BOARD OF PODIATRY EXAMINERS
President: Lanny Rubin, D.P.M.
Harry A. Shapiro, D.P.M., 1977; Lionel
Hutkoff, D.P.M., 1979.
Treasurer: Michael Weinberg, D.P.M., 1978
Secretary: John A. Spinelli, D.P.M., 1977
201 W. Preston Street,
Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 383-6461
The Board of Podiatry Examiners, orig-
inally created by Chapter 173, Acts of 1916,
received its present name by Chapter 416,
Acts of 1965. The Board consists of five
members appointed by the Governor, with
the advice of the Secretary of Health and
Mental Hygiene from a list of qualified po-
diatrists of double the number of vacancies
to be filled submitted by the Maryland Po-
diatry Association and the Maryland State
Board of Podiatry Examiners. The Board
examines all persons who wish to practice
podiatry in the State. Applicants must have
at least two years of education in a recog-
nized college of arts and sciences and be
graduates of a college of podiatric medicine,
recognized by the American Podiatry Asso-
ciation. The examinations, which may be
written, oral, or practical, are given twice
yearly. The Board also issues annual licenses
to all podiatrists engaged in active practice
within the State. The Board may revoke the
license of any podiatrist, after a hearing,
who is charged with malpractice or unethical
conduct (Code 1957, 1971 Repl. Vol., Art.
43, sees. 481-98).
Staff: None.
DEPARTMENT OF POST-MORTEM
EXAMINERS
Maryland Post-Mortem Examiners
Commission
Chairman: Benjamin Trump, M.D.,
University of Maryland School of
Medicine
Robert H. Hepinstell, M.D., Department of
Pathology, The Johns Hopkins School of
Medicine; John DeHoff, M.D., M.P.H.,
Commissioner of Health of Baltimore
City; Colonel "Thomas S. Smith, Superin-
tendent, Maryland State Police; Jean Rose |
Stifler, M.D., Director, Local Health
A dministration.
Russell S. Fisher, M.D., Chief Medical
Examiner
Burton Morton, M.D., Deputy Chief
Medical Examiner
111 Penn Street,
Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 396-3823
The Department of Post-Mortem Exam-
iners, created by Chapter 69, Acts of 1939
to replace a decentralized system of local
coroners, is directed by a commission com-
posed of a representative of the State De-
partment of Health and Mental Hygiene,
the Commissioner of Health of Baltimore
City, the Superintendent of Maryland State
Police, and the Professors of Pathology at
The Johns Hopkins University and the Uni-
versity of Maryland. The Department re-
placed the coroners of Baltimore City by a
Chief and two Assistant Medical Examiners,
and the county coroners by Deputy Medical
Examiners. In 1957 the General Assembly
authorized three Assistant Medical Exam-
iners and an Assistant Toxicologist. In
1965 an additional Assistant Medical
Examiner and an Immunochemist were
added and in 1969 a Deputy Chief Medical
Examiner and an additional Toxicologist
were authorized. The Commission appoints
all personnel. The medical examiners inves-
tigate violent and suspicious deaths or deaths
unattended by a physician throughout the
State. They must file a report of all deaths
investigated with the Office of the Chief
Medical Examiner.
The records of the Department are open
for inspection to the family of the deceased
and are acceptable in Court as evidence of
the facts contained. The county pays the
Deputy Medical Examiners for each death
investigated. The State Comptroller pays
the salaries of the Chief Medical Examiner,
the Assistant Medical Examiners, and the
Toxicologists, and the expenses of perform-
ing autopsies in the counties and the trans-
portation of bodies incident thereto. All
other expenses of the Department are paid
by the City of Baltimore (Code 1957, 1966
Repl. Vol., Art. 22).
Staff: 13. |
