72 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 91

diseases; to provide for the appointment of a Chief of said
Bureau and the employees thereof; authorizing the State
Board of Health to establish a Council on Medical Care to
advise in the formulation of policies for the administration
of a medical care program, and providing for the appoint-
ment of the members of said Council.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 33 of Article 43 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Health", sub-title "Miscella-
neous Provisions", be and the same is hereby repealed and re-
enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

33. The State Board of Health is authorized and empowered
to establish seven bureaus, to be known as the bureau of com-
municable diseases, the bureau of bacteriology, ' the bureau of
chemistry, the bureau of sanitary engineering, the bureau of
vital statistics, the bureau of child hygiene and the Bureau of
Medical Services.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That a new section be
and the same is hereby added to Article 43 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Health", sub-title
"Miscellaneous Provisions", to be known as Section 44A, to
follow immediately after Section 44 of said Article, and to
read as follows:

44A. The Bureau of Medical Services, under the direction
of the Director of Health, shall (1) administer a program of
medical care in the State of Maryland for indigent and med-
ically indigent persons, or either of such classes; for this
purpose the Bureau of Medical Services is hereby authorized to
contract with physicians, dentists and hospitals for the medical,
dental, surgical and hospital treatment of eligible persons;
within the provisions of the Budget the said Bureau is hereby
authorized to provide bedside nursing care for eligible per-
sons. (2) The Bureau of Medical Services, under the direction
of the Director of Health, shall conduct and operate such
hospitals as may be established by law and placed under the
jurisdiction of the said Board of Health for the care of per-
sons suffering from chronic diseases.

The State Board of Health shall appoint a Chief of the
Bureau of Medical Services upon nomination of the Director
of Health, and also such employees, including nurses, as may
be necessary to accomplish the purposes of this Act in accord-
ance with the provisions of the Budget. The Chief of the
Bureau of Medical Services and all employees and nurses shall
be appointed in accordance with, and be covered by, the pro-
visions of the Merit System.