Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1894-05-17
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS.
CHArrKH 2i7.

CHAPTER ZlI.
An act 70 repeal and re enact section forty.
seven of Article forty three Of the Code OF
Public General Laws, entitled sHealth,"
subtitle practitioners of Medicine" and
90 add additional sections thereto, TO be
designated as sections So, "a, IS, -, 81,
IS, so and 60 Of said Article.
SECTION /. Be it enacted IN TIE General
Assembly Of Maryland, Thas Section AZ Of
Article 43 Of the Code of Public General
Laws title Health, sub title Practitioners
of Medicine be and the same is hereby
repealed and re enacted, and that new
sections be added TO said Article. To be
designated as Sections So, 81, IS. 50, 81,
IS, 50 and 90, so as 10 read as follows:
AZ That every license 10 practice medi-
cine and surgery, issued pursuant TO the
provisions of this Act, shall be subscribed
by the president and secretary of the board
before whom the applicant has passed. II
shall also have affixed 20 II by the person
authorized to affix the same the zeal of
said medical and chirurgical faculty Of
Maryland, or of the Maryland State Home
opathic Medical Society, as tie license may
require. every such license I'd be in the fol.
lowing form and 10 the following effect:
To Al Whom Il Nay Concern, Greeting:
BE il known, that ,on the
day Of "A. D., having offered
Us satisfactory proof that was more
that twenty one years of age, and had re.
ceived a proper preliminary education, we
therefore gave written order for the ex
animation Of sail before one OF
the board of medical examiners Of the State
of Maryland, that the said was
fully examined before our said board and
found proficient and qualified 10 practice
n nd GVlr u fhaPpffKFp IA
granted TO said this, our license to
practice medicine and surgery in the State
Of Maryland as physician and surgeon,
and have caused the names president and
secretary If our board to be subscribed and
the seal of our society to be affixed thereto.
Witness our hands and the seal Of our
said society, this day of A. ID.
President.
Secretary.
SEAL OF SOCIETY.
So. From and after the first day of July,
1894, no person shall practice medicine or
surgery in the State of Maryland, unless he
or she shall be duly registered as physi-
clan or surgeon, in accordance with the
provisions of this Act
81. Every person who was practicing
medicine in the State of Maryland, on or
before the first day of June, 1892. shall be
entitled to be registered as physician or
surgeon, or both, upon application to the
clerk of the Circuit Court of the county in
which he or she may reside or the Clerk of
the Circuit Court of Baltimore City, II the
applicant shall reside in Baltimore City,
and such application shall be in writing,
signed by the applicant, who shall state,
under oath, that he or she was in fact a
practitioner of medicine or surgery. in the
| State of Maryland, on or before the first
day of June, 1892, and thereupon il shall; be
the duty of said clerk to register such ap-
| plication and the name of such applicant,
as physician or surgeon, or both, in book
| to be kept for such purpose, end certified
copy of such entry of registration, under
| the seal of the Court. shall I've legal evidence
of such registration in all the courts of the
State.
| IS. All persons who have commenced to
practice medicine or surgery, in the State
of Maryland, since the first day of June,
1892, or who shall hereafter Commence 10
practice medicine or surgery ia this State
shall not be entitled TO be registered in the
Registry Of Physicians and Surgeons, as
required by law except upon filing with
the clerk of the Circuit Court, of the county
or city, in which he or she shall reside, a
license from one of the duly constituted
1
in accordance with the terms of Sections AZ
and AS of this article, except that physicians
and surgeons who have come into this
State since said first day of June, 1892, OF
who shall hereafter come into this State to
follow the practice of medicine and surgery
may receive license, which shall entitle
them to be registered as physicians and
surgeons, in accordance with law, upon
application to one of the duly constituted
Boards Of Medical Exsminers, in accor
dance with the provisions of Section 56 ol
this act
Sc. Physicians and surgeons of gaod
moral and professional standing. who have
come into this State, with intent to follow
the practice of medicine and surgery with
in this State, since the first day of June
1892, or who shall hereafter come into thi
State, being graduates of medical college
or university, of good standing, and whC
have been practitioners of medicine Of
surgery for more than ten years prior to th,
date of the application may make applica
ton TO the president of one of the boards o
medical examiners Of this State, which ap
plication shall be under oath, and shall
state where and how long said applcan
has been engaged in the practice Of medi
cine and surgery, and from what Enedica
learning, he or she has graduated; anC
thereupon the said board of medical ex
aminers shall have the authority and dis
cretion TO require said applicant to underg,
an examination, in accordance with tn
provisions Of Sections Al 20 AZ inclusive O
this article, or may require said applican
10 submit 10 special examination, tn
terms and methods of which shall be pre-
scriSed by the said board of medical ex
aminers; aud upon paying the fee for ex
animation, as set out In Section As of thi
article, after the examination and determi
nation of said board thereupon, that SAT-
applicant is qualified to practice medicin
and surgery, and that he is entitled to
license, a license shall be issued 10 him 1
the same effect as the form Of license SC
out in section AZ Of this article; whicl
license shall then be fled and recorded a
provided by section AZ of this article and
shall then be the duty of the clerk of th
court TO register the name of the person $
licensed as physician or surgeon, or botf
in accordance with the provisions of thi
Act
81. All persons whose licenses have bee
heretofore filed and recorded, in accordanc
with section 4S of this article shall be bel
to be duly registered physicians and SUI
geons within the provisions Of section So {
this article and ali persons who s,iall her,
after receive and file liceilsas TO be recorde
in accordance with said section AZ, shall I
registered es physicians and surgeons und,
said section, and the fee TO be paid for sue
registration and for the registration Of n
application To the clerk, or The iicen
Herewith as the case m&y require, shall |
one dollar.
So. II any person shall unlAwfully ob;a
Of and procure himself ID be registered
physician or surgeon, either hy false a,