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The Annotated Code of the Public General Laws of Maryland, 1924
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1654 ARTICLE 43.

to grant a certificate to any person guilty of fraud in passing the examina-
tion or guilty at any time of felony or gross immorality or addicted to the
liquor or drug habit to such a degree as to render him unfit to practice the
profession of Optometry; but no certificate shall be revoked nor refused
unless written charges have been filed against the accused in person, and at
least ten days' written notice of the time and place of the hearing thereon,
which shall be public, served upon the accused, and he be given an oppor-
tunity to confront the witness against him, offer testimony in his own
behalf and be heard in person or by counsel. Witnesses at such hearing shall
testify under oath and the board may enforce the attendance of witnesses.
Any. certificate which shall have been revoked may in the discretion of said
board be reissued after six months from the date of its revocation, provided
the cause for which such certificate shall have been revoked shall no
longer exist, and provided further that the person whose certificate shall
have been revoked shall show to said board, upon examination, that he
is fully qualified to practice Optometry, and shall pay a fee of fifteen dol-
lars for such reissuance. Any optometrist convicted a second time for
violation of the provisions of this sub-title or whose certificate of regis-
tration or examination has been revoked shall not be permitted to prac-
tice Optometry in this State. An appeal may be taken from the action of
the board refusing to grant or revoking a certificate for such causes to
three disinterested optometrists, one of whom shall be appointed by said
board, another of whom shall be appointed by the applicant, and the
two so appointed to select the third, and the decision of any two thereof
shall be final and binding. Thirty dollars shall be deposited with said board
by said applicant prior to the selection of the three persons aforesaid for
the purpose of defraying the expenses of said appeal. If the decision of
the board be not affirmed the said thirty dollars is to be returned to said
applicant and the expenses of the appeal is to be borne by the board.

An. Code, sec. 265. 1914, ch. 652, sec. 14.

324. It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly sell to or pre-
scribe glasses for persons with diseased eyes except it be with their knowl-
edge and consent or on an order of or advice from a registered physician, or
to sell to or prescribe concave glasses for a person under fifteen years of
age except on an order of or advice from a registered physician. It shall
not be construed as a violation of this section for a person to sell a dupli-
cate or replace glasses for such cases cited in this section.

An. Code, sec. 266. 1914, ch. 652, sec. 15. 1922, ch. 231, sec. 266.

325. Any person who shall violate any of the preceding provisions of
this sub-title shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred
dollars, or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both fined and im-
prisoned, and his license may be revoked in the discretion of the court.

An. Code, sec. 267. 1914, ch. 652, sec. 16.

326. Any person holding a license under this sub-title who shall attach
to his name or use the title M. D., Surgeon, Doctor, Physician, Eye-

 

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