Ch. 731

1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

place of the election by advertisements, if same can be procured at the lowest available
local rate for commercial advertising, in at least two newspapers of general circulation
published in the county, except that in those counties where there is only one newspaper
published which is a weekly of general circulation, then in the weekly newspaper.

(c) In Baltimore City, unless a specimen ballot is mailed pursuant to this section
and such ballot includes the time and place of the election, the board shall give notice five
(5) days before the date of the election by advertisement in all the daily newspapers and
may give such notice in one or more weekly or semiweekly newspapers published in
Baltimore City and having a circulation of not fewer than 20,000 subscribers, which will
publish the same at their lowest available local rate for commercial advertising.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1994.

Approved May 26, 1994.

CHAPTER 731
(House Bill 908)

AN ACT concerning

Nursing Home Administrators - Educational Requirements - Exception

FOR the purpose of establishing a certain exception to the educational requirements for
an applicant for a license to practice as a nursing home administrator; providing for
the validity of this Act; and generally relating to educational requirements for an
applicant for a license to the State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home
Administrators to practice as a nursing home administrator.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Health Occupations
Section 9-302

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1991 Replacement Volume and 1993 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Health Occupations

9-302.

(a)     To qualify for a license, an applicant shall be an individual who meets the
requirements of this section.

(b)     The applicant shall be of good moral character.
(c) The applicant shall be at least 18 years old.

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