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§ 14-204. Meetings, compensation, and staff

West's Annotated Code of MarylandHealth OccupationsEffective: July 1, 2014

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Health Occupations (Refs & Annos)
Title 14. Physicians (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 2. State Board of Physician Quality Assurance (Refs & Annos)
Effective: July 1, 2014
MD Code, Health Occupations, § 14-204
§ 14-204. Meetings, compensation, and staff
In general
(a) A majority of the members then serving on the Board is a quorum.
Time and place of meetings
(b) The Board shall meet:
(1) At the times and places that it determines; and
(2) As requested by the Secretary.
Compensation and reimbursement for expenses
(c) Each member of the Board is entitled to:
(1) Compensation in accordance with the State budget; and
(2) Reimbursement for expenses under the Standard State Travel Regulations,1 as provided in the State budget.
Staff
(d)(1)(i) The Secretary may employ a staff for the Board in accordance with the State budget.
(ii) The Secretary may designate one of the staff as an executive director.
(2) The Secretary may set the compensation of an employee of the Board in a position that:
(i) Is unique to the Board;
(ii) Requires specific skills or experience to perform the duties of the position; and
(iii) Does not require the employee to perform functions that are comparable to functions performed in other units of the Executive Branch of State government.
(3) The Secretary of Budget and Management, in consultation with the Secretary, shall determine the positions for which the Secretary may set compensation under paragraph (2) of this subsection.
Assistance from Attorneys General, investigators
(e) To provide adequate assistance in the investigation, development, and prosecution of cases referred to the Board, the Board shall be assigned a sufficient number of:
(1) Assistant Attorneys General by the Attorney General; and
(2) Investigators and hearing officers by the Secretary.

Credits

Added by Acts 1981, c. 8, § 2, eff. July 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 1983, c. 128, § 1, eff. July 1, 1983; Acts 1988, c. 109, § 1, eff. July 1, 1988; Acts 1990, c. 6, § 11, eff. Feb. 16, 1990; Acts 1992, c. 271, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1992; Acts 1993, c. 22, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1993; Acts 1994, c. 3, § 5, eff. Feb. 28, 1994; Acts 1997, c. 743, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1997; Acts 2009, c. 690, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2009; Acts 2014, c. 613, § 1, eff. July 1, 2014.
Formerly Art. 43, §§ 120, 121.

Footnotes

COMAR 23.02.01.01 et seq.
MD Code, Health Occupations, § 14-204, MD HEALTH OCCUP § 14-204
Current with all legislation from the 2023 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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