HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 821

chemistry and bacteriology, and the clinical subjects symp-
tomatology, chiropractic principles, orthopedy, neurology
and hygiene; chiropractic technic and practice, physical
diagnosis and roentgenology may be either written or
oral at the discretion of the Board. A License shall be
granted to all applicants who shall correctly answer sev-
enty-five percentum (75%) of all questions asked, and if
any applicant shall fail to answer correctly sixty per
centum (60%) of the questions on 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 system, the basic principle of which teaches that
disease is caused by interference with the transmission
of nerve impulses. The practice of Chiropractic is defined
as diagnosis, the location of disaligned or displaced verte-
brae of the human spinal column, the procedure prepara-
tory to and the adjustment by hand of such misaligned or
displaced vertebrae of the spinal column and its articula-
tions, by any method not including the use of drugs, sur-
gery or obstetrics, nor any branch of medicine, nor oste-
opathy, for the purpose of relieving such interference.

448. (a) The State Board of Chiropractic Examiners
may refuse 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 passing
an examination provided for in this sub-title, the practice
of Chiropractic under a false or assumed name, or the im-
personation 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 incapacitate him or
her for the performance of his or her professional duties,
repeated convictions before the Board of a licensee using
false and misleading advertising, and practicing without
having been issued an annual renewal certificate. Any per-
son who is a licentiate, or is an applicant for a license to
practice Chiropractic against whom any of the foregoing
grounds for revoking or refusing a license is presented to>
said Board with a view of having the Board revoke or re-
fuse to grant a license, shall be furnished with a copy of the
complaint, and shall have a hearing before said Board in
person or by attorney, or both, and witness may be exam-
ined by said Board respecting the guilt or innocence of said
accused.