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character, can read and write the English language and has received a
certificate from an institution in which not less than a nine months' course
of training with a systematic course of instruction is given to the satisfac-
tion of said Board of Examiners.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 264. 1922, ch. 274, sec. 208C.

299. The said Board of Examiners is hereby empowered and authorized
in its sound discretion to register as a licensed practical nurse without
examination any person who have had at least two (2) years' experience in
caring for the sick prior to the first day of February 1922; provided such
person shall furnish evidence satisfactory to said Board of Examiners that
he or she is eighteen (18) years of age, is of good moral character and can
read and write the English language; and further provided such persons
apply in writing to the said Board on or before the thirty-first day of
December, 1922, upon payment of the registration fee.

And it shall be unlawful after January 1st, 1923, for any person to
practice nursing as a licensed practical nurse without a certificate from said
State Board of Examiners. A person who has received his or her certificate
according to the provisions of this sub-title shall be styled and known as a
"Licensed Practical Nurse." No other person shall assume such title, or
assume the abbreviation of "L. P. N.," or any other letters or figures to
indicate that he or she is a licensed practical nurse.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 265. 1922, ch. 274, sec. 208D.

300. In every year during the month of February, every licensed practi-
cal nurse registered under the provisions of this sub-title shall cause his or
her certificate to be recorded in the office of the State Board of Examiners
of Nurses, together with an affidavit of his or her identity, as the person to
whom the same was issued, and of his or her place of residence at the time
of such registration. The registrants shall pay to the said Board of Exam-
iners a fee of fifty cents for each such registration.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 266. 1922, ch. 274, sec. 208E.

301. This sub-title shall not be construed to affect or apply to the gratui-
tous nursing of the sick or members of the family, or shall not prohibit any
one not a "Licensed Practical Nurse" from nursing for hire, provided
such person shall not hold his or herself out as a "Licensed Practical
Nurse."

An. Code, 1924, sec. 267. 1922, ch. 274, sec. 208F.

302. Any person violating any of the provisions of this sub-title, or
who shall wilfully make any false representations to the Board of Exam-
iners of Nurses in applying f or a certificate shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than Two
Hundred Dollars ($200.00).

An. Code, 1924, sec. 268. 1922, ch. 274, sec. 208G.

303. Said Board of Examiners 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 Board, the certificate may be revoked.

Secs. 297-303 referred to in holding that nursing was not covered by Workmen's
Compensation Act (art. 101). Baltimore v. Smith, 168 Md. 464.