MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                2003

(a)      Establishing and operating the State-wide emergency medical
communications system.

(b)   Coordinating the activities of the emergency medical service regions,
including the purchase and maintenance of equipment, training of emergency
medical personnel, transportation of patients, patient care, research and
development programs in the field of emergency medical services, and other
activities necessary to implement this Executive Order.

(c)    Coordinating the State emergency medical system with appropriate
authorities and agencies in jurisdictions adjacent to the State of Maryland.

The program developed by the Director shall be in accordance with the
recommendations previously submitted by the State Comprehensive Health
Planning Agency. It shall be submitted to the Secretary of Health and Mental
Hygiene and thence, with the comments and recommendations of the Secretary, to
the Governor prior to its implementation.

5.  The Center for the Study of Trauma is hereby abolished, and there is hereby
created as an independent unit within the University of Maryland Hospital the
Maryland Institute for Emergency Medicine. The Institute shall be headed by a
Director appointed by the Chancellor of the University of Maryland, Baltimore
City Campus, with the approval of the Governor. The Director shall report and be
responsible directly to the Chancellor of the University of Maryland, Baltimore
City Campus.

6.  All State departments and agencies shall cooperate in the implementation of
the State Emergency Medical System as herein established.

EXECUTIVE ORDER OF APRIL 26, 1973
COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISORS

WHEREAS, The Governor's Council of Economic Advisors was originally
appointed by the Governor in 1969 to advise him on economic matters; and

WHEREAS, by an Executive Order promulgated on June 5, 1969, the Governor's
Council of Economic Advisors was established as an agency of the Executive
Branch of the Government of the State of Maryland; and

WHEREAS, The Governor's Council of Economic Advisors has been functioning
as a program within the Governor's office; and

WHEREAS, In the interest of improved coordination among the various executive
fiscal planning units and governmental efficiency, it is desirable to assign the
Governor's Council of Economic Advisors to a principal department of State
Government;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, MARVIN MANDEL, GOVERNOR OF
MARYLAND, PURSUANT TO ARTICLE II, SECTION 24, OF THE
CONSTITUTION OF MARYLAND, AND ARTICLE 41, SECTION 3, OF
THE ANNOTATED CODE OF MARYLAND, HEREBY PROMULGATE
THE FOLLOWING ORDER EFFECTIVELY IMMEDIATELY: