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ART. 43] OSTEOPATHY. 681
of twenty-five dollars to the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners, and
filing in the office of the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners a copy
of said license, certified by the affidavit of the President or Secretary
of such Board, showing also that the standard of requirements adopted
by said Board of Examiners is substantially the same as is provided by
Section 297, of this Article, shall, without further examination, receive
a license conferring on the holder thereof all the rights and privileges
provided by Section 300 of this Article.
Candidates for license to practice osteopathy in this State, who pre-
sent their applications and undergo examinations after the first day of
June, Anno Domini one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, shall be
obliged to present to the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners one of
the following credentials, satisfactory to the said Board, covering their
preliminary education prior to their beginning the study of osteopathy
in some legally incorporated, reputable Osteopathic college, to wit, a
diploma of graduation from a reputable college or university granting
the degree of bachelor of arts or science, or equivalent degree; or a
diploma of graduation from an educational institution maintaining a
four years' course of study—-that is, a State Normal School or a high
school, a seminary, an academy, or a college preparatory for admission
to the freshman class of a reputable literary or scientific college or uni-
versity ; or a certificate of having passed an equivalent examination
conducted by a certified examiner for the State of Maryland, to be
appointed by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, and if
from other 'States, to be approved by the State Superintendent of Pub-
lic Instruction of Maryland; said certified examiner being privileged
to accept credentials from reputable and recognized preliminary
schools, for any subjects included in the preliminary examination.
Any person receiving a license from said board shall file the same at
once with the Clerk of the Circuit Court of the County in which he or
she may reside, or with the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Baltimore
City, if said person shall reside therein, and it shall be the duty of said
Clerk to register the name of said person and of the President of the
Board signing said license in a book kept for the purpose, as a part of
the records of his office; and the number of the book and the page
therein containing said recorded copy shall be noted by said Clerk upon
the face of said license. In case said person should, after the recording
of such license, permanently remove his or her residence to some other
part of the State, or to Baltimore City, he or she shall thereupon at
once file said license, or certified copy thereof, for record as aforesaid,
with the Clerk of the Circuit Court of the County or City to which he
or she shall have removed; said records shall be opened to public inspec-
tion under proper restrictions as to their safe keeping, and in all legal
proceedings shall have the same weight as evidence that is given to the
records of conveyance of lands. The fees for such registration shall be
fifty cents, to be paid by the person whose license is registered.
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