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paid to members of the Board of Examiners in Optometry, to
empower the Board to determine the fees payable to the Board
for the registration, examination and certification of applicants
for licensing, and to revise the penalty for the violation of pro-
visions of the subtitle.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 371, 375, 378, 379, 380, 382 and 383 of Article 43
of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition and 1965 Re-
placement Volume), title "Health", subtitle "Optometry", be and
are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:

371.

Out of the funds coming into the possession of said Board, each
member thereof attending the meetings for examination and regis-
tration may receive as compensation the sum of [three] ten dollars
for each applicant that may be examined; and, further, each mem-
ber may receive as compensation a sum to be determined by said
Board which shall not exceed [ten] twenty-five dollars for each
day actually engaged in necessary duties of his office and the actual
amount of traveling expenses of such member incident to attend-
ing said meetings of the Board. In addition to any amounts which
may be allowed by way of per diem and traveling expenses, as above
provided, all hotel and incidental expenses which any member may
incur when attending to the necessary duties of his office shall be
allowed to such member. All expenses shall be paid to said Board
out of the State treasury. All moneys received in excess of said
compensation and mileage as before provided for shall be held by
the State Treasurer as a special fund for meeting expenses of said
Board and carrying out the provisions of this subtitle.

375.

Every person, not exempt by Section 374, desiring to begin the
practice of optometry in this State shall pass an examination before
said Board of Examiners, in such subjects and under such rules
and regulations as shall from time to time be adopted by said
Board. Such examination may in the discretion of said Board,
embrace all subjects relative to optics and optometry contained in
textbooks or that are now or may hereafter be taught in high-
grade educational institutions teaching optics and optometry and
kindred subjects, and shall include the anatomy, physiology and
pathology of the eye, the use of all instruments used in making
examination of the eye, and such other subjects as said Board may
deem advisable. Any applicant for examination must not be under
twenty-one years of age, and must be of good moral character,
and must give evidence which shall be satisfactory to the Board
of Examiners of having had preliminary scholastic and professional
education equal to such standard as may be adopted by said Board.
Such scholastic and professional standards may, in the discretion
of said Board, be changed from time to time to meet the demands
of the profession. Information as to the scholastic and professional
standard adopted by said Board shall be furnished to any person
upon his written request and shall include any change made in such
standard prior to the receipt of such request. Any person apply-