302 /Department of Health & Mental Hygiene

Mental Hygiene; the Maryland Hospital Associa-
tion; the Maryland Nurses Association; the Monu-
mental City Medical Society; the University of
Maryland Hospital and School of Medicine; The
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions; and the State
Health Resources Planning Commission. Con-
sumer members are appointed with Senate advice
and consent (Code Health—General Article, secs.
13-201 through 13-206).

STATE ADVISORY COUNCIL ON PHYSICAL FITNESS

Michael E. Busch, Chairperson, 1993
Linda Vanderhoff, Executive Director
(410) 225-6757

The State Advisory Council on Physical Fitness
began as the State Commission on Physical Fitness
in 1963 (Chapter 606, Acts of 1963). The Council
was reorganized in 1992 by its present name under
the Local and Family Health Administration
(Chapter 71, Acts of 1992). The Council works to
protect and improve the physical fitness of Marylan-
ders. It disseminates information about physical
fitness, and collects and assembles information from
State departments and agencies. To further its
work, the Council maintains liaison with the State
Department of Education, local boards of educa-
tion, private and parochial schools, and local physi-
cal fitness commissions.
The Council consists of twenty-five members
appointed by the Governor with the advice of the
Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene. Members
serve four-year terms and are chosen for their inter-
est or experience in physical fitness for both youth
and adults. The Governor designates the chairper-
son. The Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene
appoints the executive director.
In each county and the City of Baltimore, the
Governor also appoints a local physical fitness com-
mission, composed of fifteen to twenty-five local
residents. The Secretary of Health and Mental Hy-
giene designates the chairperson of each local com-
mission (Code Health—General Article, secs.
13-401 through 13-412).

OFFICE OF PLANNING, EVALUATION, &
PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT
Norma Fox Kanarek, Ph.D., Director
(410) 225-6783

The Office of Planning, Evaluation, and Pro-
gram Development was formed within the Local
and Family Health Administration in 1991. For the
Administration and local health departments, the
Office provides computer, planning, statistical and
epidemiologic advice. The Office also conducts dis-
ease surveillance to help plan programs, devise pol-
icy, and determine research needs.
The Office manages the voluntary Abortion Sur-
veillance System; conducts the Maryland Behav-
ioral Risk Factor Survey, in cooperation with the

U.S. Centers for Disease Control; and conducts
on-site reviews of local health departments. The
Office also directs the writing, review, and use of
annual Local Health Department Plans; develops
and monitors Operational Plan objectives for the
Local and Family Health Administration; and pub-
lishes annually the Local and Family Health Surveil-
lance Data Book. In addition, the Office designs
personal computer (PC) systems for tracking High
Risk Infants; and provides special analyses for pro-
grams, such as Data-based Intervention Grants,
Sample Size Requirements, and the Needs Assess-
ments required by the federal Social Security law
governing Maternal and Child Health Block Grants
(Title V, sec. 501).

OFFICE OF HEALTH PROMOTION EDUCATION
& TOBACCO USE PREVENTION
Joan L. Stine, Chief

300 West Preston St.
Baltimore, MD 21201 (410) 225-1362

The Office of Health Promotion Education and
Tobacco Use Prevention was formed from the Di-
vision of Health Education in November 1993. The
Office is responsible for five programs: Health in
Pregnancy, a smoking cessation program; Maryland
Kids in Safety Seats (Maryland KISS); Migrant
Health; Planned Approach to Community Health
(PATCH); and Tobacco Use Prevention.

DEER'S HEAD CENTER
Robert C. Elliott, M.D., Director

P.O. Box 2018
Emerson Ave.
Salisbury, MD 21802 (410) 543-4011

Authorized in 1945, Deer's Head Center was
established in 1950 (Chapter 994, Acts of 1945).
It is a regional facility for chronically ill and elderly
adults in need of medical and rehabilitation services,
or general medical care for chronic disease or termi-
nal illness. The Center also operates a kidney dialy-
sis facility for area residents.
Deer's Head Center provides the services of a
chronic disease hospital (including a small hospice
service) and a comprehensive care facility, as well as
outpatient and end-stage kidney dialysis, and out-
patient rehabilitation therapy. The licensed capacity
for the Center is 188 hospital beds and 33 compre-
hensive care beds (Code Health—General Article,
sec. 19-502).

CITIZENS ADVISORY BOARD FOR
DEER'S HEAD CENTER

Louise L. Gulyas, Chairperson, 1996

Upon recommendation of the Secretary of Health
and Mental Hygiene, the Governor appoints the
Board's seven members to four-year terms.