HEALTH 1939

the transmission of nerve impulses. The practice of Chiropractic is defined
as diagnosis, the location of disaligned or displaced vertebrae of the human
spinal column, the procedure preparatory to and the adjustment 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. 385. 1920, ch. 666, sec. 7.

447. Any person who has practiced Chiropractic for a livelihood in this
State not less than five years prior to the passage of this act; and also any
person graduated from any organized school or college of Chiropractic, who
has been engaged in actual and bona fide practice as a Chiropractor in this
State, for at least two years prior to the taking effect of this act; and also
any person engaged in the actual practice of Chiropractic in this State,
at the time of the passage of this act and who is a graduate of a legally in-
corporated Chiropractic school or college giving a two year course requiring
actual attendance in class work, upon proper application and due proof of
good moral character, furnished to said board within thirty (30) days after
the organization of said board, and verified, showing that said applicant
comes within either of said three classes herein, shall upon the payment of
the fee of twenty-five ($25.00) dollars be granted a license to practice Chiro-
practic without examination.

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

448. (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
having 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.