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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="6-404" title_number="6" title_name="Massage Therapy" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Miscellaneous">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “massage therapist and practitioner rehabilitation committee” means a committee that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Is a committee of the Board or a committee of an association that represents at least 250 licensed massage therapists in the State that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Is recognized by the Board; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Includes massage therapists and massage practitioners; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Performs any of the functions listed in subsection (c) of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A rehabilitation committee of the Board or recognized by the Board may function:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Solely for the Board; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Jointly with a rehabilitation committee representing another board or boards.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A massage therapist and practitioner rehabilitation committee shall evaluate and provide assistance to any licensed massage therapist, registered massage practitioner, or other individual regulated by the Board in need of treatment and rehabilitation for alcoholism, drug abuse, chemical dependency, or other physical, emotional, or mental condition.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this subsection, “civil action” does not include a proceeding before the Board or the judicial review of a proceeding before the Board.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the proceedings, records, and files of the massage therapist and practitioner rehabilitation committee are not discoverable and are not admissible in evidence in any civil action arising out of matters that are being or have been reviewed and evaluated by the massage therapist and practitioner rehabilitation committee.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Paragraph (2) of this subsection does not apply to any record or document that is considered by the massage therapist and practitioner rehabilitation committee and that otherwise would be subject to discovery or introduction into evidence in any arbitration or civil proceeding.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A person who acts in good faith and within the scope of the jurisdiction of a massage therapist and practitioner rehabilitation committee is not civilly liable for any action as a member of the massage therapist and practitioner rehabilitation committee or for giving information to, participating in, or contributing to the function of the massage therapist and practitioner rehabilitation committee.</text>
  </level>
</section>
