HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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health officer, who shall be a well-educated physician. THE
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH SHALL APPOINT AS
HEALTH OFFICER A PERSON WHO IS FULLY QUALIFIED IN EVERY
RESPECT EXCEPT THAT THE REQUIREMENT THAT THIS OFFICER BE A
PHYSICIAN NEED NOT APPLY, [and who] EACH HEALTH OFFICER by
virtue of his appointment shall be secretary and executive
officer of the local board of health, and in the event of
vacancy, a successor for the unexpired term shall be
appointed by the local board of health, as soon as
practicable. No [such] appointment shall be made without
the advice and consent of the State Board of Health. The
health officer shall hold office for four years from the
date of appointment, but may be removed by the State Board
of Health for cause upon charges made and considered at a
regular meeting of said Board. And it shall be the duty of
every county health officer, district health officer, or
local health officer, immediately after his appointment to
appear before the State Board of Health or its accredited
representative, and to make oath that he will well and truly
discharge the duties of his office; provided that this
section be not so construed as to prevent local boards of
health from appointing [such] additional health officers or
sanitary officers [as] they may deem necessary, or as may
now or hereafter be allowed by law.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That section(s)
of the Annotated Code of Maryland (as enacted by Chapter 89
of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1949) be repealed,
amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article 43 - Health

51.

The local board of health of each county may, whenever
they shall deem it necessary or desirable, require that any
[qualified physician] PERSON appointed by [such] THE board
as county health officer shall be trained in sanitary
science, public health and hygiene and [shall] MAY not, so
long as he [shall hold] HOLDS that office, engage in any
other occupation which would conflict with the performance
of his duties as health officer. He shall have all the
powers and duties which are now or may hereafter be
conferred upon county health officers by law; he shall
enforce all the public health statutes and rules and
regulations of the State Board of Health or the local board
of health, under the direct supervision and control of the
local board of health, and shall perform [such] other duties
and exercise [such] other functions [as] the local board of
health [shall direct] DIRECTS. The local board of health
may make and enter into a contract with [such] THE county
health officer for [such] A period of time as may be
mutually agreeable, but not longer than the terms of office
of the members of [said] THE local board of health and may
fix the salary of any county officer appointed subject to
the provisions of this section, without regard to the
provisions of § 48 of this article.