Maryland Senate Bill 871 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Introduced on February 5 2018 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2018-03-12 - Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs; Withdrawn
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibiting a licensed physician from being subject to an investigation by the State Board of Physicians or disciplinary action by a disciplinary panel based solely on the fact that the physician recommended or provided a certain alternative treatment to an individual; providing that the Act may not be construed to prohibit the Board from denying a license or investigating a licensed physician, or a disciplinary panel from taking certain actions, for certain other purposes; defining "alternative treatment"; etc.

State Board of Physicians - Discipline for Alternative Treatments - Prohibition

Sen. Jim Mathias [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-03-12	Senate	Unfavorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs; Withdrawn
2018-03-07	Senate	Hearing canceled
2018-03-07	Senate	Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m.
2018-02-05	Senate	First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0871?ys=2018rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/sb/sb0871f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/fnotes/bil_0001/sb0871.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/votes_comm/sb0871_ehe.pdf