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Ch. 147
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2007 Laws of Maryland
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(f) (1) A person shall have the immunity from liability described under §
5-637 of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article for any action as a member of the
medical review committee or for giving information to, participating in, or contributing
to the function of the medical review committee.
(2) A contribution to the function of a medical review committee
includes any statement by any person, regardless of whether it is a direct
communication with the medical review committee, that is made within the context of
the person's employment or is made to a person with a professional interest in the
functions of a medical review committee and is intended to lead to redress of a matter
within the scope of a medical review committee's functions.
(g) Notwithstanding this section, §§14-410 and 14-112 of this article apply
(1) The Board of Physicians; and
(2) Any other entity, to the extent that it is acting in an investigatory
capacity for the Board of Physicians.
(H) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this
subsection, the internal proceedings, records, and files of an
organization or state agency responsible for assuring compliance
with Title 17, Subtitle 2A of the Health General Article are not
discoverable and are not admissible in a criminal case in which
evidence produced by a forensic laboratory is involved,
(2) Reports, findings, recommendations, and corrective
actions issued by an organization oil state agency responsible for
assuring compliance with title 17, subtitle 2A of the
Health - General Article to a forensic laboratory are
discoverable and admissible to the extent required by law.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Governor shall
include in the State budget for fiscal year 2000 and each year thereafter an
appropriation sufficient to fund not less than one supervisor, three surveyors, and
related administrative costs for the Office of Health Care Quality Laboratory
Licensing and Certification Unit to implement this Act.
SECTION 3. 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Secretary of
Health and Mental Hygiene Governor shall make initial appointments to the Forensic
Laboratory Advisory Committee on or before November 1, 2007 December 1, 2008.
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