572 ARTICLE 43.

the transmission of nerve impulses. The practice of Chiropractic is de-
fined as diagnosis, the location of misaligned or displaced vertebrae of
the human spinal column, the procedure preparatory to and the adjust-
ment by hand of such misaligned or displaced vertebrae of the spinal
column and its articulations, by any method not including the use of
drugs, surgery or obstetrics, nor any branch of medicine, nor osteopathy,
for the purpose of relieving such interference.

A licensed chiropractor with long and extensive practice, was properly allowed
to describe the probable effect upon the spinal column of a disarrangement of
the pelvis when testifying in reference to conditions which he had personally
examined. O'Dell v. Barrett. 163 Md. 347.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 386. 1920. ch. 666, sec. 8. 1929, ch. 534, sec. 386.

386. (a) The State Board of Chiropractic Examiners may refuse to
grant or may revoke a license to practice Chiropractic in this State, or
may cause a licentiate's name to be removed from the records in the office
of the recorder of deeds of this State upon any of the following grounds,
to wit: The attempt to do other than is permitted under this license in an
effort to deceive the public the employment of fraud or deception in apply-
ing for a license or in passing an examination provided for in this sub-
title, the practice of Chiropractic under a false or assumed name, or the
impersonation of another practitioner of like or different name, the con-
viction of a crime involving moral turpitude, habitual intemperance, in
the use of ardent spirits, narcotics or stimulants] to such an extent as to
incapacitate him or her for the performance of his or her professional
duties. Any person who is a licentiate, or is an applicant for a license to
practice Chiropractic against whom any of the foregoing grounds for
revoking or refusing a license is presented to said Board with the view of
laving the Board revoke or refuse to grant a license, shall be furnished
with a copy of the complaint, and shall have a hearing before said Board
in person or by attorney, or both, and witness may be examined by said
Board respecting the guilt or innocence of said accused.

(b) Said Board may at any time within two years of the refusal or
revocation or cancellation of registration under this section, by a majority
vote, issue a new license or grant a license to the person affected, restoring
him to or conferring upon him all rights and privileges of, and pertaining
to the practice of Chiropractic as defined and regulated by this sub-title.
Any person to whom such have been restored shall pay to the secretary-
treasurer the sum of $25 upon issuance of a new license.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 388. 1920. ch. 666. sec. 10. 1929, ch. 534, sec. 388.

388. All persons practicing Chiropractic within this State shall pay on
or before the first day of September of each year, after a license is issued
to them, as herein provided, to said Board of Chiropractic Examiners, a
renewal license fee of Ten (10) Dollars. The Secretary-Treasurer shall
thirty days or more before September 1st of each year mail to all Chiro-
practors in this State a notice of the fact that the removal fee will be due
on or before the first day of September, and the Board shall furnish to