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Md. Code, Health Occupations § 8–6C–22

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(a) Except for any willful or grossly negligent act, a health care provider or emergency room personnel who work at a hospital, or emergency medical services providers or ambulance personnel, may not be held civilly liable for an action arising solely from an injury resulting from an act or omission of a licensed direct–entry midwife, even if the person has consulted with the licensed direct–entry midwife or accepted a referral from the licensed direct–entry midwife.

(b) A health care practitioner who consults with a licensed direct–entry midwife or receives notification of a delivery under § 8–6C–02(b)(15) of this subtitle or the transfer of records under § 8–6C–02(b)(16) of this subtitle but who does not examine or treat a patient of the licensed direct–entry midwife may not be deemed to have created a physician–patient relationship with the patient.

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