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be fixed by the state board of health. The examinations shall be held
in. the city of Baltimore, or at the county seat of each county, and due
notice shall be given in the papers once a week for four weeks previous
to the day of examination. A fee of five dollars shall be paid by the
applicant before the examination, which fee shall entitle the applicant
to one re-examination within twelve months of the date the first examina-
tion is held.

1910, ch. 722, sec. 55 J (p. 145).

78. It shall be unlawful for any midwife to make a vaginal exam-
ination, to attempt to deliver a retained placenta, to attempt to use
forceps, to attempt version or any forcible delivery, but such midwife
shall, in all cases of labor that are not normal, notify a licensed practi-
tioner of medicine.

1910, ch. 722, sec. 55 K (p. 145).

79. 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 person other than a legally
qualified physician, in charge of such infant, shall refrain from the
application of any remedy for the same, and shall immediately report
such condition to the health commissioner, or to some legally qualified
physician in the city, town or county wherein the infant is cared for.
Any person or persons violating the provisions of this section shall, on
conviction, be punished by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars, or
by imprisonment in jail not to exceed six months, or by both fine and
imprisonment.

1910, ch. 722, sec 55 L (p. 146).

80. Any person who shall violate any of the other provisions of
this, section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon con-
viction thereof, shall be subject to a fine of not less than ten dollars,
nor more than fifty dollars, or to imprisonment in jail for a period not
exceeding ninety days, or both such fine and imprisonment, in the dis-
cretion of the court; and for a third conviction shall, in addition to the
other penalties herein provided, forfeit his or her license to practice
midwifery.

1910, ch. 722, sec. 55 M (p. 146).

81. A midwife who shall be convicted of producing an abortion or
of inducing premature labor, shall, in addition to the penalties already
provided by law, forfeit at once his or her license to practice mid-
wifery.

1910, ch. 722, sec. 55 N (p. 146).

82. Any person other than a regularly licensed physician who shall
attend a woman in childbirth for hire, or who shall make a practice of
attending women in childbirth, shall be regarded as a midwife within
the meaning of sections 69 to 83.