(a) Members. The County Executive must appoint, subject to confirmation by the County Council, an Alcohol and Other Drug Addiction Advisory Council. The Council consists of 16 voting members and 9 nonvoting members.
(b) Voting members. The County Executive should appoint the voting members so that they include:
(1) 4 members of the general public that reflect the geographic diversity of the County;
(2) an individual who is recovering from alcoholism or other drug addiction;
(3) a professional who treats alcoholism or other drug addiction;
(4) a professional who provides care to prevent alcoholism or other drug addiction;
(5) a person of high school age or younger;
(6) a person who represents the multi-cultural diversity of the County;
(7) a practicing physician;
(8) a pharmacist;
(9) a relative of an individual who is receiving care for alcoholism or other drug addiction; and
(10) a member of:
(A) the clergy;
(B) the legal profession;
(C) the County parent-teachers associations; and
(D) the business community.
(c) Nonvoting members. The following should each designate one nonvoting ex-officio member of the Council:
(1) County Executive;
(2) County Council;
(3) Health and Human Services Department;
(4) Police Department;
(5) Montgomery County Public School System;
(6) Board of License Commissioners;
(7) Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation;
(8) Mental Health Advisory Committee; and
(9) Victims Services Advisory Board.
(d) Removal of members. Section 2-148(c) applies only to voting members of the Council. (CY 1991 L.M.C., ch. 40, § 1; 1995 L.M.C., ch. 13, § 1; 2005 L.M.C., ch. 24, § 1; 2023 L.M.C., ch. 12
, §1.)
Editor’s note—See County Attorney Opinion dated 4/13/99-A discussing what should occur when an Ethics Commission member holds over as a result of the Council not having confirmed a newly appointed member.
1995 L.M.C., ch. 13, § 5, reads as follows: “Sec. 5. A regulation that implements a function assigned to the Department of Health and Human Services by 1995 L.M.C., ch. 13, continues in effect but is amended to the extent necessary to provide that the regulation is administered by the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services.”