ART. 43] OSTEOPATHY. 683

upon conviction thereof in the Criminal Courts of Baltimore City, or
the Circuit Courts of the County, in which the offense may have been
committed, shall pay a fine of not less than one hundred dollars, nor
more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the City or
County jail for not less than thirty days nor more than ninety days
for each offense, either or both, at the discretion of the court; provided,
however, that nothing contained in this sub-title shall be construed as
affecting the so-called practice of medicine.

1914, ch. 786.

303. On and after April 13, 1914, the State Board of Osteopathic
Examiners shall refuse to grant a license to an applicant to practice
osteopathy in this State, and is empowered to revoke a license con-
ferring on a person the right to practice osteopathy upon the presenta-
tion to said State Board of Osteopathic Examiners of a court record
showing the conviction, in due course of law, of said person for procur-
ing, aiding or abetting in producing a criminal abortion or miscarriage,
by any means whatsoever. The State Board of Osteopathic Examiners,
upon such evidence and proof, shall cause the name of said convicted
licentiate to be removed from the record in the office of the Clerk of
the Circuit Court of Baltimore City or the Clerk of the Circuit Court
of the County. The State Board of Osteopathic Examiners may refuse,
revoke, or suspend the right to practice osteopathy in this State upon
any or all of the following reasons; to wit, the conviction of a crime
involving moral turpitude; habitual intemperance in the use of ardent
spirits or stimulants, narcotics or any other substance which impairs
intellect, and judgment, to such an extent as to incapacitate the per-
formance of professional duties. Any person who is a licentiate under
this sub-title, or who is an applicant for examination for licensure to
practice osteopathy in this State, against whom any of the foregoing
charges are preferred, for causing the revocation or suspension of
license or for causing the refusal of the right to be examined for licen-
sure, shall be furnished by the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners
with a copy of the complaint and shall have a hearing before said board,
in person or by attorney, and witnesses may be examined by said board
respecting guilt or innocence of said accused. The suspension of
license of any licentiate under this sub-title shall be removed when said
narcotic or vicious habit, hereinbefore specified, shall have been ad-
judged by the proper authorities to be cured or overcome, and said sus-
pended licentiate deemed again capable of practising his profession.

Any citizen of Maryland having information which causes him to
believe that any person has been heretofore wrongfully and improperly
registered as osteopath, upon his application to the Clerk of any Court
may apply, by petition, to the Circuit Court of the County wherein
such registration was made, or to the Circuit Court of Baltimore City,
if such registration was in Baltimore City, which petition shall be
under oath, and shall state that the petitioner is informed and believes