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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 636

RESIDENTIAL CENTER TO PROVIDE RELIEF FOR THE PERSON WITH WHOM
THE INDIVIDUAL ORDINARILY LIVES.

(B)  UNDER REGULATIONS THAT THE DEPARTMENT ADOPTS, EACH
STATE RESIDENTIAL CENTER SHALL RESERVE AT LEAST 2 PERCENT, BUT
NOT MORE THAN 4 PERCENT, OF ITS TOTAL BEDS FOR RESPITE CARE.

(C)  RESPITE CARE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL MAY NOT EXCEED 45 DAYS
WITHIN ANY 1-YEAR PERIOD OR 28 CONSECUTIVE DAYS.

PART II. CITIZENS' ADVISORY BOARDS.

7-510.

IN PART II OF THIS SUBTITLE, "BOARD" MEANS A CITIZENS'
ADVISORY BOARD FOR A STATE RESIDENTIAL CENTER.

7-511.

THERE IS A CITIZENS' ADVISORY BOARD FOR EACH STATE
RESIDENTIAL CENTER.

7-512.

(A) (1) EACH BOARD CONSISTS OF 7 MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE
GOVERNOR.

(2)  THE BOARD FOR EACH STATE RESIDENTIAL CENTER
SHALL REFLECT ADEQUATELY THE COMPOSITION OF THE COMMUNITY THAT
THE STATE RESIDENTIAL CENTER SERVES.

(3)  OF THE 7 MEMBERS OF THE BOARD FOR A STATE
RESIDENTIAL CENTER:

(I)  AT LEAST 2 SHALL BE PARENTS OR OTHER
RELATIVES OR GUARDIANS OF RESIDENTS OF THAT STATE RESIDENTIAL
CENTER; AND

(II)  EACH OF THE OTHERS SHALL BE INDIVIDUALS
WHO:

1.  ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR INTEREST IN CIVIC
AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS; AND

2.  HAVE EXPRESSED AN ACTIVE INTEREST IN
THE CARE OF INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL RETARDATION, OR GENERALLY IN
MENTAL RETARDATION ENDEAVORS.

(4)  THE GOVERNOR SHALL APPOINT THE MEMBERS FROM A
LIST OF QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS SUBMITTED TO THE GOVERNOR BY THE
SECRETARY. THE NUMBER OF NAMES ON THE LIST SHALL BE AT LEAST
TWICE THE NUMBER OF VACANCIES.