Goodwich v. Sinai Hosp.

In Goodwich v. Sinai Hosp., 103 Md. App. 341, 354, 653 A.2d 541, 547 (1995), aff’d, 343 Md. 185, 680 A.2d 1067 (1996), the Maryland courts held that the federal law of HCQIA preempts its state procedures:

"In 1989, however, Congress deleted the opt-out provision from the statute. Thus, Md. Code, Health Occ. art., § 14-502 is no longer effective. The Federal Act applies in Maryland and necessarily supersedes inconsistent State law."