1976 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 810

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That two new sections be and they are hereby added
to Article 43 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939
Edition), title ''Health", sub-title "Hospitals", said new
sections to be known as Sections 496L and 496M to follow
immediately after Section 496K of said Article, as said Sec-
tion was enacted by Chapter 210 of the Acts of 1945, and to
read as follows:

496L. The State Board of Health is hereby designated as
the sole agency to represent the State of Maryland for the
purposes of Part C, Title VI of the Public Health Service
Act, as enacted by Public Law 725 of the 79th Congress of
the United States, and all amendments thereof and additions
thereto, providing grants to States for the construction and
reconstruction of hospitals and related facilities. There is
hereby conferred upon the State Board of Health the powers
necessary for it to comply with the provisions relating to the
sole State agency representing the State of Maryland for the
purposes staled in Part C of said Public Law 725 and all
amendments thereof and additions thereto, and contained
in any part of said Title VI of Public Law 725, and all
amendments thereof and additions thereto.

496M. The Governor shall appoint eleven persons to an
Advisory Council on Hospital Construction to consult with
and advise the State Board of Health in its administration
of a State plan for the construction and reconstruction of
hospital facilities as provided for in said Public Law 725
of the 79th Congress of the United States.

The term of office of the appointed members of the Advisory
Council on Hospital Construction shall be three years, but
of those first appointed, three shall be appointed for a term
of one year, four for a term of two years, and four for a
term of three years, and, on the expiration of their respective
terms, their successors shall be appointed for a term of
three years.

Three members of said Advisory Council on Hospital Con-
struction shall be appointed from a list of names submitted
by the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland; four
members shall be appointed from a list of names submitted
by the Maryland-District of Columbia Hospital Assocaition,
at least two of whom shall be physicians; one member shall
be a member of the faculty of a graduate school of Public
Health in the State of Maryland; and three members shall
be representatives of consumers of hospital services selected
from among persons familiar with the need for such services
in urban and rural areas.