Md. Code Ann., Ins. § 15-10C-04
Suspension, revocation, or refusal to renew certificate of a medical director
Effective Jan 1, 1999Added by Acts 1998, c. 111, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1999; Acts 1998, c. 112, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.State of Maryland
(a) Subject to the hearing procedures in §§ 2-210 through 2-214 of this article, the Commissioner may suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a certificate of a medical director if the Commissioner finds a pattern that the utilization management procedures and policies used by the medical director in making utilization review decisions or used by a private review agent employed by or under contract with the health maintenance organization over whose utilization review decisions the medical director has responsibility are not:
- (1) objective;
- (2) clinically valid;
- (3) compatible with established principles of health care; or
- (4) flexible enough to allow deviations from the norms when justified on a case by case basis.
- (b) The Commissioner may consult with an independent review organization or medical expert that meets the requirements of § 15-10A-05 of this title, the Department, the Board, or any other appropriate entity for purposes of taking an action described under subsection (a) of this section.
Added by Acts 1998, c. 111, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1999; Acts 1998, c. 112, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.