Ch. 651                             MARVIN MANDEL. Governor                                1327

made in such standard prior to the receipt of such request. Any person applying
for examination shall be required to furnish satisfactory proof to said Board of
scholastic and professional education equal to the standard in force at the time of
such application for examination, and, upon furnishing such proof, shall be
examined before said Board at such time and place as said Board may designate.
Each person shall pay at the time of filing his application such a reasonable sum as
may be determined by the Board to the secretary of the Board for the use of said
Board, and if he shall pass said examination he shall pay to the secretary, for the
use of said Board, a further reasonable sum as may be determined by the Board on
the issuance to him of a numbered certificate of examination which shall constitute
a license to practice optometry; provided, however, that any applicant for a
certificate of licensure who has been examined by the state board of another state
which, through reciprocity, similarly accredits the holder of a certificate issued by
the Board of this State to the full privileges of practice within such state may, with
the approval and consent of said Board, on the payment of such a reasonable sum
as may be determined by the Board to the said Board and on filing in the office of
the Board a true and attested copy of the said license, certified by the president or
secretary of the state board issuing the same and showing also that the standard of
requirements adopted and enforced by said board is equal to that provided for by
this subtitle may, without further examination, receive a certificate of licensure,
provided that such applicant has not previously failed at an examination held by
the Board of this State. All persons passing such examinations shall be registered
in the Board register, which shall be kept by the secretary and shall also receive a
numbered certificate of such registration, signed by at least three members of the
Board making such examination of said applicant, which shall be recorded in the
clerk's office of the Superior Court of Baltimore City, or the clerk's office of the
circuit court of any county in the State. If any applicant be rejected he shall be
entitled to another examination not earlier than six months thereafter for the first
fee paid, but for subsequent examinations he shall pay such a reasonable sum as
may be determined by the Board. Said examinations are not to occur within six
months of the preceding one.

474.

(a) From and after April 13, 1914, any person not heretofore authorized to
practice osteopathy in this State and desiring to enter upon such practice, may
deliver to the secretary of the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners, upon the
payment of a fee of twenty-five dollars, a written application for examination,
together with satisfactory proof that the applicant is more than [twenty-one]
EIGHTEEN years of age, is of good moral character, has obtained a preliminary
education, as hereinafter provided, and has received a diploma conferring the
degree of doctor of osteopathy from some legally incorporated, reputable
osteopathic college of the United States, or some foreign country, wherein course
of instruction consists of at least three separate years of not less than nine months
in each separate year. Applicants who receive their degree in osteopathy after the
first day of January, Anno Domini one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, must
have pursued the study of osteopathy for four years, of at least eight months in
each year, in four different calendar years, the work of each year having been
successfully passed in some legally incorporated reputable osteopathic school, or
college, prior to the granting of said diploma or foreign license; provided, however,
that any applicant who shall have completed a course of study in any osteopathic
college, consisting of three years of nine months each, and a postgraduate course
of at least five months, aggregating at least thirty-two months, shall be accepted in
lieu of the full period of four years of eight months each, provided for in this
subtitle. Provided, further, that anyone who is in the practice of osteopathy in
some other state on April 13, 1914, and who is a graduate from a reputable and
legally incorporated college of osteopathy, providing a course of study of at least