1754 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 704

spinal column, the procedure preparatory to and the adjust-
ment 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, obstetrics, or osteopathy,
nor any branch of medicine; providing that nothing herein
contained shall be construed to prohibit the use by any
licensed Chiropractor of the selection of food materials neces-
sary for the nourishment of the body and measures of clean-
liness incident to the care of the human body.

448. (a) The State Board of Chiropractic Examiners may
refuse to grant or may revoke a license to practice Chiro-
practic in this State, or may cause a licentiate's name to be
removed from the records in the office of the Clerk of
a Court 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 employ-
ment ' 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 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 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 or. advertising other
than herein indicated, and practicing without having been
issued an annual renewal certificate. Any person who is a
licentiate, or is an applicant for a license to practice Chiro-
practic against whom any of the foregoing grounds for re-
voking or refusing a license is presented to said Board with a
view of having the Board revoke or refuse 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 witnesses may be examined by said Board respecting the
guilt or innocence of said accused.

(b) Any person practicing chiropractic who shall solicit or
advertise by mail, card, newspaper, pamphlet, radio or other-
wise to the general public except as approved by the State
Board of Chiropractic Examiners as herein authorized and
upon conviction thereof before said Board of Chiropractic
Examiners may have his license revoked; but notices by mail
to bona fide patients of times for periodic examinations shall
not be construed as soliciting or advertising. Repeat viola-
tions constitute grounds for revoking offender's license after
due notice and formal hearing by the State Board of Chiro-
practic Examiners.