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of the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene. The
Board includes three licensed occupational
therapists, one licensed occupational therapy assis-
tant, and one consumer. Appointed with Senate
advice and consent, the consumer member is not
trained as an occupational therapist and has no
financial interest in a related field. Occupational
therapy members are nominated by the Maryland
Occupational Therapy Association. Authorization
for the Board continues until July 1, 1994 (Code
Health Occupations Article, sees. 9-201 through
9-502).

STATE BOARD OF EXAMINERS IN
OPTOMETRY
Harold S. Glazier, O.D., President, 1991

Appointed by Governor with advice of Secretary of
Health & Mental Hygiene (consumer member also
appointed with Senate advice & consent): Morton
Spind, O.D., 1992; James Hugh Dolly, O.D.,
1993; Stanley A. Appelbaum, O.D., 1994; Stanley
Feinblum, O.D., 1995; one vacancy.

4201 Patterson Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21215-2299 764-4725

Formed in 1914, the State Board of Examiners
in Optometry administers the optometry laws of
the State and regulates the practice of optometry
(Chapter 652, Acts of 1914). It examines, licenses,
and registers applicants, and may revoke any certifi-
cate of registration or examination for just cause.
The Board consists of six persons appointed to
five-year terms by the Governor upon the recom-
mendation of the Secretary of Health and Mental
Hygiene from nominees of the Maryland Op-
romerric Association. The sixth member is a con-
sumer. Appointed by the Governor on the
recommendation of the Secretary with Senate ad-
vice and consent, the consumer member cannot
have training as an optometrist or a financial inter-
est in a related field. Authorization for the Board
continues until July 1,1993 (Code Health Occupa-
tions Article, sees. 10-101 through 10-602).

STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY
Steven S. Cohen, President, 1995

Appointed by Governor with advice of Secretary of
Health & Mental Hygiene (consumer member also
appointed with Senate advice & consent): Leonard J.
DeMino, 1991; Theodore S. Litwin, 1991; Milton
S. Moskowitz, 1991; George C. Voxakis, 1992;
Dorothy Snoops Levi, 1993; William E. Adams,
1994; Ralph A. Small, Jr., 1994.

Roslyn Scheer, Executive Director

4201 Patterson Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21215-2299 764-4755

Created in 1902, the State Board of Pharmacy
licenses pharmacists by examination and reciprocity
(Chapter 179, Acts of 1902). It also conducts a
biennial re-registration program for pharmacists.
The Board issues permits for the operation of retail
pharmacies and for the manufacture of drugs,
medicines, toilet articles, dentifrices, and cosmetics.
The Board also licenses jobbers, distributors, and
wholesalers or manufacturers of dangerous
(prescription) drugs. In cooperation with the
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, the
Board enforces the pharmacy and drug laws of the
State.
Board members and duly authorized agents of
the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
inspect all pharmacies or other places where
prescriptions, medicines, drugs, drug products, or
domestic remedies are compounded or sold. They
also inspect prescriptions, medicines, drugs, drug
products, or domestic products offered for sale.
Pharmacists are required to keep in their places of
business, for a period of not less than five years, a
file of every prescription compounded or dispensed.
The Board's eight members include six licensed
pharmacists and two consumers. All are appointed
by the Governor with the advice of the Secretary of
Health and Mental Hygiene for five-year terms.
Each pharmacist member is selected from nominees
of the Maryland Pharmaceutical Association. Ap-
pointed with Senate advice and consent, the con-
sumer members cannot have had training as a
pharmacist or have a financial interest in a related
field. Two members must reside in Baltimore City,
two must reside in the counties, and three must be
from the State at large. The Board may designate
an executive director. Authorization for the Board
continues until July 1,1993 (Code Health Occupa-
tions Article, sees. 12-101 through 12-802).

STATE COMMISSION ON PHYSICAL

FITNESS
Michael E. Busch, Chairperson, 1992

Appointed by Governor (who also designates chair) with
advice of Secretary of Health & Mental Hygiene: Edna
D. Simmons Bennett; Harold J. Cordcs, Ed.D.;
Morron Diamond; Anne Carrington Gawne;
George W. Gephart; Harold J. Jennifer, Jr.; one
vacancy. Terms expire 1991.

Cynthia Dawn Bowen; JaekH. Dawson; HeinzW
Lenz; Allen M. Meacham; Pam Shriver. Terms
expire 1992.

Elizabeth Y. Brown; Beverly B. Byron; Ginny
Popioiek; Carol Van Reenan; Angelo Rossi, Jr.;
John M. Staubitz. Terms expire 1993.

Leon N. Coursey, Ph.D.; Larry T. Hughes; Lois
M. Shofer, Ph.D.; Marshall K. Steele III, M.D.;