J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                       1375

approval, the applicant shall be informed of the reason for the refusal
at the time of notification.

562.

[The State Board of Health shall have full power and authority to
make and promulgate reasonable rules and regulations classifying
hospitals and prescribing minimum standards of safety and sanitation
in the physical plant, of diagnostic, therapeutic and laboratory facili-
ties and equipment of each class of hospitals, provided, however, that
nothing contained in this subtitle shall affect the right of each institu-
tion to employ its own personnel and staff, and provided further that
said rules and regulations are not in conflict with any provisions of
this subtitle. The State Board of Health may modify, amend or
rescind such regulations from time to time as may be in the public
interest.]

The Board shall have full power and authority to promulgate
reasonable regulations classifying hospitals prescribing minimum
standards of safety and sanitation in the physical plant and in the
diagnostic, therapeutic and laboratory facilities and equipment of
each hospital and related institution. In related institutions the Board
shall promulgate reasonable regulations prescribing minimum stand-
ards of services for the care of patients and their medical supervision.
Nothing contained in this subtitle shall affect the right of each insti-
tution to employ its own personnel and staff. The regulations adopted
by the Board shall not conflict with any provisions of this subtitle.
The Board may modify, amend or rescind such regulations from time
to time as may be in the public interest.

563.

[Any person aggrieved by the refusal of the State Board of Health
to issue a license or by the action of the Board revoking a license may
take an appeal therefrom to a court having equity jurisdiction in the
county or in the City of Baltimore where such hospital is located or
contemplated. Such appeal shall be heard by such court as promptly
as circumstances will reasonably permit. Such hearing may be heard
upon the record so transmitted, but the court may hear such addi-
tional evidence as it may deem proper, and upon the conclusion of
such hearing, the court may affirm, vacate or modify the order
appealed from. Any party to said proceeding may appeal from the
decision of such court to the Court of Appeals of Maryland.]

Any person aggrieved by the refusal of the Board to issue a license
or aggrieved by the action of the Board to revoke a license or to deny
requests by applicants for approval of new construction, conversion,
alteration or addition may appeal therefrom as provided by the Ad-
ministrative Procedure Act, Sections 244 through 256, inclusive, of
Article 41 of this Code, as amended from time to time.

564.

An advisory board [of seven (7)] on hospital licensing of eight (8)
NINE (9) members, each of whom shall hold office for a period of
(5) years, shall be appointed by the Governor to make recommenda-
tions to the State Board of Health [and to assist in the establishment
of minimum standards under the provisions of this subtitle and any
amendments thereto] and Mental Hygiene on the issuance or denial
of licenses, the establishment of minimum regulations, and applica-