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STATE OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 612.

open an office or appoint places to meet their patients or
receive calls within the limits of this State without comply-
ing with the provisions of this Act; provided, that the same
privileges be accorded to licensed physicians of this State ;
provided, further, that nothing in this Act shall annul any of
the Acts of the present dental law of the State of Maryland, nor
shall apply to any registered graduate of dental surgery now
practicing in the said State of Maryland, with the sign titles:
Dentist, Surgeon Dentist, Dental Surgeon or Stometelogist.

Duty of
Police Com-
missioners
and sheriff.

61 A. It shall be the duty of the Police Commissioners of
Baltimore city, and of the sheriff of each county in the State,
to see that all practicing physicians in the State shall be
legally registered according to the provisions of this Article,
and to report to the State's attorney of the city or county all
cases of the violation of the provisions of this Article.
62. Repealed.

Guilty of
misdemeanor

64. Any person practicing or attem pting to practice medicine
under the name of any other person, whether that person be
a resident of this State or not, or whether he or she be deceased
or not, or any person acting under the name of and as agent
of any other person, in the capacity of a practitioner of medi-
cine or surgery, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction by any Court having criminal jurisdiction, shall be
punished by imprisonment in the city or county jail for not
less than thirty days nor more than one year, or by a fine of
not less than twenty dollars nor more than five hundred
dollars, or both, in the discretion of the Court, for each
offense.

License may
be revoked.

65. Either Board of Medical Examiners of this State may,
by a vote of tive members, revoke any license which it has
issued, and may cause the name of any physician licensed by
said board to be removed from the register of the licentiates
of the city or county where it may be recorded for any of the
following causes, to wit : The use of fraud or deception in
passing the examination provided in this Article, habitual
drunkenness, criminal abortion, conviction of crime involving
moral turpitude or unprofessional or dishonorable conduct.
Before proceeding to revoke any such license, the person
against whom complaint is made shall be furnished with a
copy of the complaint and charges made against him, and shall
be given an opportunity for a hearing before the board, in person
or by attorney, and at such hearing testimony may be offered
for and against the accused. The action of the board shall be
reduced to writing, stating also the reasons for said action, and
a copy thereof shall be delivered or mailed to the person
against whom complaint is made ; within sixty days after said