H.B. 1157

VETOES

This bill requires the Governor to appoint the audiologist members of the State Board of
Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, and Speech-Language Pathologists,
with the advice of the Secretary of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, from
a list submitted by the Maryland Academy of Audiology and the Maryland
Speech-Language and Hearing Association. The number of names on the list must be at
least three times the number of vacancies. For each audiologist vacancy on the board, the
Maryland Academy of Audiology and the Maryland Speech-Language and Hearing
Association must notify all licensed audiologists in the State to solicit nominations. The
associations must conduct a mail ballot of all licensed audiologists to select the names
that will be submitted to the Secretary and the Governor.

Senate Bill 735, which was passed by the General Assembly and signed by me on May 8,
1997, accomplishes the same purpose. Therefore, it is not necessary for me to sign House
Bill 1157.

Sincerely,

Parris N. Glendening

Governor

House Bill No. 1157

AN ACT concerning

State Board of Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, and
Speech-Language Pathologists - Appointment of Audiologist Members

FOR the purpose of requiring the Governor to appoint the audiologist members of the
State Board of Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, and
Speech-Language Pathologists from a certain list submitted to the Governor and
the Secretary of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene by the Maryland
Academy of Audiology and the Maryland Speech-Language and Hearing
Association; requiring that the list contain a certain minimum number of people;
requiring the Maryland Academy of Audiology and the Maryland Speech-Language
and Hearing Association to notify by mail all licensed audiologists of the vacancy on
the Board; requiring the Maryland Academy of Audiology and the Maryland
Speech-Language and Hearing Association to conduct a ballot of all licensed
audiologists to select the names that will be submitted to the Secretary and the
Governor; making stylistic changes; and generally relating to the appointment of
audiologist members of the State Board of Examiners for Audiologists, Hearing Aid
Dispensers, and Speech-Language Pathologists.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - Health Occupations
Section 2-201

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1994 Replacement Volume and 1996 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Health Occupations

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