(a)   A health care practitioner shall disclose the name of a referring
health care practitioner on each request for payment or bill submitted
to a third party payor, including nonprofit health plans and fiscal
intermediaries and carriers, that may be responsible for payment, in
whole or in part, of the charges for a health care service, if the
health care practitioner knows or has reason to believe:
    (1)   There has been a referral by a health care practitioner; and
    (2)   The referring health care practitioner has a beneficial interest in or
compensation arrangement with the health care entity that is prohibited
under § 1-302 of this subtitle.
  (b)   A health care practitioner who knows or should have known of the
practitioner's failure to comply with the provisions of this section
shall be subject to disciplinary action by the appropriate licensing
board.
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