Appropriations 1963 1964

Special Funds ................................................ $1,156 $1,100
Staff: None.

STATE BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF NURSES

President: Elizabeth F. Norwood, 1965
Secretary-Treasurer: Helen V. Kramer, 1966

Virginia C. Conley, 1964; Ruth E. Hyde, 1964; Sister Berna-
dette Armiger, 1966.

Eleanor A. Zink, Executive Secretary
Marjorie Maisak, Associate Executive Secretary

301 W. Preston Street, Baltimore 1 Telephone: 837-9000

This Board, created by Chapter 172, Acts of 1904, consists of five
members appointed by the Governor for three-year terms. As vacancies
occur, the Maryland State Nurses Association submits to the Gover-
nor the names of five of its members from which he selects appoint-
ees. The Board examines all applicants for registration as "Registered
Nurse" and as "Licensed Practical Nurse" and issues the proper
certificates. It keeps a register of the names of all "Registered
Nurses" and all "Licensed Practical Nurses" which is open at all
reasonable times to public scrutiny. The Board visits hospitals and
schools of nursing and approves the programs in nursing education
carried on in these schools (Code 1957, Art. 43, secs. 290-309).

The Board cooperates with the National League for Nursing in the
preparation of its State Board Test Pool Licensing Examinations and
uses these examinations.

Appropriations 1963 1964

Special Funds .......................................... $41,993 $47,412
Staff: 6.

BOARD OF EXAMINERS IN OPTOMETRY
President: G. William Seabold, O.D., 1965

Joshua Breschkin, O.D., 1965; Norman 1. Zipper, O.D., 1965;
V. E. McCrary, O.D., 1967.
Richard V. Piel, O.D., Secretary, 1967

6322 Windsor Mill Road, Baltimore 7 Telephone: 944-1146

This Board, created by Chapter 652, Acts of 1914, consists of five
persons appointed by the Governor for four-year terms from a list
endorsed by the Maryland Association of Optometrists. The Board
administers the optometry laws of the State and regulates the prac-
tice of optometry. It examines, licenses, and registers. Applicants
for examination must be 21 years of age or over and graduates of
colleges of optometry or university schools of optometry accredited
by the American Optometric Association and the International Asso-
ciation of Boards of Examiners in Optometry, and approved by the
Board. The credentials of the applicant must comply with standards
set by this Board. Two examinations are held each year, usually in
January and July, in the following subjects: anatomy, physiology,
theoretic optics, pathology, physiological optics, practical optics,
theoretical optometry, perimetry, diagnosis, prescription determina-
tion, contact lenses, practical optometry, orthoptics, visual training,
and optometric jurisprudence. For just cause, the Board may revoke
any certificate of registration or examination (Code 1957, Art. 43,
secs. 368-86).