1750                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [Ch. 480

APPOINT THE [[ASSOCIATE MEMBERS]] DENTAL HYGIENIST MEMBER
FROM A LIST OF THREE DULY QUALIFIED HYGIENISTS [[OF
DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF VACANCIES]] TO BE FILLED, PROPOSED
AND SUBMITTED TO HIM BY THE MARYLAND DENTAL HYGIENISTS'
ASSOCIATION, AND CHOSEN BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE MEMBERS
OF THE ASSOCIATION PRESENT AT A MEETING OF THE
ASSOCIATION CALLED FOR THAT PURPOSE, OF WHICH MEETING AT
LEAST TWO WEEKS' NOTICE, STATING THE TIME, PLACE AND
PURPOSE, SHALL BE MAILED BY THE SECRETARY TO THE MEMBERS
OF THE ASSOCIATION AT THEIR RESPECTIVE ADDRESSES
APPEARING IN THE RECORDS. THE TERM FOR WHICH THE
[[ASSOCIATE MEMBERS]] DENTAL HYGIENIST MEMBER OF THE
BOARD [[ARE]] IS APPOINTED SHALL BE FOUR YEARS, AND UNTIL
[[THEIR SUCCESSORS]] HIS SUCCESSOR SHALL HAVE BEEN
APPOINTED AND QUALIFIED. NO MEMBER WHO HAS SERVED TWO
FULL CONSECUTIVE TERMS MAY BE ELIGIBLE TO SUCCEED
HIMSELF. IN CASE OF A VACANCY OCCURRING IN THE
[[ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP]] DENTAL HYGIENIST POSITION BY
REASON OF [[THE]] DEATH [[OF ANY MEMBER]], OR [[OF HIS]]
INCAPACITY, NEGLECT OR REFUSAL TO ACT, EXPIRATION OF
TERM, OR IN ANY OTHER WAY, THE GOVERNOR, WITH THE ADVICE
OF THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, SHALL,
FROM A LIST OF THREE DULY QUALIFIED HYGIENISTS [[OF
DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF VACANCIES]] TO BE FILLED, CHOSEN,
SUBMITTED AND PROPOSED TO HIM AS PROVIDED, APPOINT A
SUCCESSOR [[OR SUCCESSORS OF THE]] TO THE VACATING MEMBER
[[OR MEMBERS]], WHO SHALL HOLD OFFICE FOR THE REMAINDER
OF THE UNEXPIRED TERM [[OR TERMS]] OF THE MEMBER [[OR
MEMBERS]] OR FOR A NEW TERM IN THE CASE OF EXPIRATION OF
TERM. [[ANY MEMBER WHO]] IF THE DENTAL HYGIENIST MEMBER,
WITHOUT ADEQUATE REASON, IS ABSENT FROM TWO SUCCESSIVE

MEETINGS, HE SHALL CEASE TO BE A MEMBER, AND THE

GOVERNOR, UPON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE SECRETARY OF
HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, HAS THE POWER TO REMOVE FROM
OFFICE, AT ANY TIME, [[ANY ASSOCIATE]] THE DENTAL
HYGIENIST MEMBER OF THE BOARD FOR CONTINUED NEGLECT OF
DUTY REQUIRED BY THIS ARTICLE, WHOSE DUTY IS THE SAME
WHERE APPROPRIATE AS THE DUTY OF [[REGULAR]] DENTIST
MEMBERS, OR FOR INCOMPETENCY, UNPROFESSIONAL OR
DISHONORABLE CONDUCT.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1974.

Approved April 30, 1974.

CHAPTER 481
(House Bill 960)