of March and July, the Board examines all persons wishing to prac-
tice law in the State. It also passes upon the petitions of attorneys
from other states and territories desiring admittance to the Maryland
Bar in accordance with the fourteenth rule of the Board. The Board
passes upon appeals from the findings and recommendations of the
Character Committees of the various counties and the City of Balti-
more. In addition, it accredits universities and colleges in the State
of Maryland for pre-legal training and prescribes the necessary
courses of study for law students. Students expecting to study law
in anticipation of practicing in Maryland must register their intentions
with the Board. The Court of Appeals formulates the rules of the
Board, but the Board may prescribe rules for the conduct of ex-
aminations, providing such rules do not conflict with those made by
the Court (Code 1957, Art. 10, sees. 2-8).

Appropriations 1961 1962

Special Funds ..... ........ ............... $31,442 $38,143
Staff: None.

BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS

President: Lewis P. Gundry, M.D., 1962
Vice President: Walter C. Merkel, M.D., 1964
Secretary-Treasurer: Frank K. Morris, M.D., 1963

Wylie M. Faw, Jr., M.D., 1962; John H. Hornbaker, M.D.,
1963; Samuel McLanahan, M.D., 1964; Vernon H. Norwood,
M.D„ 1965; Carroll Stanford Hamilton, M.D., 1965.
Rose F. Barry, Executive Secretary

1211 Cathedral Street, Baltimore I Telephone: 685-5587

The practice of Medicine was first regulated in Maryland by Chap-
ter 429, Acts of 1888, which required that the .State Board of Health
license all physicians. By Chapter 296, Acts of 1892 the General As-
sembly created two Boards of Medical Examiners to carry on this
function, one to represent the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty and
the other the State Homeopathic Society. The Legislature of 1957
abolished the Homeopathic Board and the practice of medicine in
Maryland is now regulated by one Board, composed of eight members
elected from and by the members of the Medical and Chirurgical
Faculty (State Medical Society). Two members are elected each year
to serve for four-year terms. All members must be in active practice
in the State (Code 1957, Art. 43, sec. 118).

The Board tests and licenses physicians for the legal practice of
medicine in this State and for certain causes may revoke the license
of any physician. Candidates for licenses must be graduates of medical
schools approved by the American Medical Association and the Asso-
ciation of American Medical Colleges, or of foreign medical schools
that offer an equivalent education. All graduates of foreign medical
schools who apply after January 1, 1959, must pass the examination
given by the Educational Council for Foreign Medical Graduates. The
Board determines qualifications for practice by (1) its own written
examination; or (2) endorsement of licenses obtained in a reciprocat-
ing state; or (3) endorsement of a certificate of the National Board
of Medical Examiners. Examinations are held in June and December
of each year.

Appropriations 1961 1962

Special Funds .......................................... $86,838 $43 873
Staff: 3.