MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                          233

(9)   To make an annual report to the Governor and to the Secre-
tary of Health and Mental Hygiene.

(10)  To appoint and employ such persons as may be necessary to
carry on the work of the Board.

(11)  To define the duties of its employees.

(12)  To set the amounts of and classify from time to time regis-
tration fees and fees for renewal of licenses, which fees shall be set
forth in the regulations and which shall be reasonably related to the
costs of administering this subtitle.

(13)  To limit by regulation the number of examinations which
may be taken by an applicant after failure, except that applicants
under Section 296 (d) of this Article shall have the privilege of at
least one reexamination after the first failure.

(14)  To promulgate rules authorizing practice of professional
nursing or practical nursing, as the case may be, under such limita-
tions and professional supervision as the Board may require, by
otherwise qualified persons who are temporarily in this State or
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 or as requested by the
Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene. 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 meet-
ings and a register of the names of all nurses licensed under this sub-
title which shall be open to public inspection with adequate restric-
tions for its safekeeping. He shall give bond in the sum of two thou-
sand dollars to the State and shall be responsible for collecting any
funds of the Board and shall also be responsible for certifying 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 annually in the
State budget. At the close of the fiscal year, the secretary-treasurer
shall report on the financial status of the Board to the State Comp-
troller and to the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene 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 purpose
of