1830 ARTICLE 43

An. Code, 1924, sec. 129. 1912, sec. 121. 1904, sec. 92. 1902, ch. 612, sec. 52A.

130. Said board shall upon request issue certificates of professional
standing to physicians moving out of the State.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 130. 1912, sec. 122. 1904, sec. 93. 1804, ch. 217, sec. 53.

131. From and after the first day of July, 1894, no person shall prac-
tice medicine or surgery in the State of Maryland, unless he or she shall
be duly registered as a physician or surgeon, in accordance with the pro-
visions, of this sub-title of this article.

This section and secs. 421 and 423 referred to as drawing a definite distinction be-
tween licensed physicians and licensed osteopaths. This section referred to in up-
holding the validity of sec. 422—see notes thereto. Keiningham v. Blake, 135 Md. 321.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 131. 1912, sec. 123. 1904, sec. 94. 1894, ch. 217, sec. 54. 1896, ch. 194.

132. Every person who was practicing medicine in the State of Mary-
land, on or before the first day of June, 1892, shall be entitled to be reg-
istered as a physician or surgeon, or both, upon making application to the
president of either board of state medical examiners, which application
shall be in writing and verified by the oath of said applicant, taken be-
fore any officer entitled to administer oaths under the law of this State,
and shall state that the applicant was a duly qualified lawful practitioner
of medicine, in good standing, actually engaged in the practice of such
profession in said State, on or before said first day of June, 1892. And
upon receiving said application, and being satisfied of the truth of said
statement therein contained, said president of such board shall issue or
endorse his permit for such applicant to be registered upon a copy of such
application, which permit shall also be countersigned by the secretary of
said board; and any president of such board to whom such application is
addressed may, in his discretion, make inquiry, and examine witnesses
under oath, or receive other evidence as to the truth of the statements
contained in such application for a permit to be registered; and if the
president of either of such boards of medical examiners shall act upon such
application, and shall refuse the same, then no president of the other of
said boards shall entertain or act upon any application of such applicant
for such permit. And upon the presentation of a permit to be registered,
signed by the president, and countersigned by the secretary of either of
said boards of medical examiners, to the clerk of the county where such
applicant may reside, or to the clerk of the circuit court of Baltimore City,
if said applicant shall reside in Baltimore City, it shall he the duty of the
said clerk to register such application and permit, and the name of such
applicant as physician or surgeon, or both, in a book to be kept for such
purpose, and a certified copy of such entry of registration under the seal
of the court, shall be legal evidence of such registration in all the courts of
the State; provided, however, that the provisions of this sub-title shall not
apply to those practicing medicine in the State of Maryland prior to June,
1892, and who registered as practitioners of medicine prior to July, 1894.

A physician held to have been in active practice so as to entitle him to a permit
for registration under this section, provided the president of board to whom appli-
cation is made is satisfied as prescribed in this section. That the applicant had no
diploma is not a good ground for refusal of permit. Failure to register under act of
1894, ch. 217. Mandamus granted. Manger v. Board of Examiners, 90 Md. 666.

See notes to sec. 121.