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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 10.32.25.02" title_num="10" subtitle_num="32" chapter_num="25" heading="Definitions.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Terms Defined.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>“Board” means the State Board of Physicians.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>“Delegated duty” means a routine medical or surgical act that does not require medical judgment and is performed under the supervision of a delegating physician.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>“Delegating physician” means a physician possessing an active license to practice medicine in the State who directs a supervised medical graduate to perform delegated duties.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>“Direct supervision” means oversight exercised by a delegating physician who is:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Personally treating the patient;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>In the same medical office as the patient and the supervised medical graduate; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Immediately available to provide assistance and guidance to the supervised medical graduate for the duration of the delegated duty.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>“ECFMG” means the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates or its successor.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>“LCME” means the Liaison Committee on Medical Education, an organization which accredits programs in medical education leading to the doctor of medicine degree in the United States and its territories and, in cooperation with the Committee on Accreditation of Canadian Medical Schools, in Canada.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Medical Office.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>“Medical office” means any facility or location used for the delivery of health services.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>“Medical office” includes but is not limited to:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>A health care facility as defined in Health-General Article, §19-114, Annotated Code of Maryland; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>An ambulatory surgical facility as defined in Health-General Article, §19-3B-01(b), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>“Supervised medical graduate” means an individual who meets the requirements of Regulations .03 and .04 of this chapter and is delegated duties by a delegating physician in accordance with Regulation .05 of this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>