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HEALTH. 1673
May 1st, 1914, not being a lawful practitioner of osteopathy in said State,
on or before said date, it shall pass an order directing the name of said
defendant to be stricken from the registry of osteopaths, which order shall be
certified by the Clerk of the Court wherein said defendant was registered,
and he shall thereupon strike his name from, said registry.
It shall be the duty of the Police Commissioner of Baltimore City, and
of the Sheriff of each County in the State, to see that all practicing osteo-
paths in the State shall be legally registered, according to the provisions of
this sub-title, and to report to the State's Attorney of the City or County all
cases of the violation of the provision of this subtitle.
It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Board of said State Board of
Osteopathic Examiners to inquire into all violations of law under this
Article, and to institute all proceedings or prosecutions thereof, and all
expenses incurred by the Secretary of such board hereunder shall be allowed
and paid out of the funds acquired by or belonging to said board.
The said Board of Osteopathic Examiners shall have full control over
the expenditures and disposition of the funds collected from the fees and
charges authorized to be made under the terms of this sub-title, and shall
affix and allow such compensation as they may deem proper for service
rendered in the performance of the duties required by this sub-title by mem-
bers of said board or others, with the full power also to allow and discharge
all proper expenses of said board, and any surplus, to dispose of as said
board may deem for the advantage of the practice of osteopathy in this
State, and the Treasurer shall make a report in detail to the Governor of
the State each year.
Any person practising or attempting to practice osteopathy under the
name of any other person, whether that person be a resident of this State
or not, or whether he or she be deceased or not, or any person acting under
the name of and as agemXof any other person, in the capacity of a practi-
tioner of osteopathy, shall be guilty of misdemeanor, and upon conviction
by any Court having criminal jurisdiction shall be punished by imprison-
ment in the City or County jail for not less than thirty days nor more than
one year, or by a fine of not less than twenty dollars nor more than five
hundred dollars, or both, in the discretion of the Court, for each offense.
The Board of Osteopathic Examiners of this State, may by a vote of
three members, revoke any license which it has issued, and may cause the
name of any physician licensed by said Board to be removed from the
register of licentiates of the City or County where it may be recorded for
any of the following causes; to wit: The use of fraud or deception in passing
the examination provided in this sub-title, habitual drunkenness, crim-
inal abortion, conviction of crime involving moral turpitude or unpro-
fessional or dishonorable conduct. Before proceeding to revoke any such
license, the person against whom complaint is made shall be furnished with
a copy of the complaint and charges made against him, and shall be given
an opportunity for a hearing before the board, in person or by attorney,
and at such hearing testimony may be offered for and against the accused.
The action of the board shall be reduced to writing, stating also the reasons
for said action, and a copy thereof shall be delivered or mailed to the person
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