212                              LAWS OF MARYLAND                       [CH. 77

AND EACH OF THEM, THE PERFORMANCE, SUBJECT TO
HIS DISCRETION AND CONTROL, OF ANY OF THE DUTIES
WITH RESPECT TO SAID DEPARTMENT REQUIRED OF HIM
BY LAW. ALL SUCH ASSISTANT ATTORNEYS GENERAL
SHALL BE PRACTICING LAWYERS OF THE STATE OF
MARYLAND, IN GOOD STANDING, AND THEY SHALL RE-
CEIVE SUCH COMPENSATION AS SHALL BE PROVIDED IN
THE STATE BUDGET.

(e)   The following Departments, Agencies, Commissions, Boards
and Councils shall be included within the Department of Health and
Mental Hygiene: the State Department of Health, the State Depart-
ment of Mental Hygiene, the local health departments of the counties
and Baltimore City, the Department of Postmortem Examiners, the
State Department of Juvenile Services, the State Board of Dental
Examiners, the Comprehensive Health Planning Agency, the Com-
mission on Physical Fitness, the Board of Medical Examiners for the
State of Maryland, the Commission on Medical Discipline of Mary-
land, 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 Board of Podiatry Examiners for the
State of Maryland, the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners, the
Advisory Board on Hospital Licensing, the Advisory Council on
Hospital Construction, the State Board of Physical Therapy Exam-
iners, the State Board of Examiners of Psychologists, the Radiation
Control Advisory Board, the Air Pollution Control Council, the Air
Quality Control Advisory Council, and such other departments,
agencies, commissions, boards, councils or units as may hereafter
by law be deemed to be part of the Department of Health and Mental
Hygiene. The Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene shall have
such authority and powers over the departments and other units
herein enumerated as are or shall be from time to time specifically
granted by law. All authority and powers not so granted to the
Secretary are reserved to the departments or other units free of the
Secretary's control.

(f)   The Secretary shall be responsible for the coordination and
direction of all planning facilities initiated by his office. In addition,
he shall keep himself fully appraised of plans, proposals and projects
of the departments and other agencies or units within the jurisdiction
of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, and shall have
power to approve, disapprove or modify any plan, proposal or
project of any such instrumentality. However the Secretary's power
over plans, proposals and projects does not include the power to
disapprove or modify decisions or determinations rendered by the
departments, agencies or units (except the