HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                           957

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1984.

Approved May 8, 1984.

CHAPTER 275

(House Bill 1617)

AN ACT concerning

Pensions - Medical Board

FOR the purpose of providing for alternate physician members of
the medical boards designated by the Board of Trustees of
the State pension and retirement systems; and specifying the
quorum for the medical boards.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 73B - Pensions
Section 159(13)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1983 Replacement Volume)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 73B - Pensions

159.

(13) The Board of Trustees shall designate 1 or more
medical boards each to be composed of 3 MEMBERS OR THEIR
ALTERNATES, ALL OF WHOM SHALL BE physicians not eligible to
participate in any of the several systems. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
MAY DESIGNATE UP TO 3 ALTERNATE PHYSICIANS TO A MEDICAL BOARD. IN
THE ABSENCE OF A MEMBER AN ALTERNATE MAY SERVE ON A MEDICAL
BOARD. TWO MEMBERS OF A BOARD SHALL CONSTITUTE A QUORUM FOR THE
CONDUCT OF BUSINESS. Other physicians may be employed to report
on special cases whenever required. The medical board or boards
shall arrange for and pass upon all medical examinations required
under the laws of the several systems, shall investigate all
essential statements and certificates by or on behalf of a member
in connection with an application for disability retirement, and
shall report in writing to the Board of Trustees its conclusions
and recommendations upon all the matters referred to it.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1984.