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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="10-411" title_number="10" title_name="Mental Health Law" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="State Facilities">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Except for the Eastern Shore Hospital Center, the Spring Grove Hospital Center, and the Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center, each Board consists of 7 members appointed by the Governor.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The Board for the Eastern Shore Hospital Center consists of 11 members appointed by the Governor.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The Board for the Spring Grove Hospital Center consists of 9 members appointed by the Governor.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>The Board for the Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center consists of 9 members appointed by the Governor.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Board for each State facility shall reflect adequately the composition of the community that the State facility serves.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Of the members of the Board for a State facility:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>At least 2 shall be parents or other relatives of residents or former residents of a State facility; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Each of the others shall be individuals who:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Are known for their interest in civic and public affairs; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Have expressed an interest in the care of individuals who have a mental disorder or generally in mental health endeavors.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The Governor shall appoint the members from a list of qualified individuals submitted to the Governor by the Secretary.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Each member of a Board shall be a citizen of this State.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The term of a member is 4 years.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Except for the Board for the Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center, the terms of members are staggered as required for members of each Board on July 1, 1982. For the Board for the Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center, the terms of the members are staggered as required for the members on the Board on October 1, 1994.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Except for the Boards for the Eastern Shore Hospital Center, the Spring Grove Hospital Center, and the Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center, the terms of those members end as follows:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>1 in 1983;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>4 in 1984;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>1 in 1985; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>1 in 1986.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The terms of the members of the Board for the Eastern Shore Hospital Center end as follows:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>2 in 1983;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>5 in 1984;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>2 in 1985; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>2 in 1986.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>The terms of the members of the Board for the Spring Grove Hospital Center end as follows:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>1 in 1986;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>1 in 1987;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>4 in 1988; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>3 in 1989.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>The terms of the members of the Board for the Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center end as follows:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>1 in 1996;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>5 in 1997; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>3 in 1998.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>At the end of a term, a member continues to serve until a successor is appointed and qualifies.</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 label="5">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Except as provided in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, a member who serves 2 consecutive full 4–year terms may not be reappointed for 4 years after completion of those terms.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>An initial member of a Board who serves 3 consecutive full 4–year terms may not be reappointed for 4 years after completion of those terms.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
