Ch. 105                             MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                  167

office of the clerk of a court of this State upon any of the following grounds,
to-wit: The attempt to do other than is permitted under this license in an effort to
deceive the public, the employment of fraud or deception in applying for a license
or in passing an examination provided for in this subtitle, the practice of
chiropractic under a false or assumed name, or the impersonation of another
practitioner of like or different name, the conviction of a crime involving moral
turpitude, habitual intemperance in the use of ardent spirits, narcotics or
stimulants to such an extent as to incapacitate him or her for the performance of
his or her professional duties, [repeated convictions] A CONVICTION before the
Board of a licensee using false and misleading advertising or advertising other than
herein indicated, and practicing without having been issued an annual renewal
certificate. Any person who is a [licentiate] LICENSEE, or is an applicant for a
license to practice chiropractic against whom any of the foregoing grounds for
revoking, SUSPENDING or refusing a license is presented to said Board with a
view of having the Board revoke, SUSPEND or refuse to grant a license, shall be
furnished with a copy of the complaint, and shall have a hearing before said Board
in person or by attorney, or both, and witnesses may be examined by said Board
respecting the guilt or innocence of said accused.

(b) Any person practicing chiropractic who shall solicit or advertise by mail,
card, newspaper, pamphlet, radio or otherwise to the general public except as
approved by the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners as herein authorized and
upon conviction thereof before said Board of Chiropractic Examiners may have his
OR HER license revoked OR SUSPENDED; but notices by mail to bona fide
patients of times for periodic examinations shall not be construed as soliciting or
advertising. [Repeat violations] A VIOLATION [constitute] CONSTITUTES
grounds for SUSPENDING OR for revoking offender's license after due notice
and formal hearing by the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners.

508.

(A)   All persons holding a license issued by the Maryland State Board of
Chiropractic Examiners, whether a resident of this State or of some other state,
shall pay on or before the first day of September of each year, after a license is
issued to them, as herein provided, to said Board of Chiropractic Examiners, a
renewal license fee [of fifteen ($15.00) dollars] AS DETERMINED BY THE
BOARD OF CHIROPRACTIC EXAMINERS AND APPROVED BY THE
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE. The
secretary-treasurer shall, thirty days or more before September 1st of each year,
mail to all chiropractors holding a Maryland license a notice of the fact that the
renewal fee will be due on or before the first day of September, and the Board
shall furnish to each chiropractor a "renewal form." Nothing in this subtitle shall
be construed so as to require that the receipts shall be recorded as original licenses
are required to be recorded.

(B)  THE BOARD OF CHIROPRACTIC EXAMINERS MAY ESTABLISH
MANDATORY CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS FOR
CHIROPRACTORS LICENSED IN THIS STATE AS A CONDITION TO
HAVING THEIR LICENSES RENEWED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS
SECTION. IN ESTABLISHING THESE REQUIREMENTS, THE BOARD
OF CHIROPRACTIC EXAMINERS SHALL RECOGNIZE AND GIVE
WEIGHT TO EXISTING EDUCATIONAL METHODS, PROCEDURES,
DEVICES, AND PROGRAMS IN USE AMONG THE VARIOUS
[[MEDICAL]] CHIROPRACTIC SPECIALITIES AND OTHER
RECOGNIZED [[MEDICAL]] CHIROPRACTIC GROUPS.