Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-04-25
JBLlC GENERAL LAWS OF 1908.
PRACTICE OF MEDICINE
CHAPTER 1870.


AN ACT to repeal Section 101. Article
43 of the Code of Public General
Laws, title, Health" subtitle.
Practitioners of Medicine" and to
re-enact the same with Amend
ments.
Section BE it enacted by the
General Assembly OF Maryland, That
Section lUl of Article 43 of the Code
OF Public General Laws, title,
Health" subtitle, Practitioners of
Medicine" be and the same is hereby
repealed and re-enacted with amend
mentS so as to read as follows:
lOl-Any person shall be regarded
as practicing medicine within the
meaning OF this subtitle, who shall
append to his or her name the words
or letters DR." Doctor" m. D." Or
any other title in connection with his
name, with the intent thereby to i'm
ply that he or she is engaged in the
art or science of healing, or in the
Practice OF medicine in any of it's
branches, or who shall operate on,
profess TO heal. prescribe for, or
otherwise treat any physical or men
other, or who shall for hire or TOR
any gratuity or compensation, either
directly or indirectly to him or her
paid, undertake by any appliance,
operation or treatment of whatever
nature, to cure, heal or treat any
bodily or mental ailment or supposed
Silment of another; or who for any
hire, gratuity or compensation, either
directly or indirectly TO him or her
paid, by or for any patient, shall I'M
dertake to treat, heal, cure, drive
away or remove any physical or men,
tai ailment, or supposed ailment OF
another, by mental or other process.
exercised or invoked on the part OF
either the healer or the patient, or
both; but nothing herein contained
shall be construed to apply to gratui-
tous services, nor to any resident or
assistant resident physicians or stu
dents at hospitals i'll the discharge OF
their hospital or dispensary duties, or
in the office of physicians, or to any
physician or surgeon from another
State, territory or district in which
he resides when in actual consulta-
ton with any legal practitioner OF
this State; or to commissioned sur
geons of the United States Army or
Navy or Insane Hospital Service or
Opticians or Chiropodists or to mid
wives or to maSSeurS or other manual
manipulatOrS who use no other
means; nor shall the provisions of
this subtitle apply to physicians or
neishbOring State, and duly authoriz-
ed under the laws thereof to practice
medicine or surgery therein whose
practice extends into the limits of
this State; provided, that such prac-
titioners shall not open an office or
appoint places to meet their patients
or receive calls within the limits of
this State without complying with
the provisions OF this subtitle; pro
vided, that the same privileges be &C
corded 10 licensed physicians of this
State; provided further, that nothing
in this sub title shall annul any of the
provisions of Article 80, title Den
tistry," nor shall apply to any regis
tered graduate of dental surgery now
practising in the State of Maryland,
with sign titles, Dentist, Surgeon
Dentist, Dental Surgeon or Stometel-
ogist; and provided further, that
nothing herein contained shall be so
construed as to prevent or in any way
make unlawful or interfere with the
sale by manufacturing, wholesale or
retail druggists, or any persons deal
ing in drugs or medicines of any pro-
prietary or patent medicine or any Of
fetal or standard drug or medicine.
Sec. 2-And be it enacted, That
this Act shall take effect from the
date of its passage.
Approved March 25, 1905
AUSTIN l.. CROTHERS,
Governor.
JOSEPH B. SETH,
President of the Senate
J. ENOS RAY, JR.,
Sneaker HOuSe of Delegates