Section 15-202 - Composition. - Maryland Statutes

§ 15-202. Composition.
 

(a)  Appointment of members.-  

(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; 

(ii) At least 1 shall specialize in internal medicine, family practice, or a similar primary care specialty; and 

(iii) 1 shall be a Board member. 

(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. 

(5) The consumer member: 

(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)  Physician members.- 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. 

(c)  Physician assistant members; certification.-  

(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. 

(d)  Chairperson and secretary; selection.- A Committee chairperson and a secretary shall be selected every 2 years by a majority vote of the membership of the Committee. 

(e)  Chairperson to advise Board.- The chairperson shall serve in an advisory capacity to the Board as a representative of the Committee. 
 

[1986, ch. 759; 1990, ch. 6, § 11; 1996, ch. 10, § 1; 1998, ch. 168; 2000, ch. 61, § 1; 2010, chs. 72, 273, 274.]