1274 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 534

384. Examinations for license to practice Chiropractic shall
be made by said board according to the method deemed by it to
be most practicable and expeditious to test the applicant's
qualifications. Such application shall be designated by a num-
ber instead of his or her name so that the identity will not be
discovered or disclosed to the members of the board until after
the examination papers are graded.

(b) All examinations shall be made in writing, the subjects
of which shall be as follows: Anatomy, physiology, symptoma-
tology, chiropractic orthopedy, principles of chiropractic and ad-
justing, nerve tracing, chemistry, hygiene, bacteriology, and chiro-
practic analysis as taught by Chiropractic schools and colleges.
A license shall be granted to all applicants who shall correctly
answer seventy-five percentum (75%) of all questions asked, and
if any applicant shall fail to answer correctly sixty percentum
(60%) of the questions 011 any branch of said examination he or
she shall not be entitled to a license.

(c) Chiropractic is -hereby defined to be a drugless health sys-
tem, the basic principle of which teaches that disease is caused by
interference with the transmission of nerve impulses. The prac-
tice of Chiropractic is defined as diagnosis, the location of mis-
aligned or displaced vertebrae of the human spinal column, the
procedure preparatory to and the adjustment by hand of such
misaligned or displaced vertebrae of the spinal column -and its
articulations, by any method not including the use of drugs,
surgery or obstetrics, nor any branch of medicine, nor oste-
opathy, for the purpose of relieving such interference.

386. (a) The State Board of Chiropractic Examiners may re-
fuse to grant or may revoke a license to. practice Chiropractic in
this State, or may cause a licentiate's name to be removed from
the records in the office of the recorder of deeds of this State
upon any of the following grounds, to wit: The attempt to do
other than is permitted under this license in an effort to
deceive the public the employment of fraud or deception in
applying for a license or in posing an examination provided
for in this sub-title, the practice of Chiropractic under a false
or assumed name, or the impersonation of another practitioner
of like or different name, the conviction of a crime involving
moral turpitude, habitual intemperance, in the use of ardent
spirits, narcotics or stimulants to such an extent as to incapaci-
tate him or her for the performance of his or her professional
duties. Any person who is a licentiate, or is an applicant for
a license to practice Chiropractic against whom any of the fore-
going grounds for revoking or refusing a license is presented
to said Board with the view of having the Board revoke or re-
fuse to grant a license, shall be furnished with a copy of the