HEALTH. 1633

And it shall be unlawful after June 1, 1906, for any person to practice
professional nursing as a " Registered Nurse," without a certificate from
said State Board of Examiners and that it shall be unlawful after June 1,
1917, for any person to practice professional nursing as a graduate, certi-
fied or registered nurse without a certificate from said State Board of
Examiners. 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 persons shall assume such title or use the abbreviation
R. N., or any other letters or figures to indicate that he or she is a graduate,
certified or registered nurse.1

An. Code, sec. 205A. 1916, ch. 527, sec. 5A.

257. Said Board of Examiners shall have the power, in the exercise of
its sound discretion, to issue a certificate of registration, without examina-
tion, to any applicant who has been duly registered as a registered nurse
under the laws of another State; provided said Board of Examiners shall
determine that such applicant possesses qualifications which are the equiva-
lent to those reqired under Section 255; and provided further that such
applicant shall file a written application for registration and pay the regis-
tration fee provided for by Section 254; and that until June 1, 1917. said
Board of Examiners may issue certificates of registration, without examina-
tion, to those nurses, who, on April 18, 1916, are registered in other States
and engaged in nursing in Maryland, upon written application and the pay-
ment of the registration fee hereinbefore provided; provided such appli-
cants shall, in their application, present credentials satisfactory to said
Board of Examiners.

An. Code, sec. 206. 1904, sec. 167. 1904, chs. 172, 241, sec. 6. 1916, ch. 527, sec. 6.

258. This sub-title shall not be construed to affect or apply to the gratui-
tous nursing of the sick by friends or members of the family, and also it
shall not apply to any person nursing the sick for hire, who does not adver-
tise, solicit employment or hold himself or herself out as a graduate, certi-
fied or registered nurse.

An. Code, sec. 207. 1904, sec. 168. 1904, chs. 172, 241, sec. 7. 1916, ch. 527, sec. 7.

259. Any person violating any of the provisions of this sub-title, 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
($500.00).

An. Code, sec. 207A. 1916, ch. 527, sec. 7A.

260. The State Board of Examiners is hereby authorized to appoint or
employ, subject to the approval of the Executive Committee of the Mary-
land State Association of Graduate Nurses, a registered nurse who has had

1 Where the date of " the passage of this act" is referred to in sec. 5 of act of
1916, ch. 527, the date of the passage of act of 1904, ch. 241, is probably meant and it is
so treated in codifying; those interested, however, should examine the question for
themselves.

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