728                               LAWS OF MARYLAND                       [CH. 518

(3) To provide adequate facilities and services for the care and
treatment of the aged, convalescent, and chronically ill citizens of the
county. These facilities and services will or may include physical
care, medical, nursing, recreational, rehabilitative, special education,
and other similar activities, and, in addition, dissemination of infor-
mation relative to causes and prevention of chronic and debilitating
illnesses;

(4) To charge such fees for admission to and maintenance in such
facilities and for use of such services as may support the facilities
and services subject, however, to the provision that where aged,
convalescent, and chronically ill residents of the county are in need
of such facilities and services and are sufficiently impecunious as to
be unable to pay the full cost of such care, then the charges to such
residents shall be in direct proportion to their ability to pay for the
services;

(5)  To apply all monies, assets, property or other things of value
it may receive to the general purposes of the Board;

(6)  To adopt, subject to the terms of this section, such rules and
regulations of any facilities or services that it establishes as may be
necessary for their proper operation;

(7)  To cooperate with and assist, insofar as practicable, any
agency of the State of Maryland, the United States of America, any
subdivision of either, or any private agency or person in furtherance
of any of the purposes of this section;

(8)  To hire a director of any facility or service that it establishes
and to provide for such additional employees, their qualifications and
wages as are necessary to properly operate such facilities;

(9)  To require that all facilities and services that it establishes
maintain such standards that they may qualify for licenses as hos-
pitals from the State Board of Health as required in Article 43,
Section 556 et. ff. (1957 Edition) as amended from time to time;

(10)   To integrate its facilities with, accept funds from, and
cooperate with the State Board of Health and Mental Hygiene in
any facet or facets of its operations insofar as deemed advisable by
this Board.

(11)   To establish close liaison with the Peninsula General Hos-
pital for the purpose of providing comprehensive hospital, nursing,
and convalescent care for the residents of Worcester County.

(d)   The Board shall elect one of its members to serve as chair-
man for any period it may designate. It shall hold such meetings as
may be necessary for the proper conduct of its business, not, how-
ever, less frequently than once per month. It shall adopt, subject to
the terms of this section, such rules as are necessary for the internal
regulation of the Board.

(e)  The activities of the Board shall be supported insofar as pos-
sible by citizen support, voluntary contributions, fees and charges,
payments from the State and federal government. The County Com-
missioners are authorized to make annual appropriations in support
of the operations of the Citizens Nursing Home Board of Worcester
County for the objective of maintaining an adequate level of medical