State of Maryland (Chapter 231, Acts of 1894)
The Hospital opened for patients in 1896 It was
renamed Springfield State Hospital m 1900 (Chap-
ter 70, Acts of 1900)
The Center admits patients from Baltimore City
and Carroll, Howard and Montgomery counties
The Center is the largest State facility for the care
of persons with mental illness It is funded for a daily
average of 420 patients (Code Health—General
Article, sec 10406)

CITIZENS ADVISORY BOARD FOR
SPRINGFIELD HOSPITAL CENTER

John B Whmnmgham, Chair, 1996

The Governor, upon recommendation of the
Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene, appoints
the seven members of the Board to four year terms

UPPER SHORE COMMUNITY MENTAL
HEALTH CENTER
William W Tubman, Jr , Ed D , Administrator

P O Box 229
Scheeler Road
Chestertown, MD 21620 (410) 778-6800

Opened in 1982, the Upper Shore Commu-
nity Mental Health Center is a multipurpose
mental health hospital It serves a daily average
of 55 patients and provides psychiatric services
for eligible persons, 16 years of age and older,
from Caroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's and
Talbot counties The Center also holds a 15 bed
juvenile detention center and a 20 bed interme-
diate care unit for alcoholics over the age of 18
(Code Health—Gcncial AitiLic, scl 10-406)

CITIZENS ADVISORY BOARD FOR UPPER SHORE
COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER

Marsha Mazza, Chair, 1999

The Governor appoints the Board's seven mem
bers to four year terms upon recommendation of
the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene (Code
Health—General Article, sec 10 411)

OFFICE OF
CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER

John E Smiaiek, M D , Chief Medical Examiner

HlPennSt
Baltimore, MD 21201 (410) 333 3225

Appointed by the State Postmortem Examiners
Commission, the Chief Medical Examiner oversees
Administration, Autopsy Services, Statewide Serv
ices. Toxicology, and the Center for the Study of
Health Effects of Fire The Chief Medical Examiner
performs autopsies and provides the State's Attor

ney with copies of records concerning any death
which requires further investigation

STATE POSTMORTEM EXAMINERS COMMISSION

Chair Benjamin Trump, M D , Dept of
Pathology, University of Maryland School of
Medicine
(410) 333 3225

The Department of Postmortem Examiners was
created in 1939 to replace a decentralized system
of local coroners (Chapter 69, Acts of 1939) In
1982, the Department was subsumed into the State
Postmortem Examiners Commission (Chapter 21,
Acts of 1982)
The State Postmortem Examiners Commis
sion appoints physicians as deputy medical exam
meii> in each county They investigate violent and
suspicious deaths or deaths unattended by physi-
cians The deputy medical examiners file with the
Office of Chief Medical Examiner reports of all
deaths investigated Commission records are
open for inspection to the family of the deceased
and are acceptable in court as evidence of the
facts contained
The State Postmortem Examiners Commis
sion is composed of four ex officio members and
a representative of the Department of Health and
Mental Hygiene selected by the Secretary of
Health and Mental Hygiene The Commission
appoints all professional personnel (Code
Health—General Article, sees 5-301 through
5-312)

CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF
HEALTH EFFECTS OF FIR F

Director John E Smiaiek, M D , Chief Medical
Examiner

lllPenn St. 3rd floor
Baltimore, MD 21201 (410) 333 3250

The Center for the Study of the Health
Effects of Fire was created in 1988 (Chapter
185, Acts of 1988) The Center studies the
health effects of exposure to fire, gathers and
analyzes data on fire related injury or death,
and maintains both a registry of persons who
suffer fire related injury or death, and a corn
putenzed data base concerning injuries and
health effects of fire The Center is a repository
for information routinely collected about fires
Information collected by the Center and in
tended for use in research is confidential and
not discoverable or admissible as evidence in a
civil or criminal action to determine cause of
death or liability for injury or death
The Center funds pilot studies on issues or
factors affecting injuries from or the health ef
fects of fire The Center also applies for federal
or private research grants to investigate such