Section 19-356 - Medical referral services. - Maryland Statutes

§ 19-356. Medical referral services.
 

(a)  Discounts and split fees.- A hospital or related institution may not grant a discount to or receive a discount from any medical referral service or in any manner split fees with a medical referral service. 

(b)  Penalty.- A person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $100 for the first offense and not exceeding $500 for each subsequent conviction for a violation of the same provision. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 43, § 556C; 1982, ch. 21, § 2.]