ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                         H.B. 1425

a certain license under certain circumstances; authorizing the Department to
suspend or revoke a certain license under certain circumstances; providing for
certain penalties for certain violations; altering certain definitions so as to
exclude certain nursing referral services and certain nurse registries from
certain provisions that regulate employment agencies, home health agencies,
and residential service agencies; defining certain terms; making this Act an
emergency measure; and generally relating to nursing referral services.

FOR the purpose of exempting certain nursing referral service agencies and certain
nurse registries from certain definitions; providing for the scope of this Act;
providing for the expiration of certain licenses under certain circumstances;
authorizing the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to issue, deny,
suspend, or revoke certain licenses; requiring a nursing referral service agency
to obtain a license from the Department prior to operating certain agencies;
requiring certain applicants to meet certain requirements; requiring certain
agencies to institute a certain complaint investigation process; requiring a
nursing referral service agency to apply for a certain criminal history records
check or request a certain background check; establishing certain requirements
for the criminal history records check and the background check; requiring the
Department to adopt certain regulations; prohibiting the regulations from
precluding a nursing referral service agency from operating in a certain
manner; requiring the Department to issue a certain license under certain
circumstances; authorizing the Department to suspend or revoke a certain
license under certain circumstances; prohibiting certain individuals from
operating certain agencies under certain circumstances; providing for certain
penalties for certain violations; providing that the granting of a certain license
does not constitute a finding of a certain fact and may not give rise to a certain
presumption; defining certain terms; making this Act an emergency measure;
and generally relating to nursing referral service agencies.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Business Regulation
Section 9-101(d)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1998 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Health - General
Section 19-401(c) and 19-4A-01(e)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2000 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - Health - General

Section 19-4B-01 through 19-4B-04, 19-4B-06, inclusive, to be under the new

subtitle "Subtitle 4B. Nursing Referral Services Service Agencies"
Annotated Code of Maryland

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