1576                                                  LAWS OF MARYLAND                             [Ch. 390

examination are known; provided that no such authority
shall extend to any person who shall have theretofore
failed the examination.]

(9)    TO SET THE AMOUNTS OF AND CLASSIFY FROM
TIME TO TIME REGISTRATION 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.

(10)   TO LIMIT BY REGULATION THE NUMBER OF
REEXAMINATIONS 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.

(11)   TO PROMULGATE RULES AUTHORIZING
PRACTICE AS A REGISTERED NURSE OR A LICENSED PRACTICAL
NURSE, AS THE CASE MAY BE, UNDER SUCH LIMITATIONS 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.

(12)   TO ADOPT AND, FROM TIME TO TIME, REVISE
SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS NOT INCONSISTENT WITH THE LAW,
AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO ENABLE IT TO CARRY INTO EFFECT THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBTITLE.

(13)   TO KEEP RECORDS OF ALL OF ITS
PROCEEDINGS.

(14)   TO HAKE AN ANNUAL REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR
AND TO THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE.

(15)   TO APPOINT AND EMPLOY SUCH PERSONS AS
MAY BE NECESSARY TO CARRY ON THE WORK OF THE BOARD.

(16)   TO DEFINE THE DUTIES OF ITS EMPLOYEES.

(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. [Five] SEVEN
members 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 meetings and a register of the names of all
nurses licensed under this subtitle which shall be open
to public inspection with adequate restrictions for its