SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                         957

whose applications for licensure by examination are pending but
who have not had an opportunity to take the examination or, if
taken, before the results of the examination are known; provided
that no such authority shall extend to any person who shall have
theretofore failed the examination.

(b)    The Board shall meet annually in the month of May and shall
elect from its members a president and a secretary who shall also
be the treasurer. It shall hold such other meetings during the year
as are deemed necessary to transact its business. A majority of the
Board including one officer shall constitute a quorum at any meeting.
The secretary-treasurer of the Board shall keep a record of all its
meetings and a register of the names of all nurses licensed under
this subtitle which shall be open to public inspection with adequate
restrictions for its safekeeping. He shall give bond in the sum of
two thousand dollars to the state and shall be responsible for col-
lecting any funds of the Board and shall also be responsible for cer-
tifying the expenses of the members to the state for reimbursement.
All moneys collected by the Board shall be deposited with the State
Treasurer, and credited by the State Comptroller to a special fund for
payment of all authorized expenses of the Board as provided an-
nually in the State Budget. At the close of the fiscal year, the secre-
tary-treasurer shall report on the financial status of the Board to the
State Comptroller and at that time any surplus funds shall revert
into the State treasury.

(c)    Each member of the Board shall receive twenty-five dollars
per day for each day that the member is actually engaged in the
business of the Board, and in addition shall be reimbursed for the
reasonable expenses incurred in such business.

(d)    The Board shall meet at least once each year for the pur-
pose of examining all applicants for licensure under the terms of
this subtitle. Notice of such meeting shall be published in a news-
paper of general circulation in the state and a nursing journal at
lease LEAST thirty days prior to the examination meeting.

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(a)    An applicant for a license to practice professional nursing
shall submit to the Board written evidence, verified by oath, or
affirmation, that the applicant:

(1)    Is of good moral character.

(2)    Has completed an approved high school course of study or
the equivalent thereof as determined by the Maryland State Depart-
ment of Education.

(3)    Has completed the required State approved professional nurs-
ing education program, as defined by the Board, and for the satis-
factory completion of which holds a diploma or degree.

(b)    The applicant shall be required to pass a written examination
in such subjects as the Board may determine. Upon successfully
passing such examination, the Board shall issue to the applicant a
license to practice professional nursing as a registered nurse.

(c)    The Board may issue a license to practice professional nurs-
ing as a registered nurse without examination by endorsement to
an applicant who has been duly licensed as a registered nurse
under the laws of another state, territory or foreign country, if, in