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<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="14-402" title_number="14" title_name="Adult Protective Services" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Review Board">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each review board consists of 8 members recruited and appointed:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>by the county commissioners;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>in Baltimore City, by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the City Council;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>in any county that has a county executive, by the county executive with the advice and consent of the county council; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>if 2 or more counties have agreed to establish a multicounty review board, jointly by the appropriate officials of the counties served by the board.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Of the 8 members:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>1 shall be a professional representative of a local department;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <level label="1">
          <text>In counties other than Charles County:</text>
        </level>
        <level label="A">
          <text>1 shall be a physician’s assistant, nurse practitioner, registered nurse, or physician who is not a psychiatrist; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="B">
          <text>1 shall be a psychiatrist, a psychiatric nurse practitioner, or a professional with expertise in prescribing or oversight of mental health medications; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>in Charles County:</text>
        </level>
        <level label="A">
          <text>1 shall be a physician’s assistant, nurse practitioner, or physician who is not a psychiatrist; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="B">
          <text>1 shall be a psychiatrist or physician’s assistant or nurse practitioner in the field of psychiatry;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>1 shall be a representative of a local commission on aging;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>1 shall be a professional representative of a local nonprofit social service organization;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>1 shall be a lawyer;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>1 shall be a lay individual; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>1 shall be a professional in the field of disabilities or a person with a disability.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the term of a member is 3 years.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In Charles County, the term of a member is 4 years.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>At the end of a term, a member may serve for another term on appointment.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>A member who is appointed after a term has begun serves only for the rest of the term and until a successor is appointed and qualifies.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
