HEALTH 1923

Osteopathy.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 349. 1912, sec. 290. 1914, ch. 786.

411. There shall be established a Board of Osteopathic Examiners for
the State of Maryland. The Board shall consist of five members, and each
of said members shall serve for a term of three years from the first day of
June, next after his appointment, or until his successor is appointed, with
the exception of those first appointed, who shall serve as follows: namely,
two for one year, two for two years, and one for three years, from the first
day of June, Anno Domini one thousand nine hundred and fourteen. Each
member of the said board shall be a graduate of a legally incorporated and
reputable college of osteopathy and shall have been licensed to practice oste-
opathy under the laws of this State, excepting in the case of the first board,
which shall be appointed as provided for in Section 413,—and shall not be
in any manner financially interested in, or connected with the faculty or
management of any Osteopathic school or college, and shall have been
engaged in the practice of osteopathy in this State for a period of at least

three years.

Secs. 411-424 cited but not construed in Calder v. Levi, 168 Md. 264.
As to practitioners of medicine, see sec. 116, et seq. See notes to sec. 419.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 350. 1912, sec. 291. 1914, ch. 786.

412. The Governor shall appoint the members of said Board of Ex-
aminers, from a full list of the members in good standing of the Maryland
Osteopathic Association who are eligible for appointment upon said Board
of Osteopathic Examiners; which list shall, on or before the first day of
May, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, and annually thereafter,
be transmitted to the Governor, under the seal and signed by the President
and Secretary of the said association, or any licensed osteopath who at least
one year; and within thirty days from the receipt of ¹ has the endorsement
of five licensed osteopaths, from which persons the Governor shall make
further appointments to the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners. In
case of failure of said Osteopathic Association to submit said list, as afore-
said, the Governor shall appoint members in good standing of said Osteo-
pathic Association, without restriction; provided, however, that said mem-
bers shall be qualified as aforesaid, by graduation and practice.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 351. 1912, sec. 292. 1914, ch. 786.

413. Within fifteen days after April 13, 1914, Secretary of the Mary-
land Osteopathic Association shall transmit to the Governor of this State
a full list of the members in good standing of said association, who are
eligible for licensure under the provisions of this sub-title, and shall not be
in any manner financially interested in, nor connected with, the faculty or
management of any Osteopathic school or college, and shall have been
engaged in the practice of osteopathy in this State for a period of at least
one year; and within thirty days from the receipt of said list, the Governor
shall appoint, from said list, five persons who shall serve upon the first
board.

The Governor shall, in his first appointment, designate the number of
years for which each appointee shall serve. In case of vacancy, by death
or otherwise, there shall be appointed, in like manner, a person to serve

¹ This and the preceding line are just as they appear in the act.