WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 1137

land (1947 Supplement), title "Workmen's Compensa-
tion, " sub-title "Application of Article; Extra-Hazardous
Employments, " relating to the powers and procedure of
the Medical Board for the workmen's compensation laws.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 27 of Article 101 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1947 Supplement), title "Workmen's Compen-
sation, " sub-title "Application of Article; Extra-Hazard-
ous Employments, " be and it is hereby repealed and re-
enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

27. (a) There shall be a Medical Board consisting of
three members who shall be licensed physicians in good
professional standing, two of whom shall have had at least
five (5) years' practice in the diagnosis, treatment and
care of industrial diseases, and one of whom shall be es-
pecially trained in roentgenology, and who shall have had
at least five (5) years' practice and experience. They shall
be appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate from a list of nominees to be sub-
mitted by the Deans of the medical departments of the
University of Maryland and of the Johns Hopkins Uni-
versity, and by the council of the Medical and Chirurgical
Faculty of Maryland, each of these three agencies to sub-
mit a list of at least three persons, two of whom shall be
especially experienced in occupational diseases, and one
of whom shall be an experienced roentgenologist. One of
said members shall be designated as Chairman of the Medi-
cal Board by the Governor. The term of office of a member
of such Board shall be six (6) years, except that the first
appointments hereunder shall be made as follows: one for
two (2) years, one for four (4) years, and one for six (6)
years. Vacancies shall be filled for the balance of the un-
expired terms in the same manner as the original appoint-
ments as hereinabove provided. Any one member of
the Medical Board shall have the authority to hear any
issues referred to said Board, and the determination there-
of by any two members shall be deemed to be the deter-
mination thereof by the Board. The Medical Board shall
have the power and authority to make rules regulating its
procedure, to contract for laboratory work, to make neces-
sary investigations of working conditions; to provide for
ordering and the conducting of autopsies, to conduct hear-
ings on medical questions, to determine medical issues, and
to perform such other reasonable duties as the work of
the Board may require. The functions of the Board shall
be as set forth elsewhere in this Article.