WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 447

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Chapter 626 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1990
Section 4

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

Article - Health Occupations

6-202.

(a) (1) The Board consists of [seven] FIVE members.

(2)     Of the [seven] FIVE Board members:

(i) [Five] FOUR shall be licensed electrologists or licensed
electrology instructors; and

(ii) [Two] ONE shall be [consumer members] A CONSUMER
MEMBER.

(3)     The Governor shall appoint the members with the advice of the
Secretary and the advice and consent of the Senate.

(d) [Each] THE consumer member of the Board:

(1)     Shall be a member of the general public;

(2)     May not be or ever have been an electrologist or in training to become
an electrologist;

(3)     May not have a household member who is an electrologist or in training
to become an electrologist;

(4)     May not participate or ever have participated in a commercial or
professional field related to electrology;

(5)     May not have a household member who participates in a commercial or
professional field related to electrology; and

(6)     May not have had within 2 years before appointment a substantial
financial interest in a person regulated by the Board.

6-702.

Subject to the evaluation and reestablishment provisions of the Program Evaluation
Act, this title and all rules and regulations adopted under this title shall terminate and be
of no effect after July 1, [1994] 2004.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the State Board of
Electrologists shall investigate various options to enhance the administrative efficiency of
the Board, including the clustering of administrative functions of the State Board of
Electrologists with other health occupation boards such as the State Board of Nursing
and the State Board of Occupational Therapy Practice and the training of the part-time

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