1646 ARTICLE 43.

1924, ch. 575, sec. 237A.

299. It shall be the duty of any person or persons engaged in the pro-
fession of embalming dead human bodies in this State at the time of the
passage of this Act to cause, within sixty days after the passage of this Act,
his, her or their name or names, residence or place of business, to be regis-
tered with the State Board of Undertakers of Maryland, whose Secretary
shall keep a book for that purpose, and upon the payment of a fee of five
dollars the Secretary of said Board shall enter such registration in said
book and said Board shall thereupon issue to such person a license signed by
the Secretary of said board and bearing the seal of the board, which license
shall entitle the holder thereof to practice the profession of embalming in
the State of Maryland.

1924, ch. 575, sec. 238.

300. Before any person or persons shall hereafter engage in the pro-
fession of embalming in this State, and before any person or persons now
so engaged in said profession of embalming in this State who shall fail to
register with said board in accordance with Section 299 of this Article,
shall continue to carry On said profession of embalming in this State, such
person or persons shall apply to said Board of Undertakers for a license to
practice embalming; and such applicant or applicants shall present himself
or herself before said board at the time and place to be fixed by said board,
and if the board shall find, upon due examination and the payment of an
examination fee of twenty-five dollars, that the applicant or applicants are
of good moral character, twenty-one years of age and free from habits
liable to interfere with the performance of the duties which he or she
desires to assume, that he or she has a high school education or the equivalent
thereof, and that he or she is a graduate from a regular recognized college of
embalming whose course of instruction is not less than six months, compris-
ing eight hundred and forty hours of study, or that said applicant has had
two years of practical experience with a licensed embalmer in this State,
then said applicant shall be examined theoretically and practically in
anatomy, sanitation, disinfection, embalming, caring for and preparing
for burial and shipment, dead human bodies, and in the laws and regula-
tions relating to contagious, infectious, and communicable diseases, and if
said applicant shall pass said examination, the said board shall issue to
said applicant or applicants upon the payment of a fee of five dollars a
license to practice the profession of embalming in the same manner as is
provided in Section 299 of this Article, and shall register in the registra-
tion book provided in Section 299 of this Article such applicant or appli-
cants as duly licensed embalmers. On payment of one examination fee, the
applicant shall be entitled to two examinations and no more; and said board
shall hold such examination annually. All fees collected by said State
Board of Undertakers under the provisions of this Article shall go to said
State Board to be used by it for the purpose of defraying its expenses.

1924, ch. 575, sec. 239.

301. The said board shall have the power at any time to revoke any
license heretofore granted to carry on the business of undertaking or the pro-