- A. Each health care provider served with a claim shall file with the Director a response to the claim and any third-party claim within the time specified in the Maryland Rules of Procedure, with copies to all interested parties, including the chairman. A filing fee of $25 is to accompany an initial response or other pleading. The entry of subsequent counsel or other pleadings is without charge.
- B. A response may state that the controversy falls within one or more particular recognized specialties.
- C. A third-party claim shall be filed with the Director within 30 days of the response unless a later filing is agreed to by the parties or is allowed by the chairman or the Director.
- D. Unless the defendant does not dispute liability, a certificate of a qualified expert and a report of the attesting expert shall be filed with the Director within 120 days from the date the claimant filed and served each defendant with a copy of claimant's certificate.
Authority: Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article, §§3-2A-01—3-2A-09 and
5-109; Article 48A, §482A; Annotated Code of Maryland
Effective date: December 22, 1976 (3:26 Md. R. 1536)
Regulation .12D amended as an emergency provision effective August 25,
1980 (7:18 Md. R. 1732); adopted permanently effective November
14, 1980 (7:23 Md. R.2163)
Annotations: COMAR 01.03.01 cited in Tabler v. Medical Mutual Liability
Insurance Society, 301 Md. 189 (1984) and Munzer v. Ramsey, et al., 63 Md.
App. 350 (1985)
Regulations .01—.15 repealed and new Regulations .01—.17 adopted effective June 3, 1996 (23:11 Md. R. 808)