Maryland SB 972: Physicians and Allied Health Professions – Reorganization and Revisions

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SENATE BILL 972
J2 2lr3201
CF HB 1252
By: Senator Reilly
Introduced and read first time: February 15, 2022
Assigned to: Rules

A BILL ENTITLED

AN ACT concerning 1

Physicians and Allied Health Professions – Reorganization and Revisions 2

FOR the purpose of repealing obsolete and redundant language in, clarifying language in, 3
and reorganizing certain provisions of law governing the State Board of Physicians 4
and the regulation of physicians, physician assistants, and allied health 5
professionals; authorizing the Board to regulate the allied health committees; 6
repealing the requirement that the Board provide a certain data sheet; and generally 7
relating to the State Board of Physicians and the regulation of physicians, physician 8
assistants, and allied health professionals. 9

BY repealing 10
Article – Health Occupations 11
Section 14–101(n), 14–401.1(b) through (d), 14–405(f), 14–5A–02 through 14–5A–04, 12
14–5A–10, 14–5A–11, 14–5A–13, 14–5A–14, 14–5A–16, 14–5A–17.1, 13
14–5A–18.1, 14–5A–19, 14–5B–02 through 14–5B–04, 14–5B–10, 14–5B–12, 14
14–5B–12.1, 14–5B–13, 14–5B–14.1, 14–5B–15.1, 14–5B–16, 14–5C–02 15
through 14–5C–04, 14–5C–11, 14–5C–12, 14–5C–14, 14–5C–14.1, 14–5C–16, 16
14–5C–18.1, 14–5C–19, 14–5D–02, 14–5D–03, 14–5D–09, 14–5D–12, 17
14–5D–12.1, 14–5D–13, 14–5D–15, 14–5D–16, 14–5D–16.1, 14–5E–02 18
through 14–5E–04, 14–5E–11, 14–5E–15, 14–5E–17, 14–5E–18.1, 14–5E–19, 19
14–5F–04, 14–5F–05, 14–5F–13, 14–5F–15.1, 14–5F–17, 14–5F–23, 20
14–5G–02 through 14–5G–04, 14–5G–10, 14–5G–11, 14–5G–13, 14–5G–15, 21
14–5G–16, 14–5G–19, 14–5G–21, 14–5G–22, 15–203, 15–204, 15–206, 22
15–304, 15–305, 15–307, 15–308, 15–310 through 15–312, and 15–315 23
through 15–316.1 24
Annotated Code of Maryland 25
(2021 Replacement Volume) 26

BY renumbering 27
Article – Health Occupations 28

2 SENATE BILL 972

Section 14–206, 14–206.1, 14–301, 14–302, 14–306, 14–307, 14–308, 14–308.1, 1
14–309, 14–311, 14–312, 14–313, 14–313.1, 14–314, 14–315, 14–316, 14–317, 2
14–318 through 14–320, 14–322, 14–404, 14–413 through 14–415, 14–502, 3
14–503, 14–504, 14–505, 14–506, 14–507, 14–508, 14–509, 14–601, 14–602, 4
14–603, 14–605, 14–607, 15–101 through 15–103, 15–201, 15–202, 15–205, 5
15–301, 15–302, 15–302.1 through 15–302.3, 15–303, 15–306, 15–309, 15–313, 6
15–314, 15–317, 15–401, 15–402, 15–402.1, 15–403, 15–501, and 15–502, 7
respectively 8
to be Section 14–401.2, 14–401.3, 14–501, 14–502, 14–503, 14–301, 14–505, 9
14–302, 14–303, 14–506, 14–507, 14–304, 14–529, 14–305, 14–508, 14–306, 10
14–307, 14–509 through 14–511, 14–512, 14–515, 14–517 through 14–519, 11
14–414, 14–513, 14–526, 14–525, 14–415, 14–523, 14–520, 14–522, 14–527, 12
14–528, 14–413, 14–521, 14–524, 14–5H–01 through 14–5H–03, 14–5H–04, 13
14–5H–05, 14–5H–06, 14–5H–07, 14–5H–08, 14–5H–09 through 14–5H–11, 14
14–5H–12, 14–5H–13, 14–5H–14, 14–5H–15, 14–5H–16, 14–5H–17, 15
14–5H–18, 14–5H–19, 14–5H–20, 14–5H–21, 14–5H–22, and 14–5H–23, 16
respectively 17
Annotated Code of Maryland 18
(2021 Replacement Volume) 19

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 20
Article – Correctional Services 21
Section 9–603(d)(2) 22
Annotated Code of Maryland 23
(2017 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 24

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 25
Article – Courts and Judicial Proceedings 26
Section 5–106(r), 5–715(d), and 10–205(b) 27
Annotated Code of Maryland 28
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 29

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 30
Article – Health – General 31
Section 4–201(a), 5–601(a), and 13–3301(a) 32
Annotated Code of Maryland 33
(2019 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 34

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 35
Article – Health – General 36
Section 4–201(s), 5–601(v), 13–3301(d), and 18–214.1(b) 37
Annotated Code of Maryland 38
(2019 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 39

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 40
Article – Health Occupations 41

SENATE BILL 972 3

Section 1–302(g), 1–306(e), 8–205(a)(3), 11–404.2(h), 12–102(c)(2), 1
14–101(a–1), (g), (i), and (o), 14–102(a), 14–205, 14–207(b) through (d) and (f), 2
14–3A–01 Section 5(b)(3)(i), 14–401.1(a)(5) and (e) through (k), 14–402(a), (c), 3
(e), and (f), 14–405(a) and (g), 14–406, 14–409(a) and (c), 14–411(d), (g), (h), 4
(j), (k), and (p), 14–411.1(b) through (d), 14–416(a), 14–5A–01(c), 14–5A–05, 5
14–5A–09, 14–5A–17(a), 14–5B–07(a)(2), 14–5B–09, 14–5B–11, 14–5B–14(a), 6
14–5C–01(c), 14–5C–05, 14–5C–08(b), 14–5C–09, 14–5C–10, 14–5C–17(a), 7
14–5D–07(b), 14–5D–08, 14–5D–10(a), 14–5D–14(a), 14–5E–01(g), 8
14–5E–08(b), 14–5E–09, 14–5E–10(a), 14–5E–13, 14–5E–14, 14–5E–16(a), 9
14–5F–11, 14–5F–12, 14–5F–15, 14–5F–16, 14–5F–18(a), 14–5F–21, 10
14–5F–24(c), 14–5G–09, 14–5G–14(h), 14–5G–17, and 14–5G–18(a) 11
Annotated Code of Maryland 12
(2021 Replacement Volume) 13

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 14
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