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<section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="4-205" title_number="4" title_name="Patuxent Institution" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is a Board of Review for the Institution.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Board of Review consists of the following nine members:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the Director;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the two associate directors;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the warden; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>five members of the public, one of whom is a member of a victim’s rights organization, appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Governor shall designate the chair of the Board of Review.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Seven members of the Board of Review, including at least three public members, constitute a quorum.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Except as provided in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, each action of the Board of Review requires the approval of five members.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A decision to grant parole, work release, or leave to an eligible person requires the approval of seven members of the Board of Review.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Employees of the Institution who are members of the Board of Review or who attend meetings of or work as advisors to the Board of Review shall serve in that capacity as part of their regular duties without additional compensation.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The members of the Board of Review appointed from the public are entitled to compensation as provided in the State budget.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The term of a member of the Board of Review appointed from the public is 4 years.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>The Board of Review shall perform the duties set forth in this title.</text>
  </level>
</section>
