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provide that the following departments, agencies, commissions,
boards and councils be transferred to and included in the De-
partment of Health and Mental Hygiene: the State Department
of Health, the State Department of Mental Hygiene, the local
health departments of the counties and Baltimore City, the De-
partment of Postmortem Examiners, the State Department of
Juvenile Services, the State Board of Dental Examiners, the Com-
prehensive Health Planning Agency, the Commission on Physical
Fitness, the Board of Medical Examiners for the State of Mary-
land, the Commission on Medical Discipline of Maryland, the State
Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners, the Anatomy Board of
Maryland, the Maryland Board of Pharmacy, the State Board of
Examiners of Nurses, the State Board of Funeral Directors and
Embalmers of Maryland, the Board of Examiners of Optometry
for the State of Maryland, the Board of Osteopathic Examiners
for the State of Maryland, the State Board of Chiropractic Exam-
iners, the Advisory Board on Hospital Licensing, the Advisory
Council on Hospital Construction, the State Board of Physical
Therapy Examiners, the State Board of Examiners of Psychol-
ogists, the Radiation Control Advisory Board, the Air Pollution
Control Council, the Air Quality Control Advisory Council, and
relating generally to the laws of Maryland dealing with the health
and mental hygiene of citizens of this State.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 206 of Article 41 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1957 Edition, 1965 Replacement Volume), title "Governor—Execu-
tive and Administrative Departments," subtitle "The Department
of Health," be and it is hereby repealed in its entirety and that new
Sections 206, 206A, 206B, and 206C are hereby enacted, to be under
the same title, but under the new subtitle "The Department of Health
and Mental Hygiene," all to read as follows:

THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
AND MENTAL HYGIENE

206. Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene head of Department.

(a)   The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene of Maryland
is hereby created as a principal department of the State government.
The head of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene shall be
the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene, who shall be appointed
by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate.

(b)   The Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene shall serve at
the pleasure of the Governor. He shall be directly responsible to the
Governor and shall counsel and advise him on all matters assigned
to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. The Secretary
shall be responsible for carrying out the Governor's policies in the
areas of health and mental hygiene. The Secretary shall receive such
salary and have such assistants, employees and professional con-
sultants as provid