HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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and Mental Hygiene. It shall be hereafter referred to in
this section as the Commission and shall consist of the
following persons:

The president of the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of
the State of Maryland.

Two practicing physicians appointed by the Secretary of
Health and Mental Hygiene, selected from a list submitted by
the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of
Maryland, such list having been composed from a list of
nominees submitted by component societies of the Medical and
Chirurgical Faculty and two other licensed practicing
physicians of the State of Maryland appointed by the
Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene.

Three members of the Board of Medical Examiners to be
selected by the Secretary of the Department of Health and
Mental Hygiene.

The chairman of the council of the Medical and
Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland.

UPON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
MENTAL HYGIENE, AND WITH THE ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE
SENATE, THE GOVERNOR SHALL APPOINT TWO CONSUMER MEMBERS WHO:

(1)  ARE QUALIFIED TO REPRESENT THE INTERESTS OF
CONSUMERS MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC;

(2)  HAVE NEVER BEEN A PHYSICIAN OR
PHYSICIAN-IN-TRAINING, NOR HAVE A HOUSEHOLD MEMBER WHO IS A
PHYSICIAN OR PHYSICIAN-IN-TRAINING;

(3)  HAVE NEVER PARTICIPATED IN A RELATED
COMMERCIAL OR PROFESSIONAL FIELD, NOR HAVE A HOUSEHOLD
MEMBER WHO PARTICIPATES IN A RELATED COMMERCIAL OR
PROFESSIONAL FIELD;

(4)  HAVE NOT WITHIN 2 YEARS PRIOR TO APPOINTMENT
NOR DURING THE TERM OF APPOINTMENT HAD A FINANCIAL INTEREST
IN AN INDIVIDUAL, ASSOCIATION, UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATION,
CORPORATION, OR ANY OTHER ENTITY WHICH IS REGULATED BY THE
COMMISSION; AND

(5) MAY NOT PARTICIPATE IN ACTIVITIES RELATING
TO EXAMINATIONS UNLESS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION.

(b) [Five] SIX of the [nine] 11 members of the
Commission are a quorum for the transaction of all business,
except that for the Commission to suspend or revoke a
license there must be [five] SIX votes for suspension or
revocation.

The Commission may establish and maintain an office
within this State and shall make, adopt and promulgate rules
and regulations for its own government and for the proper