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hygiene of maternity and infancy [; 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] Board 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 treatment or correction, except with the consent of the
parents of such child or the person standing in loco parentis.

42. For the purpose of [Sections 33 to 42] this Article 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 desig-
nated "Director of the Department of Health".

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

(b) 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 section in accordance with the provisions of the Budget.
[The Chief of the Bureau of Medical Services and all] Such
employees and nurses shall be appointed in accordance with,
and be covered by, the provisions of the Merit System.

(c) The State Board of Health shall establish a Council
of Medical Care to advise in the formulation of policies for
the administration of the said medical care program; the
said Council to consist of the following: Two (2) members
appointed by the Council of the Medical and Chirurgical
Faculty of Maryland; two (2) members appointed by the