(a)(1) The Committee shall consist of 7 members appointed by the Board.
(2) Of the 7 Committee members:
(i) 3 shall be licensed physicians;
(ii) 3 shall be licensed physician assistants; and
(iii) 1 shall be a consumer.
(3) Of the licensed physician members:
(i) At least 1 shall specialize in general surgery or a surgical subspecialty; and
(ii) At least 1 shall specialize in internal medicine, family practice, or a similar primary care specialty.
(4) The Board shall appoint the physician assistant members from a list of names submitted by:
(i) The Maryland Academy of Physician Assistants; and
(ii) The State institutions of higher education with approved physician assistant programs.
(i) Shall be a member of the general public;
(ii) May not be a physician, former physician, physician assistant, or a person in training to become a physician or physician assistant;
(iii) May not have a household member who is a physician or physician assistant, or a person in training to become a physician assistant; and
(iv) May not have had within 2 years before appointment a substantial financial interest in a process regulated by the Board.
(6) Each member of the Committee shall be a resident of the State.
(b) Of the three physician members of the Committee, two shall be previously or currently serving as supervising physicians of a physician assistant under a Board-approved delegation agreement.
Physician assistant members (c)(1) The physician assistant members shall be licensed as a physician assistant under this title.
(2) The physician assistant members shall be currently practicing as a physician assistant or employed as a faculty member of an accredited physician assistant program.
(3) Of the 3 physician assistant members of the Committee:
(i) At least 1 shall be currently practicing in a hospital; and
(ii) At least 1 shall be currently practicing in a nonhospital setting.
Chairperson and secretary (d) A Committee chair and a secretary shall be selected every 2 years by a majority vote of the membership of the Committee.
Chairperson advisor to Board (e) The chair, or the chair's designee, shall serve in an advisory capacity to the Board as a representative of the Committee.
Credits
Added as Health Occupations § 14.5-202 by Acts 1986, c. 759, § 1, eff. July 1, 1986. Renumbered as Health Occupations § 15-202 by Acts 1990, c. 6, § 11, eff. Feb. 16, 1990. Amended by Acts 1996, c. 10, § 1, eff. April 9, 1996; Acts 1998, c. 168, § 1, eff. July 1, 1998; Acts 2000, c. 61, § 1, eff. April 25, 2000; Acts 2010, c. 72, § 1, eff. April 13, 2010; Acts 2010, c. 273, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2010; Acts 2010, c. 274, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2010; Acts 2013, c. 401, § 1, eff. May 2, 2013; Acts 2020, c. 612, § 1, eff. May 8, 2020; Acts 2020, c. 613, § 1, eff. May 8, 2020.
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
