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MEDICAL FACULTY OF MARYLAND. [ART. — .

or as the partner of any other person or persons
whatsoever, and no person or persons authorized by
this act to practice medicine, surgery, or obstetrics
in this State shall be permitted to associate with any
person or persons, not authorized by this act to prac-
tice medicine, surgery, or obstetrics under a penalty

Proviso.

of one hundred dollars; provided always, that nothing
herein contained shall be construed so as to prevent
any bona fide student of medicine actually attached
to the office of an authorized practitioner from aiding
or assisting his preceptor.

Ibid s 10
Practice of non-
residents.

10. No person residing out of this state, shall be
permitted to practice medicine, surgery, or obstetrics,
within this state, without being subject, to the same
regulations, and liable to the same penalties imposed

Proviso.

on persons resident in this state ; provided, however,
that nothing herein contained shall be construed to
prohibit any bona fide graduate of a respectable medi-
cal college in the United States, during his actual
residence in any other state, when specially sent for,
to come into any part of this state, and administer or
prescribe medicine, or perform any kind of surgical
operation.

Ibid. B. 11.
Abortion.

11. No person shall be allowed to produce abor-
tion at any stage of pregnancy, by prescribing medi-

Penalty.

cines, or by any other means, under a penalty of one
thousand dollars, and six months imprisonment in
addition to penalties imposed by existing laws; pro-

Proviso.

vided, that nothing herein contained shall be con-
strued so as to prohibit the production of abortion
by a regular practitioner, when deemed necessary
for the safety of the mother, after consultation with
not less than two members of the faculty, including
one member of the board of examiners.

Ibid s 12
By-laws, rules
and regula-
tions.

12. The medical faculty of each district are hereby
empowered from time to time, to make such by-laws,
rules and regulations, and to enforce them by im-
posing such penalties as may be requiste for the
government of their respective bodies. Any by-law