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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Baltimore city, it shall be the duty of the said clerk to register
such application and permit, and the name of such applicant
as physician or surgeon or both, in a book to be kept for such
purpose, and a certified copy of such entry of registration
under the seal of the court, shall be legal evidence of such
registration in all the courts of the State; provided, bowever, that
the provisions of this act shall not apply to those practicing
medicine in the State of Maryland prior to June, 1892, and
who registered as practitioners of medicine, prior to July, 1894.

Applications
of physi-
cians and
surgeons
from other
States.

56. Physicians and surgeons of good moral and professional
standing who shall hereafter come into this State with intent
to follow the practice of "medicine and surgery" within this
State, being graduates of a medical college or university of
good standing, or having a certificate or license from a board
of medical examiners of any State where the requirements for
practice are equal to those required by the board named in
this article, may make application to the president of either
board of medical examiners of this State, which application
shall be made under oath and shall state when and how long
said applicant has been engaged in the practice of medicine
and surgery, and from what medical college, university or
other institution of learning he or she has graduated. And
thereupon, the board of medical examiners shall have the
authority and discretion to require applicants to undergo an.
examination, in accordance with provisions of sections 41 or
47, inclusive, of this article, or may require said applicant to
submit to a special examination, the terms and methods of
which shall be prescribed by the board of medical examiners,
and upon paying the fee for examination, as set out in section
45 of this article. After the examination and determination of
said board, thereupon, that said applicant is qualified to prac-
tice medicine and surgery, and that he is entitled to a license,
a license shall be issued to him to the same effect as the form
of license set out in section 47 of this article,; which license shall
be filed and recorded as provided by section 47 of tins article ;
and it shall then be the duty of the clerk of the court to
register the name of the person so licensed as physician or
surgeon, or both, in accordance with the provisions of this
act.

Improperly
registered
as physician
or surgeon.

61. Any citizen of Maryland having information which
causes him to believe that any person has been heretofore wrong-
fully and improperly registered as physician or surgeon, or both,
upon his application to the clerk of any court may apply, by
petition, to the Circuit Court of the county wherein such regis-