THEODORE R. McKELDIN, GOVERNOR                   123

examine all applicants for registration as licensed practical nurses
under this sub-title, and to determine their fitness and ability to give
efficient care to the sick as such licensed practical nurses. Upon filing
application for examination and registration as a licensed practical
nurse each applicant shall pay a fee of [Five Dollars ($5.00).] Ten
Dollars ($10.00).

288-A. Said Board of Examiners shall have the power, in the
exercise of its sound discretion, to issue a certificate of registration,
without examination, to any applicant who has been duly registered
as a licensed practical nurse under the laws of another State, pro-
vided said Board of Examiners shall determine that such applicant
possesses qualifications which are the equivalent to those required
under Section 288; and provided further that such applicant shall
file a written application for registration and pay the registration
fee provided for by Section 286.

289. [In every year during the month of February,] Beginning
in the month of January, 1957 and during the month of January in
every second year thereafter, every licensed practical nurse registered
under the provisions of this sub-title shall cause his or her certificate
to be recorded in the office of the State Board of Examiners of Nurses,
together with an affidavit, or other proof satisfactory to said Board
of Examiners, of his or her identity, as the person to whom the same
was issued, and of his or her place of residence at the time of such
[registration.] recordation. The registrants shall pay to the said
Board of Examiners a fee of [Fifty Cents] Two Dollars ($2.00) for
each such [registration.] recordation. The existing provisions of law
for the registration of certificates of licensed practical nurses in the
month of February of each year and for a registration fee of Fifty
Cents shall continue in effect until December 31, 1956.

It shall be unlawful after February 1, 1957 for any person to prac-
tice nursing as a licensed practical nurse unless his or her certificate
has been recorded as provided in this Section; provided, however,
that the failure to record such certificate shall not be cause for the
revocation by said Board of Examiners of such certificate. ANY-
ONE WHO SHALL FAIL TO RE-RECORD HIS OR HER CER-
TIFICATE AS PROVIDED BY THIS SECTION SHALL, NOT-
WITHSTANDING SUCH FAILURE TO RECORD, REMAIN
ELIGIBLE FOR RE-RECORDATION AT ANY TIME THERE-
AFTER WITHOUT EXAMINATION, UPON APPLICATION FOR
RE-RECORDATION AND PAYMENT OF THE FEES THERE-
FOR.

292-A. The State Board of Examiners of Nurses is hereby author-
ized to promulgate necessary regulations for the administration and
enforcement of this sub-title.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1955.

Approved March 24,1955.