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ING, THE APPLICANT AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PER-
SON SHALL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT
FACTS, EVIDENCE, AND ARGUMENTS FOR OR AGAINST
THE GRANTING OF THE APPLICATION.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1971.

Approved May 24, 1971.

CHAPTER 659
(Senate Bill 519)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, subsections (a)
and (b) (E) of Section 769 of Article 43 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1970 Supplement), title "Health," subtitle "Nursing
Home Administrators," to provide for three additional members on
CONCERNING THE APPOINTMENT OF THE CHAIRMAN,
VICE-CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF the Board of Examiners
of Nursing Home Administrators.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That subsections (a) and (b) (E) of Section 769 of Article 43 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1970 Supplement), title "Health," sub-
title "Nursing Home Administrators," be and the same are hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

769.

(a) There is hereby created the Maryland State Board of Exam-
iners of Nursing Home Administrators, which shall consist of [nine
(9)] twelve (12) members. The Board shall be part of the Depart-
ment of Health and Mental Hygiene and make reports directly
to the Secretary of that Department at the times he prescribes. The
Board shall be appointed by the Governor, upon the recommendation
of the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene from a list of nom-
inees selected by the Secretary after consultation with the asso-
ciations and societies appropriate to the disciplines and professions
representative of the vacancies to be filled, and it shall consist of
the following members:

(1)  Four (4) members actively engaged in the management and
operation of either a proprietary or non-profit nursing home or
homes as Administrator with five years' experience in such operation,
who are licensed, or in the case of initial appointments are eligible
for licensure under this subtitle;

(2)  Four (4) members, other than nursing home administrators,
who are actively engaged in professions concerned with the care of
the chronically ill or of infirm or aged patients; and

(3) [One (1) ] Four (4) [member] members from the general
public who [is] are not engaged in the management, ownership (in
whole or in part), operation, or supervision of any nursing home
or hospital.