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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="14-205" title_number="14" title_name="Physicians" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="State Board of Physicians">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In addition to the powers and duties set forth in this title and in Title 15 of this article, the Board shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Enforce this title and Title 15 of this article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this title and Title 15 of this article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Establish policies for Board operations;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Maintain the rules, regulations, and policies of the Board so that the rules, regulations, and policies reflect the current practices of the Board;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Oversee:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The licensing requirements for physicians and the allied health professionals; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The issuance and renewal of licenses;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Maintain secure and complete records;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>Review and preliminarily investigate complaints, including acknowledging receipt of complaints and informing complainants of the final disposition of complaints;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>Develop and implement methods to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Assess and improve licensee practices; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Ensure the ongoing competence of licensees;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>Ensure that an opportunity for a hearing is provided to an individual, in accordance with law, before any action is taken against the individual;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <text>Adjudicate nondisciplinary matters within the Board’s jurisdiction;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="11">
      <text>Report on all disciplinary actions, license denials, and license surrenders;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="12">
      <text>Establish appropriate fees that are adequate to fund the effective regulation of physicians and allied health professionals;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="13">
      <text>Make recommendations that benefit the health, safety, and welfare of the public;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="14">
      <text>Provide ongoing education and training for Board members to ensure that the Board members can competently discharge their duties;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="15">
      <text>Direct educational outreach to and communicate with licensees and the public;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="16">
      <text>Develop and adopt a budget that reflects revenues and supports the costs associated with each allied health profession regulated by the Board;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="17">
      <text>Develop and approve an annual report and other required reports for submission to the Secretary, the Governor, the General Assembly, and the public;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="18">
      <text>Approve contracts as needed and within budgetary limits;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="19">
      <text>Appoint standing and ad hoc committees from among Board members as necessary;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="20">
      <text>Delegate to the executive director of the Board the authority to discharge Board or disciplinary panel duties, as deemed appropriate and necessary by the Board or disciplinary panel, and hold the executive director accountable to the Board; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="21">
      <text>Appoint members of the disciplinary panels.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In addition to the powers set forth elsewhere in this title, the Board may:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Adopt regulations to regulate the performance of acupuncture, but only to the extent authorized by § 14–504 of this title;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>After consulting with the State Board of Pharmacy, adopt rules and regulations regarding the dispensing of prescription drugs by a licensed physician;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>On receipt of a written and signed complaint, including a referral from the Commissioner of Labor and Industry, conduct an unannounced inspection of the office of a physician or acupuncturist, other than an office of a physician or acupuncturist in a hospital, related institution, freestanding medical facility, or a freestanding birthing center, to determine compliance at that office with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s guidelines on universal precautions; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Contract with others for the purchase of administrative and examination services to carry out the provisions of this title.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Board or a disciplinary panel may investigate an alleged violation of this title and Title 15 of this article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Subject to the Administrative Procedure Act and the hearing provisions of § 14–405 of this title, a disciplinary panel may deny a license to an applicant or, if an applicant has failed to renew the applicant’s license, refuse to renew or reinstate an applicant’s license for:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Any of the reasons that are grounds for action under § 14–404, § 14–5A–17, § 14–5B–14, § 14–5C–17, § 14–5D–14, § 14–5E–16, § 14–5F–18, or § 14–5G–18 of this title, as applicable; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Failure to complete a criminal history records check in accordance with § 14–308.1 of this title.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In addition to the duties set forth elsewhere in this title, the Board shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Issue, for use in other jurisdictions, a certificate of professional standing and a verification of license status to any licensee; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Keep a list of all pending license applicants.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>The Board shall keep a list of all licensees who are currently licensed.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The list shall include each licensee’s designated public address.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>A licensee’s designated public address may be a post office box only if the licensee provides to the Board a nonpublic address, under paragraph (3) of this subsection, that is not a post office box.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>The list of current licensees is a public record.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <text>The Board shall collect a licensee’s designated nonpublic address, if provided by the licensee, to facilitate communication between the licensee and the Board.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The Board shall offer a licensee the opportunity to designate a nonpublic address, in addition to the licensee’s public address, at the time of initial licensure and license renewal.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>A licensee shall designate an address where the Board may send the licensee mail.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>A licensee’s designated nonpublic address is not a public record and may not be released by the Board.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Board may not release a list of applicants for licensure.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Except as otherwise specified in statute, the Board may adopt regulations regarding advisory committees established under this title and Title 15 of this article governing:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The term of office for members;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The procedures for filling vacancies on an advisory committee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The removal of members; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The duties of each officer.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
