# Health Occupations (GHO)

## Title 14. Physicians

### Subtitle 1. Definitions; General Provisions

#### Section 14-102

(a) This title does not limit the right of:

  (1) An individual to practice a health occupation that the individual is authorized to practice under this article; or

  (2) A Christian Science practitioner, who is accredited by the First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, from:

    (i) Dealing with human ills in accordance with the tenets of Christian Science; and

    (ii) Charging for services.

(b) This title does not prohibit a licensed dentist or any other individual authorized to practice dentistry under Title 4 of this article, who has administered anesthesia regularly in hospitals in this State for at least 15 years before June 1, 1962, from practicing anesthesiology or administering anesthesia for medical purposes.

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Md. Code Ann., Health Occ. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)