WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 240

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1984 Volume and 1989 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF

MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Family Law

14-401.

[There] (A) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS
SECTION, THERE shall be [a] AT LEAST 1 review board in each county.

(B) TWO OR MORE COUNTIES MAY AGREE TO ESTABLISH A SINGLE
MULTICOUNTY REVIEW BOARD.

14-402.

(a) (1) Each review board consists of 9 members appointed:
(i) by the county commissioners;

(ii) in Baltimore City, by the Mayor with the advice and consent of
the City Council; [or]

(iii) in any county that has a county executive, by the county executive
with the advice and consent of the county council; OR

(IV) IF 2 OR MORE COUNTIES HAVE AGREED TO
ESTABLISH A MULTICOUNTY REVIEW BOARD, JOINTLY BY THE
APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OF THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE BOARD.

(2) Of the 9 members:

(i) 1 shall be a professional representative of [the] A local
department;

(ii) 2 shall be physicians, including 1 psychiatrist from [the] A local
health [departments] DEPARTMENT that [employ] EMPLOYS psychiatrists;

(iii) 1 shall be a representative of a local commission on aging;

(iv) 1 shall be a professional representative of a local nonprofit social
service organization;

(v) 1 shall be a lawyer;
(vi) 2 shall be lay individuals; and
(vii) 1 shall be a public health nurse.
14-403.

(a) A member of [the] A review board:

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