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hospital, or has graduated from a training school in connection with
a hospital of good standing supplying a systematic three-years' training
corresponding to the above standards, which training may be obtained
in two or more hospitals.

1904, art 43, sec. 166. 1904, chs. 172, 241, sec. 5.

205. All nurses graduating before June 1, 1906, possessing the
above qualifications shall be permitted to register without examination
upon payment of registration fee. Nurses who shall show to the satis-
faction of the board of examiners that they are graduates of training
schools connected with a general hospital or sanatorium giving two
years' training, or prior to the year 1897 having given one year's
training, and who maintain in other respects proper standards and are
engaged in professional nursing March 25, 1904, or have been engaged
in nursing five years after graduation prior to said date, also those who
are then in training and shall graduate hereafter and possess the above
qualifications shall be entitled to registration without examination;
provided, such application be made before June 1, 1906. Graduates
of training schools in connection with special hospitals giving a two
years' course who shall obtain one year's additional training in an
approved general hospital shall be eligible for registration without
examination before June 1, 1906; or said graduates shall be eligible
for registration prior to said date upon passing special examination
before the board of examiners in subjects not adequately taught in
the training schools from which they have been graduated. And it
shall be unlawful after the expiration of that time for any person
to practice professional nursing as a registered nurse without a certifi-
cate in this State. A nurse who has received his or her certificate
according to the provisions of this sub-title shall be styled and known
as a "Registered Nurse." No other person shall assume such title or
use the abbreviation "R. N.," or any other letters or figures to indicate
that he or she is a registered nurse.

Ibid. sec. 167 1904, chs. 172, 241, sec. 6.

206. This law shall not be construed to affect or apply to the
gratuitous nursing of the sick by friends or members of the family,
and also it shall not apply to auy person nursing the sick for hire,
but who does not in any way assume to be a registered nurse.

Ibid. sec. 168. 1904, chs. 172, 241, sec. 7.

207. Any person violating any of the foregoing provisions or who
shall wilfully make any false representation to the board of examiners
in applying for a certificate shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and,
upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred
dollars.

Ibid. sec. 169. 1904, chs. 172, 241, sec. 8.

208. The state board of examiners of graduate nurses may revoke
any certificate for sufficient cause, but before this is done, the holder