306 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 173

education above set forth) present a certificate from a duly
licensed chiropodist practicing in this State, stating that he
has worked under such chiropodist, as his preceptor for a
period of one year prior to the making of such application.
Thereupon the said applicant shall be subjected to an ex-
amination.

SEC. 9. Any one who shall practice or attempt to practice
chiropody in this State without having complied with the pro-
visions of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof shall be fined not less than Fifty Dollars
nor more than Two Hundred Dollars, and in default of pay-
ment of such fine shall be imprisoned for not less than thirty
nor more than ninety days. Such fines, when collected, are
to be paid into the treasury of the State of Maryland. Noth-
ing in this Act, however, shall be construed to interfere with
physicians in the discharge of their professional duties.

SEC. 10. The Board of Chiropody Examiners may revoke
by a majority vote of its members any certificate which it has
issued and cause the name of the holder to be stricken from
the book of registration by a certificate to the Clerk of the
Court in which the name of the person whose license is re-
voked is registered for any of the following causes:

(a) If any person, who, in any affidavit or examination
required of an applicant for examination, certificate or regis-
tration under the laws regulating the practice of chiropody,
shall willfully make a false statement in a material regard;

(b) Any person who shall allow or permit others than him
or herself to practice under a certificate or license issued to
him;

(c) Any person convicted of a crime involving moral
turpitude;

(d) Any person habitually indulging in the use of ardent
spirits, narcotics, stimulants or any other substance which im-
pairs intellect and judgment to such an extent as, in the
opinion of the Board of Chiropody Examiners, to incapaci-
tate such person from the performance of his professional
duties;

(e) Any person against. whom charges, upon which a
revocation of his or her certificate may be based have been
made, shall be notified of the fact and a copy of the charges
shall be sent him or her by the Board of Chiropody Exam-
iners, and such shall be given a fair and impartial trial by the
said Board of Chiropody Examiners whose decision shall be