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The Annotated Code of the Public General Laws of Maryland, 1924
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HEALTH. 1671

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 hereinbefore provided,
whereupon he or she shall be entitled, upon the payment 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 359
of this Article, in treating diseases 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 practice or attempt to prac-
tice osteopathy under the name or term—chiropractic, neuropathy, mech-
anotherapy, naprapthy; provided, however, that nothing in Sections 357
or 361 shall apply to graduates who have diplomas or certificates from a
recognized chiropractic school, college or institution; or who shall, under
any other term or name practice or attempt to practice osteopathy as defined
in Section 359 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
upon conviction thereof in the Criminal Court of Baltimore City, or the
Circuit Court 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 con-
tained in this sub-title shall be construed in affecting the so-called practice
of medicine.

See notes to secs. 130 and 357.

An. Code, sec. 303. 1914, ch. 786.

362. On and after April 13, 1914, the State Board of Osteopathic Ex-
aminers shall refuse to grant a license to an applicant to practice osteopathy
in this State, and is empowered to revoke a license conferring on a
person the right to practice osteopathy upon the presentation to said
State Board of Osteopathic Examiners of a court record showing the
conviction, in due course of law, of said person for procuring, 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

 

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