Section 14-402 - Membership.
§ 14-402. Membership.
(a) Composition; appointment of members.-
(1) Each review board consists of 11 members appointed:
(i) by the county commissioners;
(ii) in Baltimore City, by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the City Council;
(iii) in any county that has a county executive, by the county executive with the advice and consent of the county council; or
(iv) if 2 or more counties have agreed to establish a multicounty review board, jointly by the appropriate officials of the counties served by the board.
(2) Of the 11 members:
(i) 1 shall be a professional representative of a local department;
(ii) 1. in counties other than St. Mary's County, 2 shall be physicians, including 1 psychiatrist from a local health department that employs psychiatrists; and
2. in St. Mary's County, 1 shall be a physician other than a psychiatrist and 1 shall be a psychiatrist or psychologist from the local health department;
(iii) 1 shall be a representative of a local commission on aging;
(iv) 1 shall be a professional representative of a local nonprofit social service organization;
(v) 1 shall be a lawyer;
(vi) 2 shall be lay individuals;
(vii) 1 shall be a public health nurse;
(viii) 1 shall be a professional in the field of disabilities; and
(ix) 1 shall be a person with a physical disability.
(b) Tenure; vacancies.-
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection, the term of a member is 3 years.
(2) The terms of members are staggered as required by the terms provided for members of the review board on October 1, 1984.
(3) In Charles County, the term of a member is 4 years.
(4) At the end of a term, a member continues to serve until a successor is appointed and qualifies.
(5) A member who is appointed after a term has begun serves only for the rest of the term and until a successor is appointed and qualifies.
[An. Code 1957, art. 88A, § 110; 1984, ch. 552, § 2; 1985, ch. 478, § 1; 1988, ch. 328; 1990, ch. 240; 1993, ch. 184; 2009, ch. 386.]