1096 HEALTH. [ART. 43

1904, art. 43, sec. 55. 1898, ch. 436, sec. 34 F.

68. Every person not a legally qualified physician, practising as
midwife or acting as attendant upon woman in childbed in this State,
who shall find any lying-in woman to have fever shall forthwith notify
the health officer of the district, and shall refrain from attendance
upon any other parturient woman, or woman in childbed, until the
local health officer shall give her written permission to resume such
practice. Every midwife, obstetrical nurse or other person, not a
legally qualified physician, attending for pay or hire, upon any lying-in
woman, or woman in childbed, shall send his or her name and address
to be registered in the office of the registrar of vital statistics for the
city, town or country in which he or she resides. And every person
violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and shall, upon conviction, be fined not exceeding one hundred dollars
or imprisoned not exceeding six months, or be both fined and impris-
oned, in the discretion of the court.

1910, ch. 722, sec. 55 A (p. 144).

69. Any midwife residing within this State not registered in accord-
ance with the provision of section 68 of article 43 of the code of public
civil laws on the first day of July, 1910, and who shall, previous to
July 1st, 1910, have been practicing as a midwife, may register his
or her name and address with the local registrar of vital statistics for
the city, town or county in which he or she resides, in accordance with
the provisions of said section 68 of article 43 of the code of public
civil laws, and upon such registration shall be entitled to a license
without examination, as provided in section 73.

Any person engaging in the practice of midwifery subsequent to
July 1st, 1910, shall register his or her name and address as provided
by said section 68 of article 43, but shall not be entitled to practice as
a midwife excepting upon certification and licensure as hereinafter
provided.

Any midwife who shall have received a license as provided herein
shall present the same within thirty days to the local registrar of vital
statistics for the city, town or county in which he or she resides. Such
local registrar shall record in a "Licensed Midwife Register," kept for
that purpose, the name and address of the midwife and the date of
issue of the license, and shall transmit a transcript of each such regis-
tration to the state board of health, where it shall be kept on file for
reference.

1910, ch. 722, sec. 55 B (p. 144).

70. A certificate of such registration shall be issued, without cost.
by the state board of health, after receipt of the transcript of registra-
tion from the local registrar of vital statistics, to each midwife, who
shall keep the same plainly displayed in his or her place of business.