MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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SUPERINTENDENT OF THE CENTER; (II) THE CHAIRMAN OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL
OF MEDICINE; (III) THREE PSYCHIATRISTS AND THREE
PSYCHOLOGISTS, ONE OF WHOM SHALL BE SELECTED BY THE
EXECUTIVE BOARD FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF
MEDICINE, TWO OF WHOM SHALL BE SELECTED BY THE EXECUTIVE
BOARD FROM THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF
MEDICINE, AND THREE OF WHOM SHALL BE SELECTED BY THE
EXECUTIVE BOARD FROM OTHER AFFILIATIONS, INCLUDING
PRIVATE PRACTITIONERS; AND (IV) THREE CITIZENS OF THE
STATE SELECTED BY THE EXECUTIVE BOARD FROM PERSONS WHO
ARE INTERESTED IN AND CONCERNED ABOUT THE CARE OF THE
MENTALLY ILL AND ABOUT RESEARCH DIRECTED TOWARD THE
PREVENTION, DISCOVERY OF CAUSES, AND TREATMENT OF MENTAL
DISORDERS AND ALLIED CONDITIONS.

(2)    THE COMMITTEE SHALL SELECT ITS CHAIRMAN.

(3)    THE COMMITTEE SHALL SUBMIT AN ANNUAL
REPORT TO THE EXECUTIVE BOARD.

(D)    THE EMPLOYEES OF THE CENTER WHO ARE DESIGNATED
BY THE EXECUTIVE BOARD AS PERFORMING SCIENTIFIC AND
TECHNICAL DUTIES SHALL BE APPOINTED TO FACULTY POSITIONS
IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE.

(E)    THE POSITIONS OF THOSE PERSONS WHO WERE
EMPLOYED BY THE CENTER ON DECEMBER [[30]] 31, 1976 SHALL
BE TERMINATED ON JANUARY 1, 1977. THOSE POSITIONS WHICH
ARE DETERMINED BY THE EXECUTIVE BOARD TO BE SCIENTIFIC
AND TECHNICAL POSITIONS SHALL BE FILLED ON AND AFTER
JANUARY 1, 1977 FIRST BY THOSE PERSONS WHO WERE EMPLOYED
BY THE CENTER ON DECEMBER 31, 1976, AND WHO ARE QUALIFIED
UNDER THE TERMS OF THIS SECTION FOR APPOINTMENT TO
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL POSITIONS. ALL OTHER POSITIONS
AT THE CENTER SHALL BE FILLED INITIALLY BY TRANSFER OF
PERSONS EMPLOYED BY THE CENTER ON DECEMBER 31, 1976.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the
Secretary of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
and the Dean of the University of Maryland School of
Medicine acting jointly following the effective date of
this section shall appoint a search committee of persons
to select a list of qualified applicants for appointment
to the position of Superintendent of the Center. The
Committee shall submit its list of applicants to the
Commissioner of Mental Hygiene and to the Chairman of the
Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School
of Medicine. The Committee is automatically dissolved
when appointment has been made to fill the position.

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That all
persons except scientific and technical persons who are
as of December 31, 1976 classified employees of the
Maryland Psychiatric Research Center are hereby