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tion and removals in all precincts, except those precincts located in
the 6th election district, prior to the closing of registration before
any primary election.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1966.

Approved April 29, 1966.

CHAPTER 209
(Senate Bill 143)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 145 of
Article 43 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1965 Replacement
Volume), title "Health", subtitle "Practitioners of Medicine",
granting to the Board of Medical Examiners the additional powers
to suspend the license of a physician licensed in the State of
Maryland, and the power to place a physician licensed in the State
of Maryland on probation.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 145 of Article 43 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1965 Replacement Volume), title "Health", sub-title "Practitioners
of Medicine", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

145. The Board of Medical Examiners of this State may, by a
vote of five members, revoke or suspend any license which has been
issued, and may cause the name of any physician so licensed to be
removed from the register of the licentiates of the city or county
where it may be recorded, or may place a physician on probation,
for any of the following causes, to wit: The use of fraud or decep-
tion in obtaining the license provided in this subtitle, habitual
drunkenness, insanity as determined in accordance with the provi-
sions of Article 59, addiction to narcotics, criminal abortion, con-
viction of crime involving moral turpitude or unprofessional or dis-
honorable conduct; provided that any revocation or suspension pro-
ceedings before the Board of Medical Examiners selected by the
Medical and Chirurgical Faculty heretofore adjudicated shall not be
revived by reason of the provisions hereof. Before proceeding to
revoke or suspend any such license, the person against whom com-
plaint is made shall be furnished with a copy of the complaint and
charges made against him, and shall be given an opportunity for a
hearing before the Board, in person or by attorney, and at such
hearing testimony may be offered for and against the person so
charged. The action of the Board shall be reduced to writing, stat-
ing also the reasons for said action, and a copy thereof shall be
delivered or mailed to the person against whom complaint is made;
said party shall have the right of appeal to the circuit court of the
city or county wherein he may reside or where the license is
recorded, the judge or judges of which said court shall fully hear
and determine all matters connected with the action of said Board
from which appeal is taken. Both the party and the Board shall have
a further right of appeal from the decision of the circuit court to the