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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="14-401" title_number="14" title_name="Physicians" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Disciplinary Actions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There are two disciplinary panels responsible for resolving allegations of violations of this title and Title 15 of this article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The chair of the Board shall assign each member of the Board to one of the disciplinary panels established under subsection (a) of this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Each disciplinary panel shall consist of 11 Board members.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Of the 11 members on a disciplinary panel:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>6 shall be practicing licensed physicians;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>1 shall be a practicing licensed physician with a full–time faculty appointment;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>1 shall be a representative of the Department or a licensed physician assistant; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>3 shall be members of the public.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The chair of the Board may serve as an ex–officio member of the disciplinary panel to which the chair was not assigned as a member under paragraph (1) of this subsection.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>The chair of the Board shall select a member of each disciplinary panel to be the chair of the disciplinary panel.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>A quorum of a disciplinary panel consists of 7 members.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
