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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="14-319" title_number="14" title_name="Physicians" subtitle_number="3">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Board may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>License an applicant by virtue of the conceded eminence and authority of the applicant in the profession if the applicant:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Is recommended to the Board by:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>The dean of a school of medicine in the State; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>The Director of the National Institutes of Health;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Is to receive an appointment at the institution making the recommendation under item (i) of this paragraph; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Meets any other requirement the Board may adopt by regulation under this section;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Define by regulation the term “conceded eminence and authority in the profession” and, for this purpose, shall consider such criteria as:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Academic appointments;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Length of time in the profession;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Scholarly publications; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Professional accomplishments;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Adopt regulations concerning the further qualifications of an applicant for licensure, including conditions of employment, application procedures, and fees under this section;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Allow an exception to the general education and examination requirements of § 14–307(d) and (e) of this subtitle, but may not permit waiver of the requirements of § 14–307(a) through (c) of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Qualify, restrict, or otherwise limit a license granted under this section; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Require a 6–month probationary period during which the medical services performed by the applicant granted a license under this section are supervised by another licensed physician.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Upon judicial review, a determination by the Board under this section shall be accorded the maximum deference permitted by law.</text>
  </level>
</section>
