ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                             Ch. 252

(f)      "License" means, unless the context requires otherwise, a license issued by
the Board to practice medicine.

(g)     "Licensed physician" means, unless the context requires otherwise, a
physician, including a doctor of osteopathy, who is licensed by the Board to practice
medicine.

(h) "Licensee" means an individual to whom a license is issued, including an
individual practicing medicine within or as a professional corporation or professional
association.

(i) "Perform acupuncture" means to stimulate a certain point or points on or
near the surface of the human body by the insertion of needles to prevent or modify
the perception of pain or to normalize physiological functions, including pain control,
for the treatment of ailments or conditions of the body.

(j) "Physician" means an individual who practices medicine.

(k) "PHYSICIAN REHABILITATION COMMITTEE" MEANS THE COMMITTEE OF
THE FACULTY ENTITY OR ENTITIES WITH WHOM THE BOARD CONTRACTS UNDER
§14-401(E) OF THIS TITLE THAT EVALUATES AND PROVIDES ASSISTANCE TO
IMPAIRED PHYSICIANS IN NEED OF TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION FOR
ALCOHOLISM, CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY, OR OTHER PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, OR
MENTAL CONDITIONS.

(L) (1) "Practice medicine" means to engage, with or without compensation,
in medical:

(i)     Diagnosis;

(ii)    Healing;

(iii)   Treatment; or

(iv)    Surgery.

(2)     "Practice medicine" includes doing, undertaking, professing to do,
and attempting any of the following:

(i) Diagnosing, healing, treating, preventing, prescribing for, or
removing any physical, mental, or emotional ailment or supposed ailment of an
individual:

1.       By physical, mental, emotional, or other process that is
exercised or invoked by the practitioner, the patient, or both; or

2.       By appliance, test, drug, operation, or treatment;
(ii) Ending of a human pregnancy; and

(iii) Performing acupuncture.

(3)     "Practice medicine" does not include:

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