Adult Public Guardianship Review Board

Meetings

• Afternoon meetings, typically lasting a few hours
• Biannually in April and October
• 207 S. 3rd Street
  Denton, MD 21629

Members

Name	Role	Type	Term	Term Start	Term End
Kelly Callahan	Member	Nonprofit Organization	Fourth	3/1/05	2/28/17
Dale Oberander	Member	Local Department	Fourth	3/1/08	4/17/20
Walter Palmer, III	Member	Lawyer	Third	3/1/08	2/28/17
Vacant	Member	Psychiatrist
Linda Spear, RN	Member	Public Health Nurse	Second	12/1/08	6/30/18
Vacant	Member	Physician
Joann Staples	Member	Private Citizen	Third	3/1/08	4/17/20
Berl Lovelace	Member	Private Citizen	Third	4/18/17	4/17/20
Donna Dear	Member	Person with Disability	Second	4/18/17	4/17/20
Joy Patchett	Member	Disabilities Professional	Second	4/18/17	4/17/20

 Composition

The board consists of the following 11 members:

• One shall be a lawyer
• One shall be a person with a physical disability
• One shall be a professional in the field of disabilities
• One shall be a professional representative of a local nonprofit social service organization
• One shall be a professional representative of a local department
• One shall be a public health nurse
• One shall be a representative of a local commission on aging
• Two shall be lay individuals
• Two shall be physicians, including one psychiatrist from a local health department

Election

Candidates will be gathered with dual efforts of the Board Liaison and the Commissioners Office before submitting names for the commissioners approval. 

Term of Office

The term of a member is three years. At the end of a term, a member continues to serve until a successor is appointed and qualifies. A member who is appointed after a term has begun serves only for the rest of the term and until a successor is appointed and qualifies.

Charge / Authority

(Maryland Code, Family Law Article § 14-401)
The Adult Public Guardianship Review Board shall regularly review each guardianship that a public agency holds in order to recommend the guardianship be continued, modified or terminated.

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