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2007 Vetoed Bills and Messages
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H.B. 282
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made in the "Report on the Maryland Board of Physicians' Investigative Processes and
Optimal Caseloads" on or before September 1, 2007.
SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, on or before July 1,
2007, the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene shall standardize job classifications
for investigators at the State Board of Physicians by increasing the base salary grade
to a Grade 16.
SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Chief Administrative
Law Judge shall designate a pool of administrative law judges in the Office of
Administrative Hearings to hear cases referred to it by the State Board of Physicians.
SECTION 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the State Board of
Physicians shall provide training at least annually to the personnel of the Office of
Administrative Hearings in order to improve the quality and efficiency of the hearings
in physician discipline cases. The training shall include medical terminology, medical
ethics, and, to the extent practicable, descriptions of basic medical and surgical
procedures currently in use.
SECTION 4. 6. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, on or before October
1, 2007, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Office of the Attorney
General shall:
(1) review the process for the investigation of self-referral cases by the
health occupations boards;
(2) recommend a revised investigative process for self-referral cases
that includes the determination of investigative resources for the health occupations
boards in the investigation of self-referral cases: and
(3) report to the Governor and, in accordance with § 2-1246 of the
State Government Article, to the Senate Education. Health, and Environmental
Affairs Committee and the House Health and Government Operations Committee on
their findings, recommendations, and any legislative or regulatory changes necessary
to implement any recommended changes.
SECTION 7. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the State Board of
Physicians shall submit a report to the Governor and, in accordance with § 2-1246 of
the State Government Article, to the General Assembly, on or before December 31, 2008,
regarding:
(1) how many complaints reviewed by two peer reviewers resulted in
disagreement between the peer reviewers; and
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