensed physicians in the State to submit a certain
nomination or petition, and to forward to the Governor a list of all valid
nominations and petitions; requiring the Board to provide a certain notice of a
vacancy of a certain physician assistant member of the Board; authorizing the
Governor to make certain reappointments and appointments to the Board in a
certain manner; repealing a provision of law requiring the chairman of the
Board to be appointed by the Governor; providing for the chairman of the Board
to be elected by the members of the Board; requiring fees charged by the Board
to approximate the costs of maintaining the Board; requiring the Comptroller to
distribute certain fees to the Board of Physicians Fund (Fund) under certain
circumstances; requiring certain interest and other investment income to be
paid into the Board of Physicians Fund (Fund); requiring the Board to fund the
budget of the Physician Rehabilitation Committee with fees collected and
distributed to the Fund; authorizing the Board to allocate moneys from the
Fund after review and approval of a certain budget; requiring a certain vote of
the Board in order to dismiss certain actions against a restricted license holder;
repealing provisions of law requiring the Faculty to conduct certain
investigations and peer review and to provide certain malpractice information to
the Board; requiring the Board to enter into a written contract with an a
nonprofit entity or entities to provide certain investigation, physician
rehabilitation, and peer review services; providing for certain time limits
relating to peer review; requiring the physician rehabilitation committee to
report certain noncompliance to the Board; prohibiting a certain agreement for
corrective action from being used except under certain circumstances; specifying
that the members of the Physician Rehabilitation Committee are appointed by
the Faculty entity or entities with whom the Board contracts; requiring the
chairman of the Board to appoint a member to serve as a liaison to the Physician
Rehabilitation Committee; authorizing the chairman of the Board to appoint a
certain subcommittee of the Board to conduct certain hearings in a certain
manner; requiring that factual findings be supported by a preponderance of the
evidence under certain circumstances; requiring that factual findings be
supported by clear and convincing evidence under certain circumstances;
requiring a certain vote of the Board in order to dismiss certain charges against
a licensee; altering certain requirements for licensee profiles created by the
Board; requiring the Board to maintain a single website containing certain
information; modifying the termination provision for the Maryland Respiratory
Care Practitioners Act; defining a certain term; specifying the terms of certain
members of the Board; requiring the Board to submit a certain report on the
financial condition of the Board by a certain date; requiring the Governor to
appoint a new State Board of Physicians with the advice of the Secretary of
Health and Mental Hygiene and the advice and consent of the Senate; requiring
the Board to submit a certain report on investigative caseloads by a certain date;
requiring the Board and the Office of the Attorney General to review a certain

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