ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 1273
CHAPTER 534.
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Sections 383,
384, 386 and 388 of Article 43 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1924 Edition), title "Health, " sub-title "Chiro-
practic/' said amendments making slight changes in the regu-
lation of the practice of Chiropractic and substituting a defini-
tion of Chiropractic in place of the limitations imposed OB
persons practicing Chiropractic by 384(c) of said Article,
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sections 383, 384, 386 and 388 of Article 43 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1924 Edition), title "Health, "
sub-title " Chiropractic, " be and the same are hereby repealed
and re-enacted with amendments to read as follows:
383(a). Any person wishing to practice Chiropractic in this
State, before it shall be lawful for him to do so, shall make
application to said Board of Chiropractic Examiners, through
the Secretary-Treasurer thereof, upon form thereof and in such
manner as be adopted and directed by the Board, at least ten
(10) days prior to any meeting of said Board. Each appli-
cant shall be a graduate of a Chiropractic school or college
which teaches a resident course of three (3) years, of six (6)
months each, with a minimum of two thousand (2000) sixty
minute hours, or more, or the equivalent thereof and requiring
active attendance in the same. The applicant shall have a first
grade four (4) years high school education or the equivalent
thereof. Application shall be made in writing and shall be signed
by the applicant in his own band writing and stall be sworn to
before some officer authorized to administer oath, and shall recite
the history of the applicant as to his educational advantages, his
experience in matters pertaining to a knowledge of the care of
the sick, how long he has studied Chiropractic, under what
teachers, what collateral branches, if any, he has studied, the
length of time he has been engaged in clinical practice, accom-
panying same by reference therein, with any proof thereof in
shape of diplomas, certificates, etc., and shall accompany said ap-
plication with satisfactory evidence of good character and repu-
tation.
(b) There shall be paid to the secretary-treasurer of the
State Board of Chiropractic Examiners by each applicant for a
license, a fee of $25, $10 of which shall accompany the appli-
cation and the remaining $15 shall be paid upon issuance of
license. Like fees shall be paid for any subsequent examination
and application.
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