HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 999

carrier by his or its conduct leads the employee or claimant
reasonably to believe that notice or claim has been waived by
his or its affirmative conduct.

Whenever a disability from an occupational disease occurs
to any employee it shall be the duty of the employer promptly
upon obtaining knowledge or notice thereof, to at once report
such disability to the Commission, and also to any local repre-
sentative of the Commission. Such report shall state (a) the
time, cause and nature of the disability, and the probable dura-
tion; (b) whether the disability from an occupational disease
arose out of and in the course of the injured person's employ-
ment; (c) any other matters the rules and regulations of the
Commission may prescribe.

This Article shall not apply to cases of occupational dis-
ease in which the last injurious exposure to the hazards of
such diseases occurred before June 1, 1939.

32G. There shall be a Medical Board consisting of three
members who shall be licensed physicians in good professional
standing¹, two of whom shall have had at least five (5) years'
practice in the diagnosis, treatment and care of industrial dis-
eases, and one of whom shall be especially trained in roentgen-
ology, and who shall have had at least five (5) years' practice
and experience. They shall be appointed by the Governor, by
and with the advice and consent of the Senate from a list of
nominees to be submitted by the Deans of the medical depart-
ments of the University of Maryland and of the Johns Hopkins
University, and by the council of the Medical and Chirurgical
Faculty of Maryland, each of these three agencies to submit
a list of at least three persons, two of whom shall be especially
experienced in occupational diseases, and one of whom shall
be an experienced roentgenologist. One of said members shall
be designated as Chairman of the Medical Board by the Gov-
ernor. The term of office of a member of such Board shall be
six (6) years, except that the first appointments hereunder
shall be made as follows: one for two (2) years, one for four
(4) years, and one for six (6) years. Vacancies shall be filled
for the balance of the unexpired terms in the same manner as
the original appointments as hereinabove provided. A ma-
jority of the Medical Board shall constitute a quorum. The
Medical Board shall have the power and authority to make
rules regulating its procedure, to contract for laboratory work,
to make necessary investigations of working conditions; to
provide for ordering and the conducting of autopsies, to con-
duct hearings on medical questions, to determine medical is-
sues, and to perform such other reasonable duties as the work
of the Board may require. The functions of the Board shall
be as set forth elsewhere in this Article.