PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 476

(f) "Health department" means, in Montgomery County, the Department of [
Addiction, Victim, and Mental Health Services] HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.

[(g) (1) "Health officer" means, in Montgomery County, the Director of the
Department of Addiction, Victim, and Mental Health Services.

(2)     The Director of the Department of Addiction, Victim, and Mental
Health Services shall have:

(i) 1. A master's degree in public health and at least 2 years of
work in the field of public health; or

2. At least 5 years of work in the field of public health; and

(ii) Any other qualifications and training in the field of public health
that the Secretary requires by rule or regulation.

(3)     The Director of the Department of Addiction, Victim, and Mental
Health Services need not be a physician, if the Director has an associate director who:

(i) Is a physician; and

(ii) Meets the qualifications of this subsection.]

[(h)](G) (F) (1) "Mental disorder" means a behavioral or emotional illness that
results from a psychiatric or neurological disorder.

(2)     "Mental disorder" includes a mental illness that so substantially impairs
the mental or emotional functioning of an individual as to make care or treatment
necessary or advisable for the welfare of the individual or for the safety of the person or
property of another.

(3)     "Mental disorder" does not include mental retardation.

[(i)] (H) (G) "State Advisory Council" means the State Advisory Council on
Mental Hygiene.

[(j)] (I) (H) "State facility" means a facility that is owned or operated by the
Department.

[(k)](J) (I) "Treatment" means any professional care or attention that is given
in a facility, private therapeutic group home for children and adolescents, or Veterans'
Administration hospital to improve or to prevent the worsening of a mental disorder.

10-311.

(a)     Each county advisory committee and intercounty advisory committee shall
have no fewer than 6 meetings per year at the times and places that the committee
determines.

(b)     [Staff] EXCEPT IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, STAFF services for each county
advisory committee or intercounty advisory committee shall be provided by the health
officer for the appropriate county.

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