3676 ARTICLE 101
Upon the-filing, of the record of the proceedings by the Medical Board,
the State Industrial Accident Commission shall send a certified copy of
such findings to the claimant or claimants and to the employer and his
insurance carrier, if any. In the event that either the claimant or claimants
or the employer or the insurance carrier shall feel aggrieved by any de-
cision of the Medical Board, either party may, within thirty (30) days
after the filing with the State Industrial Accident Commission of the
record of the proceedings before the Medical Board as herein provided,
file a petition with the State Industrial Accident Commission, requesting
the State Industrial Accident Commission to review the record and the
proceedings before the Medical Board. If no petition for review has been
filed with the State Industrial Accident Commission within said thirty
day period from the filing of the Medical Board's findings and report, the
State Industrial Accident Commission shall render its decision or award,
which shall conform to the findings in such report and the decision of the
Medical Board as to medical questions. In the event that a petition for
review by the State Industrial Accident Commission of the findings and
report of the Medical Board has been filed, as herein provided, the State
Industrial Accident Commission shall review the proceedings, findings and
report of the Medical Board, and upon the record thus made shall render
its decision or award upon all issues referred to the Medical Board. In
any hearing, as provided for in Sections 34 to 43 of this Article, held by
the State Industrial Accident Commission in any case to determine any
controversial questions, no finding of fact by the State Industrial Accident
Commission shall be subject to be reviewed or be set aside, reversed or
modified.
1939, ch. 465, sec. 32J.
43. It shall be the duty of the State: Department of Health, and of
the Commissioner of Health of Baltimore City, concurrently:
1. To receive reports of occupational diseases from physicians who have
knowledge of such cases.
2. To study occupational diseases and ways and means for their con-
trol and prevention, and make the necessary rules and regulations for such
control and prevention. Such rules and regulations for the control and
prevention of occupational diseases shall have the force and effect of law.
No such rule or regulation or any modification, amendment, or repeal
thereof, shall become effective, until public notice of such proposed rule or
regulation, modification, amendment, or repeal thereof shall have been
given, and a public hearing thereon held before the State Board of Health.
3. To investigate industrial conditions causing occupational diseases, or
which may be suspected of causing occupational diseases, and make recom-
mendations for the control of such condition.
4. To enforce regulations regarding occupational diseases.
5. To recommend to the Legislature for enactment such measures,
including additions to the list of occupational diseases contained in Sec-
tion 34 of this Article, as their studies and experience, may demonstrate
to be advisable.
But nothing in this Section shall be construed to limit any powers given
to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, by. charter or amendment
thereto.
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