A new deputy health director announced Tuesday corrects a hiring blunder that kept Baltimore County from compliance with state regulations ? and without a top health director licensed to practice medicine in Maryland for months ? officials said.
County Executive Jim Smith named Dr. Gregory Branch to fill the vacant deputy health officer position effective Dec. 18. Branch saves the county from hiring a second deputy to meet state laws that require county health officers, or their deputies, to be licensed, said County Council members.
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