220/Maryland Manual

State agencies on all matters pertaining to the
juvenile justice system and delinquency preven-
tion. The Council is the designated State agency to
receive formula grant funds under provisions of the
federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Preven-
tion Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-415), as amended by the
Juvenile Justice Amendments of 1980 (P.L.
96-509). The Council's responsibilities include
developing an annual plan in accordance with the
federal Act, establishing grant procedures, and
making grant awards. Fiscal administration of
grant funds is provided by the Juvenile Services
Administration.

The Council consists of from fifteen to thirty-
three members appointed by the Governor. Mem-
bers who do not serve by virtue of their office are
appointed to four-year terms. The Governor desig-
nates the chairperson.

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
ADMINISTRATION

Eric Fine, M.D., M.P.H., Director

201 W. Preston St.
Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 383-2732

The Preventive Medicine Administration pro-
vides and promotes preventive health services to
preclude or ameliorate disease or disability. The
Administration works through five units: the Of-
fice of Infant, Child and Adolescent Health Ser-
vices; the Office of Maternal Health, Family
Planning and Hereditary Disorders; the Office of
Epidemiology and Disease Control; the Office of
Adult Health Services; and the Office of Services to
the Aging.

The Administration's staff is representative of
many professions. It includes physicians qualified
in the specialties of pediatrics, obstetrics, and
epidemiology; public health nurses with special
preparation and training in obstetrics and pediat-
rics; and nutritionists, public health veterinarians,
social workers, public health investigators, and
health educators.

The Preventive Medicine Administration pro-
vides technical and professional assistance and
consultation, as well as some direct services, to
other Administrations under the Secretary of
Health and Mental Hygiene, and to the subdivi-
sions, primarily local health departments.

LABORATORIES ADMINISTRATION

J. Mehsen Joseph, Ph.D., Director

201 W. Preston St.
Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 383-2880

The Laboratories Administration has broad re-
sponsibilities for making a wide variety of laborato-
ry tests to assist physicians and health officials in
the prevention, diagnosis, and control of human
diseases. The Administration makes examinations
in connection with the enforcement of the State's
health laws, and the chemical, microbiological, and
radiological surveillance of the environment relat-
ed to foods, waters, sewage, air, phannaceuticals,
bedding, hazardous wastes, and upholstery. It
licenses all blood banks and clinical laboratories
that comply with minimum standards and qualifi-
cations. It also certifies laboratories that examine
water and dairy products involved in shipments
out of Maryland, and periodically inspects all such
laboratories to assure compliance.

In addition to the Central Laboratory in
Baltimore, there are eight branch laboratories
throughout the State.

LOCAL HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

Ruth H. Singer, M.D., Director

201 W. Preston St.
Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 383-2640

In Maryland's 23 counties and Baltimore City,
local health departments serve the public through
their staffs of public health nurses, sanitarians, and
other health workers. The Local Health Adminis-
tration assists local health officers in program
development.

OFFICE OF CHRONIC AND
REHABILITATION FACILITIES

Patricia M. Smith, M.D., M.P.H., Director

201 W. Preston St.
Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 383-2723

The Office directs three chronic and rehabilita-
tive hospital centers—Deer's Head Center, West-
ern Maryland Center, and Montebello Center—
and the Tawes-Bland Bryant Nursing Home.

DEER'S HEAD CENTER

Edward G. Phoebus, J.D., Director

P.O. Box 2018
Salisbury 21801 Telephone: 742-2164

Authorized by Chapter 994, Acts of 1945, Deer's
Head Center was established in 1950. It is the