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Medical Professional Liability State Profile:

Maryland

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CME Requirements

Credit Amount
Maryland requires 50 hours of Category 1 CME credits per licensure cycle. First-time license renewals are exempt from CME requirements.

Licensure Cycle
Biennial. Licensees with a last name beginning with A-L expire in even-numbered years and licensees with a last name beginning with M-Z expire in odd-numbered years.

Topics
A required 1 hour must be on opioid prescribing.


The Maryland CME requirements listed above were accurate when posted, but CME state requirements change frequently. Due to COVID-19, certain states may have modified their licensure requirements. Physicians are advised to confirm Maryland’s current requirements with the Maryland Board of Physicians.

  • Prejudgment and Post-Judgment Interest
  • Tort Laws
  • One Party or All Party Consent
  • Abortion Law

Prejudgment and Post-Judgment Interest

Tort actions rate: Generally, because damages are unliquidated, interest is not allowed.

  • Taylor v. Wahby, 314 A.2d 100 (Md. 1974)

Postjudgment Contract and Tort Actions Rate: 10% per annum.

  • Md. Code Ann. Cts. & Jud. Proc. §11-107

Accrual date: Date of judgment

  • Md. Rule 2-604

Tort Laws

Limits on damages for pain and suffering: $860k cap on non-economic damages with $15k annual increase

  • Md. Code Ann. Cts. & Jud. Proc. §3- 2A-09 (2005)

Limits on contingent attorney fees: Court approval if disputed

  • Md. Code Ann. Cts. & Jud. Proc. §3-2A-07 (1986)

Reform of collateral source rule: None

Periodic payment of future damages: Discretionary

  • Md. Code Ann. Cts. & Jud. Proc. §11-109 (1986)

Statute of limitations: Earlier of 5 years from injury or 3 years from discovery

  • Md. Code Ann. Cts. & Jud. Proc. §5-109 (1987)

One Party or All Party Consent

Maryland’s Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Act stipulates that it is a two-party consent state.

In this state, it is a criminal offense to tape-record a conversation without the consent of all involved parties. Md. Code Ann. Cts. & Jud. Proc. §10-402.

Abortion Law

In April, the Maryland legislature overrode Gov. Larry Hogan’s (R) veto of a measure (HB 937) that expanded access to abortion care. The law allows nurse practitioners, midwives and physician assistants to perform abortions and establishes the Abortion Care Clinical Training Program, for which the governor must include $3.5 million in the annual state budget. It also requires private health insurance plans to cover abortion care and eliminates administrative barriers to Medicaid coverage of abortion. The law went into effect in July.