194 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 94]

that he or she has successfully passed an examination as herein-
after provided, or has been engaged in the practice of mid-
wifery previous to July 1st, 1910. On receipt of license the
applicant shall register in accordance with section 55A.

55F. The State Board of Health shall have charge of all
details of the.examination of applicants, such applicants must
at least know how to read, write and be able to make out cor-
rectly a birth certificate as required by law.

55G. Whenever the applicant resides outside the limits of
Baltimore City and can not come to the city to try the examina-
tion before the State Board of Health, then the examination
shall be conducted by the local health officer of the city, town
or county in which the applicant resides, in accordance with the
directions given by the State Board of Health, and such health
officer shall forward to the State Board of Health, with his
endorsement, all papers written by the applicant in the examina-
tion.

55H. The applicant for license shall present to the State
Board of Health a certificate from a legal practitioner of medi-
cine or a maternite hospital, that he or she has attended at least
five cases of childbirth, and that he or she is competent to
attend ordinary cases of labor. Such applicant shall also be
required to present certificates from threc reputable citizens,
stating that the applicant is of good moral character.

55 i. Two examinations shall be held yearly—one in the
month of May, the other in the month of November, the day of
the month to be fixed by the State Board of Health. The exami-
nation shall be held in the City of Baltimore and at the county
seat of each county and as hereinbefore provided; due notice
shall be given by publication once a week for four weeks pre-
vious to the date of the examination. A fee of five dollars to
be paid by the applicant before the examination, which fee shall
entitle the applicant to one re-examination within twelve months
of the date of first examination is held.

55J. Tt shall be unlawful for any midwife to make a vaginal
examination, to attempt to deliver a retained placenta, to
attempt to use forceps, to attempt version or any forcible deliv-
ery, but such midwife shall, in all cases of labor that are not
normal, notify a licensed practitioner of medicine.

55K. If at any time within two weeks after the birth of any
infant, one or both of its eyes, or the eyelids be reddened,
inflamed, swollen or discharging pus, the midwife, nurse or per-
son other than a legally qualified physician, in charge of such
infant, shall refrain from the application of any remedy for