MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                             1741

State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners -
Selection of Members

FOR the purpose of providing a phase—out of a certain
profession from the State Board of Physical Therapy
Examiners, defining the length of the term of office
of members of the Board, changing the number of
members on the Board after a certain date, modifying
the method of selection of members of the Board,
clarifying the language, and generally relating to
the State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners.

BY repealing and re—enacting, with amendments.

Article 43 - Health

Section 606

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1971 Replacement Volume and 1973 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT EXACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 606 of Article 43 - Health, of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1971 Replacement Volume and
1973 Supplement) be and it is hereby repealed and
re—enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

Article 43 - Health
606.

The State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners as it
existed prior to June 1, 1968 is hereby continued, except
that on and after this date, the Board shall consist of
five members. The Board shall be part of the Department
of Health and Mental Hygiene. Three members of the Board
shall be physical therapists who are licensed to practice
physical therapy under this subtitle and who are actively
engaged in physical therapy in the State. Two members of
the Board shall be licensed to practice medicine under
the provisions of this [article.] ARTICLE UNTIL THE
TERMINATION OF THEIR RESPECTIVE TERMS ON OR BEFORE JUNE
1, 1977 AND JOLT 1, 1978; UPON THE TERMINATION, A
PHYSICAL THERAPIST WHO IS LICENSED TO PRACTICE PHYSICAL
THERAPY UNDER THIS SUBTITLE AND WHO IS ACTIVELY ENGAGED
IN PHYSICAL THERAPY IN THE STATE SHALL BE APPOINTED.
Members of the Board shall be appointed by the Governor,
upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Health and
Mental Hygiene, for terms of five years [each.] EACH AND
UNTIL THEIR SUCCESSORS ARE APPOINTED. All appointments
shall be made as terms on the Board respectively expire
(other than by abolition of positions) and so as to
preserve the composition of the Board; [the appointments