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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 10.29.13.04" title_num="10" subtitle_num="29" chapter_num="13" heading="Criteria.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Admission to the program may be the result of:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Self-referral;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Formal complaint; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Referral by the Board.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>If participation in the program is a result of a voluntary action by an impaired practitioner, which results in a formal agreement with the Committee to undergo a course of treatment or rehabilitation, the Committee shall report to the Board only noncompliance with the agreement.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The Committee may not report to the Board those impaired practitioners who self-refer or who come to the attention of the Committee by a formal complaint if those practitioners comply with the formal agreement or program.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The Committee shall report to the Board any noncompliance with the treatment program, if the Board referral is the result of a public or nonpublic order or informal discipline imposed by the Board.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>The impaired practitioner for whom the program was designed shall pay all costs associated with the evaluation, treatment, and rehabilitation program.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>