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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor Ch. 368
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the termination of a portion of this Act; requiring health care facilities to
implement a certain pain management training program developed by the
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; requiring the Department to
develop the pain management program; and generally relating to pain
management and a State Advisory Council on Pain Management health care
facilities.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Health — General
Section 19-342 and 19-343
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2000 Replacement Volume and 2001 Supplement)
BY adding to
Article - Health - General
Section 19-353; and 13-601 through 13-605, inclusive, to be under the new
subtitle " Subtitle 16. Advisory Council on Pain Management""—and
19-3C-01 to be under the new subtitle "Subtitle 3C. Pain Management"
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2000 Replacement Volume and 2001 Supplement)
Preamble
WHEREAS, Estimates indicate that as many as 34 million people nationwide
suffer from chronic intractable pain; and
WHEREAS, Experts acknowledge that patients may be victims of inadequate
pain management as their needs are not met with proper treatment; and
WHEREAS, Not only is chronic intractable pain a life debilitating condition, it is
a costly epidemic facing our nation; and
WHEREAS, The field of medicine is constantly evolving, and continuing
education in pain management is essential to ensure a patient is receiving the best care
possible; and
WHEREAS, State law and policy could play a role in facilitating effective pain
management, thus serving the needs of the citizens of the State; now, therefore,
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Health - General
19-342.
(A) Each administrator of a hospital is responsible for making available to
each patient in the hospital a copy of the patient's bill of rights that the hospital
adopts under the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals' guidelines.
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