428                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                      CH. 363]

CHAPTER 363
(House Bill 1092)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 607,
610, 611, and 614 of Article 43 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1965 Replacement Volume and 1967 Supplement) title "Health,"
subtitle "Physical Therapy," generally amending the laws of this
State concerning physical therapy and the State Board of Physical
Therapy Examiners; and to correct an error therein.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 607, 610, 611, and 614 of Article 43 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1965 Replacement Volume and 1967 Supplement),
title "Health," subtitle "Physical Therapy," be and they are hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

607.

[Annually after January 1, 1948] Semi-annually, or more often if
the Board shall deem it necessary, the said Board shall hold an exam-
ination for applicants for licenses to practice physical therapy in this
State. Notice of time and place of such examination shall be given
by one or more announcements in a daily newspaper published in the
City of Baltimore and by such other methods as the said Board may
see fit to use.

610.

[(a) Without examination. Any person practicing physical
therapy in the State of Maryland on June 1, 1947 shall be entitled
to be licensed as a physical therapist if: (1) He or she is a member
of the Maryland State Registry of Physical Therapists, or Maryland
State Physical Therapy Society, Inc., or (2) if: (A) He or she pro-
duces statements from three (3) active, reputable licensed doctors
of medicine certifying that he or she is of good moral character and
has treated patients under the direction and supervision of the certify-
ing doctor of medicine for a period of not less than two years in the
State of Maryland prior to the application for license, or if: (B) He
or she produces satisfactory evidence to the State Board of Physical
Therapy Examiners, of experience and training in physical therapy
for a period of not less than one year in an approved hospital. No
applications for licenses without examination shall be accepted after
January 1, 1948, unless the applicant shall be engaged in the military
service of the United States or any of its allies, in which case such
application shall be accepted at any time within six (6) months after
honorable discharge from such military service.

(b) By examination. (1) Every person other than those covered
by subsection (a), of good moral character, who has completed physi-
cal therapy training prior to June 1, 1947 or who is attending a course
in physical therapy on June 1, 1947, may make application for exam-
ination for license providing that he or she produce evidence satis-
factory to the Maryland State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners
of his or her graduation from a school, college, hospital or university
which has a complete and acceptable course in physical therapy, and
which is accredited by the Maryland State Board of Physical Therapy
Examiners.