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Maryland Code, Health Occupations § 15-202

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a)(1) The Committee shall consist of 7 members appointed by the Board.

(2) Of the 7 Committee members:

(i) 3 shall be licensed physicians;

(ii) 3 shall be licensed physician assistants; and

(iii) 1 shall be a consumer.

(3) Of the licensed physician members:

(i) At least 1 shall specialize in general surgery or a surgical subspecialty; and

(ii) At least 1 shall specialize in internal medicine, family practice, or a similar primary care specialty.

(4) The Board shall appoint the physician assistant members from a list of names submitted by:

(i) The Maryland Academy of Physician Assistants; and

(ii) The State institutions of higher education with approved physician assistant programs.

(5) The consumer member:

(i) Shall be a member of the general public;

(ii) May not be a physician, former physician, physician assistant, or a person in training to become a physician or physician assistant;

(iii) May not have a household member who is a physician or physician assistant, or a person in training to become a physician assistant; and

(iv) May not have had within 2 years before appointment a substantial financial interest in a process regulated by the Board.

(6) Each member of the Committee shall be a resident of the State.

(b) Of the three physician members of the Committee, two shall be previously or currently serving as a patient care team physician under a collaboration agreement with a physician assistant.

(c)(1) The physician assistant members shall be licensed as a physician assistant under this title.

(2) The physician assistant members shall be currently practicing as a physician assistant or employed as a faculty member of an accredited physician assistant program.

(3) Of the 3 physician assistant members of the Committee:

(i) At least 1 shall be currently practicing in a hospital; and

(ii) At least 1 shall be currently practicing in a nonhospital setting.

(d) A Committee chair and a secretary shall be selected every 2 years by a majority vote of the membership of the Committee.

(e) The chair, or the chair's designee, shall serve in an advisory capacity to the Board as a representative of the Committee.

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