The citizen., 1914-05-08
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS, 1914.
CHAPTER 658.

Maryland, entitled Health" by re-
pealing and re-enacting with amend
ments the Sections of said Article
43, numbered Ill and 112 in Bagby's
Annotated Code of 1911, said Sec
tions being under the subtitle, "Prac-
titioners of Medicine"
Section l. Be it enacted by the Cen
eral Assembly of Maryland, That the
Sections of Article 43 of the Code of
Public General Laws of Maryland, en-
titled Health" subtitle "Practition-
ers of Medicine" numbered Ill and
112 in Bagby's Annotated Code of 1911,
be and the same are hereby repealed
and re-enacted with amendments so as
to read as follows:
Sec. Ill. At the first meeting of an
examining board or at a stated or spe-
cial meeting held subsequently, suit
able provision shall be made by each
of the examining boards to prepare
schedule of examination upon anat-
Cmy, physiology, medical chemistry,
surgery, practice of medicine, materia
medica, therape uticS, Obstretrics and
pathology, and the same standard OF
excellence shall be required from all
candidates. In the department OF ther-
apeutics and practice, the question
shall be in harmony with the tenets OF
the school selected by the candidate;
the standard OF requirements therein
to be established by each board for
itself. Whenever members of any
board are necessarily absent from
meeting held for the examination of
applicants for licenses, suitable tenn
porary provision shall be made for
thorough examination in each and all
OF the aforesaid subjects by members
present. The examination shall be
fundamental in character. The votes
of all the examiners present shall be
"yes,' or no" written with their sig
nature upon the backs of the eXamina-
tion papers of each candidate for the
respective branches.
Sec. 112 All persons, except p1ysi-
clans who were practicing medicine in
this State prior to the first day of Jan
uary. 1898, who are now practlclng
medicine or surgeary and can prove
by affidavit that within one year OF
said date said physician had treated
in his professional capacity at least
twelve persons, who shall commence
the practice of medicine or surgery, in
any of their branches after the elev-
enth day of April, 1902, shall make
written application for license to the
president of either board of medical
examiners which said applicant may
eject, accompanied by satisfactory
proof that the applicant is more than
twenty-one years of age, is of good
moral character, and has either re-
ceived a diploma comforting tne de-
gree of doctor of medicine from some
legally incorporated medical college
ii the United. States or diploma or
license conferring the full rights to
practice all the branches of medicine
and surgery in some foreign country;
said diploma, if from a college in the
United States, must have been con-
ferred by a legally incorporated col
lege having entrance requirements and
a standard of education as defined by
the Association of American Medical
Colleges or the intercollegiate Com
mittee of the American Institute of
Homeopathy, respectively; provided,
that this requirement shall not apply
to any physician who shall, prior to
the eleventh day of April, 1902, have
practiced outside of this State for at
least three years, and who shall have
been duly registered or licensed in the
place where he has so practiced; pro-
vided further, that two courses of med
ical lectures, both of which shall be
either begun or completed within the
same calendar year, Snail not satisfy
the above requirements; provided
also that in the case of students who,
on April II, 1902 shall be in their sec
ond year in a medical college, three
years course of study, or attendance
on three courses of lectures delivered
in different years, shall satisfy said re-
uuirements. Proof of the qualification
of applicants as above SHALL If required,
be made by affidavits at the time of the
making of said application and pay
ment of fee as provided. The president
of the board to wnom such application
shall have been made, if satisfied with
the same shall direct the secretary
treasurer thereof to issue to said appli-
cant an order for examination, and
when said applicant shall have pass
ed an examination as to proficiency
satisfactory to said board the presi-
dent thereof SHALL grant to such appli-
cant license to practice medicine and
surgery in the State of Maryland. If
the president of either board of medi
cal examiners shall have refused any
application, either for want Of the
qualifications necessary to entitle such
applicant to an examination, as here
inbefore provided, or for want Of pro-
ficiency of such applicant upon being
subjected to an examination, then the
president of neither of said boards
shall entertain or pass upon subse-
Cuent application from said applicant
until after the expiration of six months
from the rejection of said nreYinns an