HEALTH i'7'99

An. Code, 1924, sec. 41. 1922, ch. 482, sec. 29A.

40. The bureau of child hygiene shall investigate the causes of infant
mortality and the diseases of pregnancy, parturition, infancy and early
childhood, and shall devise and institute preventive measures for their
control; it shall promote the welfare and hygiene of maternity and in-
fancy ; and perform such other duties and exercise such other functions as
the State Board of Health or the Director thereof shall designate. Pro-
vided, that no official, agent or representative of this bureau shall enter
any home or take charge of any child over the objection of any parent or
guardian of such child or the person having the custody of such child, and
no such official, agent or representative shall attempt to enforce any treat-
ment or correction, except with the consent of the parents of such child or
the person standing in loco parentis.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 42. 1912, sec. 30. 1910, ch. 560, sec. 21G (p. 142).

41. The state board of health is authorized and empowered to appoint
a chief and an assistant chief for each of the bureaus hereinbefore pro-
vided, and to appoint such inspectors, draughtsmen and employees as may
be necessary in the execution of sections 33 to 42. Such chiefs and assis-
tant chiefs shall be men of good technical education and ability, compe-
tent to properly conduct their respective bureaus; they shall be appointed
by the Director of < the state Board of Health .by and with the consent of
the said board, and the said board is empowered to fix the compensation of
said chiefs and assistant chiefs at an annual salary of not less than fifteen
hundred dollars, nor more than twenty-four hundred dollars, for the said
chiefs, and an annual salary of not less than one thousand, nor more than
eighteen hundred dollars, for assistant chiefs; such chiefs and assistant
chiefs may be removed from office upon the recommendation of the Director
and a majority vote of the board.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 43. 1912, sec. 31. 1910, ch. 560, sec. 21H (p. 142).

42. For the purpose of sections 33 to 42 the state board of health shall
be known under the title and designated "State Department of Health,"
and the Director of the said board shall be known under the title and
designated "Director of the Department of Health."

1937, ch. 158, sec. 44A.

43. The Department of Health is hereby designated as the agency
of the State to administer a program of services for children who are
crippled or who are suffering from conditions which lead to crippling, and
to supervise the administration of those services included in the program
which are not administered directly by it. The purpose of such program
shall be to develop, extend and improve services for locating such children,
and providing for medical, surgical, corrective and other services and
care, and for facilities for diagnosis, hospitalization and aftercare.

1937, ch. 158, sec. 44B.

44. The Department of Health is hereby authorized:

(a) To formulate and administer a detailed plan or plans for the
purposes specified in the preceding section of this Article, and make
such rules and regulations as may be necessary or desirable for the ad-
ministration of such plans and the provisions of this Article.