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512.

Persons licensed to practice chiropractic under the laws of any other state
having equivalent requirements of this subtitle, may, in the discretion of the Board,
be issued a license to practice in this State without examination, upon payment of
[the] A fee [of fifty ($50.00) dollars] DETERMINED BY THE BOARD WITH
THE APPROVAL OF THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND MENTAL
HYGIENE as herein provided.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1973.

Approved April 26, 1973.

CHAPTER 106
(Senate Bill 817)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 483, 488, and 493 of
Article 43 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1971 Replacement Volume),
title "Health," subtitle "Podiatry," allowing the Board of Podiatry Examiners
to waive the written requirements of passing its examination with respect to an
applicant who has passed the examination given by the National Board of
Podiatry Examiners; to authorize the State Board of Podiatry Examiners to fix
the fees to be charged for examinations, re-examinations, certificates and annual
licenses; to authorize per diem compensation for members of said Board; and to
correct certain language therein.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Sections 483, 488, and 493 of Article 43 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1971 Replacement Volume), title "Health," subtitle
"Podiatry," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

483.

The Board of Podiatry Examiners, for the purpose of examining applicants
under this subtitle for a license to practice podiatry in this State, shall hold two
meetings in each year, at such times and places as the Board may determine. Such
notice of the times and places of such examinations shall be given as [to] the
Board may seem proper. The Board may make and adopt such rules and
regulations in connection with the conduct of its examinations as may, in the
judgment of the said Board, be necessary to carry out the purposes and provisions
of this subtitle. It shall provide such books, blanks and forms as may be necessary
in order to conduct said examinations, and shall keep and preserve a complete
record of all of its transactions. It shall investigate violations and report same to
the State's Attorney of Baltimore City or the county where violation takes place,
who shall prosecute. No license to practice podiatry shall be granted by the Board
unless at least three members of the Board vote in favor of granting such license.
All examinations shall be conducted by the Board in writing, but the Board, in its
discretion, may use supplementary oral and clinical examination. The examinations
shall include only those subjects taught in the accepted podiatry curriculum. After
such examination, the Board shall without any unnecessary delay act upon same,
and shall issue a certificate signed by each member of the Board to the successful
candidates. An official record of all examinations shall be spread on the minutes of