Medical Malpractice
Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Health Care Malpractice - Awards and Judgments - Periodic Payments [HB-1166]
Requiring periodic payments of specified damages in excess of $100,000 for specified health care malpractice causes of action under specified circumstances; establishing procedures and requirements relating to periodic payments and annuities for funding periodic payments; etc.
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Health Care Malpractice - Limitation on Noneconomic Damages [HB-1157]
Decreasing a specified limitation on noneconomic damages in health care malpractice claims arising on or after October 1, 2010 to $500,000, with specified annual increases beginning October 1, 2011; making conforming and stylistic changes; etc.
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Maryland 2010 Regular Session
Health Occupations Boards - Revisions [HB-114]
Requiring health occupations boards to provide notification to licensees or certificate holders of board vacancies; requiring health occupations boards to collect specified racial and ethnic information; requiring that, to the extent practicable, members of health occupations boards reasonably reflect the geographic, racial, ethnic, cultural, and gender diversity of the State; requiring specified health occupations boards to develop a specified training process and materials for board members; etc.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Health Occupations - Violations of the Maryland Dentistry Act - Penalties and Cease and Desist Orders [HB-947]
Authorizing the State Board of Dental Examiners to issue a cease and desist order for certain violations; increasing certain penalties for certain acts related to the unauthorized practice of dentistry or dental hygiene; altering from a misdemeanor to a felony certain penalties for violating certain provisions of law related to dental laboratory work or advertising a dental appliance; etc.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Civil Actions - Health Care Malpractice Claims - Expert Witnesses [HB-684]
Authorizing an expert witness in a certain health care malpractice claim, suit, or action to testify in the form of an opinion or otherwise only if the expert's scientific, technical, or other specialized knowledge will help the trier of fact understand the evidence or determine a fact in issue, the testimony is based on sufficient facts or data, the testimony is the product of reliable principles and methods, and the expert has reliably applied the principles and methods to the facts of the case.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
State Board of Physicians and Allied Health Advisory Committees - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation [SB-395]
Continuing the State Board of Physicians and the related allied health advisory committees by extending to July 1, 2030, the termination provisions relating to statutory and regulatory authority of the State Board of Physicians and the committees; altering the reasons for which a disciplinary panel of the Board is authorized to deny a certain license or refuse to renew or reinstate an applicant's license under certain circumstances; altering the content of a certain annual report by the Board; etc.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
State Board of Physicians and Allied Health Advisory Committees - Sunset Extension and Program Evaluation [HB-560]
Continuing the State Board of Physicians and the related allied health advisory committees by extending to July 1, 2030, the termination provisions relating to statutory and regulatory authority of the State Board of Physicians and the committees; altering the reasons for which a disciplinary panel of the Board is authorized to deny a certain license or refuse to renew or reinstate an applicant's license under certain circumstances; altering the content of a certain annual report by the Board; etc.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Civil Actions - Health Care Malpractice Claims (Life Care Act) [SB-187]
Authorizing an expert witness in a certain health care malpractice claim, suit, or action to testify in the form of an opinion or otherwise under certain circumstances; requiring an expert witness testifying on a certain issue under certain circumstances in a certain health care malpractice claim, suit, or action to meet certain qualifications; etc.
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Health Occupations - Violations of the Maryland Dentistry Act - Penalties and Cease and Desist Orders [SB-169]
Authorizing the State Board of Dental Examiners to issue a cease and desist order for certain violations; increasing certain penalties for certain acts related to the unauthorized practice of dentistry or dental hygiene; altering from a misdemeanor to a felony penalties for violating certain provisions of law related to dental laboratory work or advertising a dental appliance by increasing the fine to up to $2,000 per day, instead of a one-time fine, or imprisonment of up to 2 years, rather than 6 months; etc.
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Utah 2020 General Session
Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing Amendments [SB-23]
Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing Amendments
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Hawaii 2020 Regular Session
Relating To Medical Malpractice. [SB-825]
Limits medical malpractice liability for residents and fellows in accredited residency and fellowship programs acting under the supervision of a licensed physician. Takes effect on 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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Hawaii 2020 Regular Session
Relating To Medical Malpractice. [SB-904]
Limits medical malpractice liability for residents and fellows in accredited residency and fellowship programs acting under the supervision of a licensed physician.
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Hawaii 2020 Regular Session
Relating To Medical Malpractice. [HB-669]
Limits medical malpractice liability for residents and fellows in accredited post graduate residency and fellowship programs acting under the supervision of a licensed physician.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Health Care Malpractice Qualified Expert - Limitation on Testimony in Personal Injury Claims - Repeal [SB-1037]
Repealing the requirement that a health care provider who attests in a certificate of a qualified expert or who testifies in relation to a proceeding before an arbitration panel or a court concerning compliance with or departure from standards of care devote no more than 20% of the provider's professional activities to activities that directly involve testimony in personal injury claims.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Maryland No-Fault Birth Injury Fund [HB-1347]
Establishing a system for adjudication of a claim involving a birth-related neurological injury; providing equitable compensation, on a no-fault basis, for a limited class of catastrophic injuries that result in unusually high costs for custodial care and rehabilitation; establishing the Maryland No-Fault Birth Injury Fund to provide compensation and benefits to eligible claimants; providing for specified premiums and insurance surcharges to be used to finance and administer the Fund; applying the Act prospectively; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Maryland No-Fault Birth Injury Fund [SB-877]
Establishing a system for adjudication of a claim involving a birth-related neurological injury; providing equitable compensation, on a no-fault basis, for a limited class of catastrophic injuries that result in unusually high costs for custodial care and rehabilitation; establishing the Maryland No-Fault Birth Injury Fund to provide compensation and benefits to eligible claimants; providing for specified premiums and insurance surcharges to be used to finance and administer the Fund; applying the Act prospectively; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Patient Early Intervention Programs [SB-783]
Providing that a statement made by a party during a discussion held in accordance with a patient safety early intervention program is inadmissible in specified legal proceedings; authorizing a hospital or a related institution to establish a specified patient safety early intervention program; establishing specified requirements for a patient safety early intervention program; applying the Act prospectively; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Courts and Judicial Proceedings - Venue - Health Care [SB-802]
Specifying that the venue for the purposes of specified health care proceedings is the county where an alleged negligent act or omission occurred; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Patient Early Intervention Programs [HB-777]
Providing that a statement made by a party during a discussion held in accordance with a specified patient safety early intervention program is inadmissible in specified legal proceedings; authorizing a hospital or a related institution to establish a specified patient safety early intervention program; establishing specified requirements for a patient safety early intervention program; applying the Act prospectively; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Courts and Judicial Proceedings - Venue - Health Care [HB-604]
Specifying the venue for the purposes of specified health care proceedings is the county where an alleged negligent act or omission occurred.