§ 15-206. Fees and disposition of funds

   (a) Authority of Board to set reasonable fees. -- The Board shall set reasonable fees for:

   (1) The issuance and renewal of licenses; and

   (2) The other services rendered by the Board in connection with physician assistants, including the cost of providing a rehabilitation program for physician assistants under § 14-401.1(g) of this article.

(b) Distribution of collected funds. --

   (1) The Board shall pay all fees collected under this title to the Comptroller of the State.

   (2) (i) If the Governor does not include in the State budget at least $ 750,000 for the operation of the Health Personnel Shortage Incentive Grant Program under § 18-803 of the Education Article and the Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment Program for Physicians under Title 18, Subtitle 28 of the Education Article, as administered by the Maryland Higher Education Commission, the Comptroller shall distribute:

         1. 12 percent of the fees received from the Board to the Office of Student Financial Assistance to be used as follows:

            A. One-half to make grants under the Health Personnel Shortage Incentive Grant Program under § 18-803 of the Education Article; and

            B. One-half to make grants under the Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment Program for Physicians under Title 18, Subtitle 28 of the Education Article to physicians engaged in primary care or to medical residents specializing in primary care who agree to practice for at least 2 years as primary care physicians in a geographic area of the State that has been designated by the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene as being medically underserved; and

         2. The balance of the fees to the Board of Physicians Fund.

      (ii) If the Governor includes in the State budget at least $ 750,000 for the operation of the Health Personnel Shortage Incentive Grant Program under § 18-803 of the Education Article and the Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment Program for Physicians under Title 18, Subtitle 28 of the Education Article, as administered by the Maryland Higher Education Commission, the Comptroller shall distribute the fees to the Board of Physicians Fund.

HISTORY: 1986, ch. 759; 1990, ch. 6, § 11; 1992, ch. 334; 2003, ch. 252, § 10; 2007, ch. 539; 2008, ch. 36; 2009, ch. 60, § 5; 2010, chs. 273, 274; 2013, ch. 401.