1834 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 746

are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to
read as follows:

445.

(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 to be adopted and directed by the Board, at
least ten (10) days prior to any meeting of said Board.
Each applicant shall be a graduate of a Chiropractic school or
college whose curriculum, teaching standards and facilities
are approved by said Board, and whose minimum course for
granting the degree of Doctor of Chiropractic (D. C. ) is four
years of eight months each, comprising not less than four
thousand (4, 000) sixty minute hours of resident study; pro-
vided that any student shall be entitled to apply upon gradua-
tion if he is enrolled as of January 1, 1949, in a school which
is approved by the Board, which teaches a resident course of
thirty-two (32) months, comprising not less than thirty-six
hundred (3600) hours, and which requires active attendance in
the same. The applicant shall have a first grade four (4)
years high school education or the equivalent thereof. Ap-
plication shall be made in writing and shall be signed by
the applicant in his own handwriting 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 knowl-
edge of the care of the sick, how long he has studied Chiro-
practic, under what teachers, what collateral branches, if
any, he has studied, the length of time he has been engaged
in clinical practice, accompanying same by reference therein,
with any proof thereof in shape of diplomas, certificates,
etc., and shall accompany said applications with satisfactory
evidence of good character and reputation.

(c) The Board shall have the power to investigate, by per-
sonal inspection, any school for the purpose of ascertaining
whether it meets the requirements of this sub-title. 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.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1949.

Approved May 6, 1949.