Maryland Board of Physician Quality Assurance v. Felsenberg

WILNER, Judge.

The dispute before us is principally one of statutory construction: whether two provisions of the Maryland Medical Practice Act—Maryland Code, § 14-404(a) and (b). of the Health Occupations Article—are inconsistent to the point that § 14-404(b) cannot be given effect as written. The Circuit Court for Baltimore County said “yes.” We shall hold “no.”

The Board of Physician Quality Assurance is currently the licensing and disciplinary agency for physicians in Maryland. Except as otherwise provided in the Medical Practice Act, a person is not allowed to practice medicine in this…