412                              Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 136

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 128(c) of Article 43 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1971 Replacement Volume), title "Health," subtitle "Practitioners
of Medicine" be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

128(c).

The Board shall provide for reregistration not less than every
second year. The Board may establish mandatory continuing educa-
tion requirements for physicians licensed in this State as a condition
to their being reregistered in accordance with this section. In estab-
lishing such requirements, the Board shall recognize and give weight
to existing educational methods, procedures, devices and programs
in use among the various medical specialities and other recognized
medical groups. The Board shall not establish or enforce such require-
ments if they will reduce the availability of physicians in a commu-
nity to an extent that adequate medical care is jeopardized.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1972.

Approved April 26, 1972.

CHAPTER 136
(House Bill 369)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 555 of
Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1971 Replacement
Volume), title "Crimes and Punishments," subtitle "Crimes and
Punishments," subheading "Taxicabs," adding Allegany County
to the law applicable to other counties, making it unlawful to
refuse to pay taxicab fare.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 555 of Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1971 Replacement Volume), title "Crimes and Punishments," sub-
title "Crimes and Punishments," subheading "Taxicabs," be and it is
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

555.

Any person who engages and accepts transportation in a public
taxicab or other vehicle operated as a common carrier, under any
conditions whereby the charge therefor is not paid in advance, and
who wilfully refuses to pay the proper charges at the conclusion of
such transportation, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof shall be subject to a fine of not more than
fifty dollars for each such offense. Nothing in this section shall
be construed to prevent the owner or operator of any such common
carrier from making a special agreement with the person who en-
gaged and accepted transportation, for the subsequent payment of