Section 10-414 - Boards - Powers and duties. - Maryland Statutes

§ 10-414. Boards - Powers and duties.
 

(a)  Powers.- Each Board may adopt rules and regulations for the conduct of its meetings. 

(b)  Duties.-  

(1) Each Board serves in an advisory capacity. 

(2) Each Board shall: 

(i) Submit to the Secretary an annual report on: 

1. The needs of individuals who have a mental disorder; and 

2. The extent to which its State facility meets these needs; 

(ii) Advise the administrative head of the State facility on its goals, programs, physical plant, and policies; 

(iii) Help in evaluating the degree to which these goals are achieved; 

(iv) Review and make recommendations about the annual budget of the State facility; 

(v) Assume leadership in developing community understanding of the needs of those who have a mental disorder; and 

(vi) Carry out any other responsibility that the administrative head of the State facility requests. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 59, § 32A; 1982, ch. 21, § 2.]