BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor                        1399

regional mental hospital which serves this area shall be ex
officio members of the committee. Whenever the advisory
committee is concerned with more than one psychiatric
hospital center or hospital center inpatient unit,
representatives from each of these units shall serve on a
rotating basis. With the exception of Baltimore City, these
rotating representatives shall be appointed by the
[Commissioner] DIRECTOR of Mental Hygiene ADMINISTRATION.
With respect to Baltimore City, the commissioner of health
of Baltimore City may appoint one representative of the
city's community mental health centers to serve as an ex
officio member. The local health officer shall provide
staff services to the committee and facilitate the work of
the committee in every way possible.

(2) Two or more counties by agreement of the
governing bodies concerned and upon the consent of the
[Commissioner] DIRECTOR of Mental Hygiene ADMINISTRATION,
with the approval of the Secretary of Health and Mental
Hygiene, may establish a community mental health program and
an intercounty advisory committee, if the population of one
of the counties is too small to warrant establishment of an
independent program.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1978.

Approved May 2, 1978.

CHAPTER 324

(House Bill 225)

AN ACT concerning

Related Institutions — Admissions Restrictions

FOR the purpose of enabling the Secretary of Health and
Mental Hygiene to restrict admissions to a related
institution having a life threatening health or fire
safety deficiency; providing for a hearing on the
restriction on request of certain persons; requiring
correction of the deficiency; providing for a hearing
on the corrective action; and authorizing revocation of
the license and removal of patients from the facility
for failure to correct the deficiency.

BY adding to

Article 43 - Health

Section 560A

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1971 Replacement Volume and 1977 Supplement)