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thereof, as the circumstances may justify[.]; except with respect
to those patients who have been or shall remain in such hospital for
a period in excess of thirty (30) months under any one admission,
the rate chargeable to the family of the patient shall thereafter not
exceed twenty-five (25) percent of the per capita cost. In arriving
at the amount to be paid, the collection unit shall have due regard
for the financial means or abilities of the patient, or the person or
persons legally responsible for the patient's maintenance and sup-
port, and whenever deemed necessary, may agree to accept a periodic
sum for the patient's maintenance less than the per capita cost. Upon
failure of a patient or other legally responsible person to make pay-
ment or enter into an agreement to make payment, the collection
unit shall notify the Attorney General and he shall institute proceed-
ings on behalf of the unit for collection thereof with authority to
make adjustment or settlements of said claims as he feels to be in
the best interest of the State.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1966.

Approved March 23, 1966.

CHAPTER 14
(Senate Bill 27)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 609 (b)
of Article 43 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1965 Replace-
ment Volume), title "Health", subtitle "Physical Therapy", amend-
ing the laws concerning the revocation or suspension of the licenses
of physical therapists in order to correct an error therein.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 609 (b) of Article 43 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1965 Replacement Volume), title "Health", subtitle "Physical
Therapy", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments, to read as follows:

609.

(b) Before revoking or suspending any license, the Board shall
furnish a copy of the complaint and charges to the person charged,
and afford that person an opportunity for a hearing before the
Board, in person or by his attorney. The Board's action shall be made
in writing, giving the reasons for its action, and a copy shall be
delivered or mailed to the person charged. Within sixty days after
receipt of notice [or] of revocation or suspension the person charged
may appeal the action of the Board to the circuit court of the county
or the Baltimore City court where the person resides. Either party
to the appeal has a further right to appeal to the Court of Appeals
from the decision of the court on appeal from the Board.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1966.

Approved March 23, 1966.