820 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 501

thereof and requiring active attendance in the same, and
on and after January 1, 1943, each applicant shall be a
graduate of a Chiropractic school or college which teaches
a resident course of thirty-two (32) months, or equivalent,
comprising thirty-six hundred (3600) sixty minute hours
or more, 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 hand writing and shall 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 clin-
ical practice, accompanying same by reference therein, with
any proof thereof in shape of diplomas, certificates, etc.,
and shall accompany said applications with satisfactory evi-
dence of good character and reputation.

(b) There shall be paid to the secretary-treasurer of
the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners by each appli-
cant for a license, a fee of fifty dollars ($50. 00), $25. 00
of which shall accompany the application and the remain-
ing $25. 00 shall be paid upon issuance of license. Like
fees shall be paid for any subsequent examination and
application.

(c) The Board shall recognize all schools which fulfill
or comply with the requirements of this Act. The Board
shall have the power to investigate, by personal inspection,
any school for the purpose of ascertaining whether it meets
the requirements of the Act. The Board shall have the
power to recognize schools recommended by the State
Board of Chiropractic Examiners in the territories in
which the schools may be located, or through mutual State
Boards.

446. (a) Examinations for license to practice Chiro-
practic shall be made by said Board according to the meth-
od deemed by it to be most practicable and expeditious to
test the applicant's qualifications. Such application shall
be designated by a number 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 in the preclinical basic sciences
shall be in writing, the subjects of which shall be as fol-
lows: Anatomy and Histology, physiology, pathology,