HEALTH 1883

An. Code, 1924, sec. 259. 1912, sec. 207. 1904, sec. 168. 1904, chs. 172, 241, sec. 7,

1916, ch. 527, sec. 7.

294. Any person violating any of the provisions of this sub-title, or who
shall wilfully make any false representation to the Board of Examiners in
applying for a certificate, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars
($500.00).

An. Code, 1924, sec. 260. 1912, sec. 207A. 1916, ch. 527, sec. 7A.

295. The State Board of Examiners is hereby authorized to appoint or
employ, subject to the approval of the Executive Committee of the Mary-
land State Association of Graduate Nurses, a registered nurse who has had
not less than five years' experience in her profession, who may be one of
the members of the Board of Examiners, to act as visitor and inspector
of training schools for nurses. Such visitor and inspector shall act under the
direction of said Board of Examiners to the end that it may be conversant
at all times with the course of study and training as it is carried on in the
training schools for nurses in the State; and also that said training schools
may be informed of the requirements, hours of duty, and course of study
approved by said Board of Examiners, and that they may be assisted
through said visitor and inspector in maintaining the standards required
by said Board of Examiners, in accordance with this sub-title. The com-
pensation of the visitor and inspector of training schools shall be five
dollars ($5.00) for each day actually engaged in this service, with traveling
and other expenses incurred in the discharge of her official duties and shall
be paid from the fees received by the Board of Examiners.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 261. 1912, sec. 208. 1904, sec. 169. 1904, chs. 172, 241, sec. 8.

1916, ch. 527, sec. 8.

296. The State Board of Examiners of graduate nurses may revoke any
certificate for sufficient cause, but before this is done the holder of said
certificate shall have thirty days' notice, and after a full and fair hearing
of the charges made, by a majority vote of the whole Board, the certificate
may be revoked.

Licensed Practical Nurses.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 262. 1922, ch. 274, sec. 208A.

297. It shall be the duty of said Board of Examiners of Nurses at its
meetings, as provided for in Section 289 of this Article, to examine all
applicants for registration as licensed practical nurses under this sub-title,
and to determine their fitness and ability to give efficient care to the sick as
such licensed practical nurses. Upon filing application for examination and
registration as a licensed practical nurse each applicant shall pay a fee
of Five Dollars ($5.00).

Secs. 297-303 referred to in holding that nursing was not covered by Workmen's
Compensation Act (art. 101). Baltimore v. Smith, 168 Md. 404.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 263. 1922, ch. 274, sec. 208B.

298. It shall be the duty of said Board of Examiners to determine, and
said Board is hereby empowered in its sound discretion to determine, the
qualifications of all applicants for registration as licensed practical nurses;
and each applicant shall furnish evidence satisfactory to said Board of
Examiners that he or she is eighteen (18) years of age, is of good moral