2176 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 906

to exceed Ten Dollars ($10.00) and their necessary expenses
for each day that they are engaged in the business of the Board
as required by this sub-title. The Board shall annually elect
one of its members as chairman and shall also elect a secretary
who need not necessarily be a member of the Board, and said
secretary shall receive such compensation as the Board shall
determine.

534. Annually after January 1, 1948, or more often if the
Board shall deem it necessary, the said Board shall hold an
examination for applicants for licenses to practice Physical
Therapy in this State. Notice of time and place of such exami-
nation shall be given by one or more announcements in a daily
newspaper published in the City of Baltimore and by such
other methods as the said Board may see fit to use.

535. The said Board is empowered to pass upon the qualifi-
cations of applicants for licenses and shall make such rules
and regulations, not inconsistent with this sub-title, as are
necessary for the examination and licensing of applicants, and
for suspension or revocation of licenses.

536. The said Board shall be and is hereby empowered, after
due notice and hearing, to suspend or revoke any licenses
issued, under the provisions of this sub-title, to anyone who
does or attempts to do any act, or holds himself or herself as
being authorized to do any act as a Physical Therapist not
expressly conferred herein upon such licensee, or for any viola-
tions of this sub-title.

537. (A) Without Examination: Any person practicing
Physical Therapy in the State of Maryland at the time of the
effective date of this Act shall be entitled to be licensed as a
Physical Therapist if: (1) he or she is a member of the Mary-
land State Registry of Physical Therapists, or Maryland
State Physical Therapy Society, Inc., or (2) if: (a) he
or she produces statements from three (3) active, reputable,
licensed doctors of medicine certifying that he or she is of good
moral character and has treated patients under the direction
and supervision of the certifying doctor of medicine for a
period of not less than two years in the State of Maryland
prior to the application for license, or if: (b) he or she pro-
duces satisfactory evidence to the State Board of Physical
Therapy Examiners, of experience and training in Physical
Theraphy for a period of not less than one year in an
approved hosiptal. No applications for licenses without ex-
amination shall be accepted after January 1, 1948, unless the
applicant shall be engaged in the military service of the
United States or any of its allies, in which case such applica-