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300. Osteopathy is defined within the meaning of this sub-title to
be a system of treatment based on, the theory that diseases are chiefly
due to deranged mechanism of the bones, nerves, blood vessels, and
other tissues and can be remedied by manipulations of these parts.
The license provided for in this sub-title shall authorize the holder
thereof to practice by manipulations only.

If any person shall unlawfully obtain and procure himself or her-
self to be registered as an osteopath, either by false and untrue state-
ment contained in his or her application to the Clerk of the Court, as-
required by this sub-title, or by presenting to said Clerk a false or untrue-
license, or one fraudulently obtained by false and fraudulent state-
ments made to said Board of Osteopathic Examiners, he or she shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined not less than fifty,
dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, and shall forfeit all rights,
and immunities obtained or conferred by virtue of such registration as.
osteopathic physician.

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301. Osteopaths shall observe and be subject to all State and munic-
ipal regulations relating to the control of contagious dieases, but nothing
in this sub-title shall authorize any officer of the State or City to accept,
from any osteopathic practitioner any birth or death certificate.
See section 10, et seq.

1914, ch. 786.

302. From and after April 13, 1914, no person shall enter upon or
continue the practice of osteopathy in the State of Maryland unless he
or she has complied with the provisions of this sub-title, and shall have
exhibited to the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Baltimore City or the
Clerk of the Circuit Court of the County in which he or she desires to
practice osteopathy, a license duly granted to him or her, as herein-
before provided, whereupon he or she shall be entitled, upon the pay-
ment of one dollar, to be duly registered in the office of the Clerk of the-
Circuit Court of Baltimore City or the Clerk of the Circuit Court of
the County; and any person who shall practice or attempt to practice
osteopathy, as defined in Section 300 of this Article, in treating dis-
eases or any ailment whatsoever of the human body, or who shall use
any of the terms or letters—osteopath, osteopathists, osteopathy, doctor
osteopathy, diplomat in osteopathy, or D. O.,—or any other titles or
letters under such circumstances as to induce the belief that the person
who uses such terms is engaged in the practice of osteopathy, without
having first obtained the license herein provided for, or contrary to the
provisions of this sub-title; or who shall, under any other term or
name, practice or attempt to practice osteopathy as defined in Section
300 of this Article; or who, for the purpose of obtaining such license,
shall falsely represent himself or herself to be the holder of a diploma,
as herein provided—shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and