SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                          983

MEMBERS, OF WHOM TWO SHALL REPRESENT INDUSTRY,
TWO SHALL REPRESENT LABOR, TWO SHALL REPRESENT
THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS, AND ONE, WHO SHALL SERVE
AS CHAIRMAN, SHALL REPRESENT THE PUBLIC. AT LEAST
ONE OF THE MEMBERS REPRESENTING INDUSTRY AND
AT LEAST ONE OF THE MEMBERS REPRESENTING LABOR
SHALL HAVE PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE
IN OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY WORK, AND AT LEAST ONE
OF THE MEMBERS REPRESENTING THE HEALTH PROFES-
SIONS SHALL HAVE PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE AND EXPE-
RIENCE IN OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH WORK. BOTH OF THE
MEMBERS REPRESENTING THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS
SHALL BE RECOMMENDED FOR APPOINTMENT BY THE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD
SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF LABOR
AND INDUSTRY WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE GOVERNOR
FOR A TERM OF SIX YEARS OR UNTIL THEIR SUCCESSORS
ARE APPOINTED AND QUALIFIED AND SUCH APPOINT-
MENTS ARE APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR. IN THE INI-
TIAL APPOINTMENT OF THE TWO MEMBERS OF THE
BOARD REPRESENTING THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS, ONE
MEMBER SHALL BE APPOINTED FOR A TERM OF THREE
YEARS. VACANCIES SHALL BE FILLED BY APPOINTMENT
FOR THE UNEXPIRED TERM BY THE COMMISSIONER OF
LABOR AND INDUSTRY WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE
GOVERNOR IN THE SAME MANNER AS THE ORIGINAL AP-
POINTMENTS. THE COMMISSIONER OF LABOR AND INDUS-
TRY SHALL BE AN EX OFFICIO MEMBER OF THE BOARD
BUT SHALL HAVE NO VOTE AND RECEIVE NO ADDI-
TIONAL COMPENSATION FOR DUTIES PERFORMED IN CON-
NECTION THEREWITH.

32.

(a) In addition to such other duties as may be conferred upon
it by law, the Board shall formulate and propose to the Commis-
sioner of Labor and Industry such reasonable rules and regulations,
or modifications, amendments or repeals of rules and regulations,
for the prevention of accidents and occupational diseases in every
employment or place of employment, and for reporting of such ac-
cidents and occupational diseases as the Board shall find, upon the
basis of substantial evidence presented at a public hearing held in
accordance with the provisions of Section 35, to be necessary for
the protection of the life and safety of employees.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1968.

Approved May 7, 1968.

CHAPTER 531
(Senate Bill 276)

AN ACT to repeal Section 13A of the Code of Public Local Laws
of Howard County (being Article 14 of the Code of Public Local