1578                                                 LAWS OF MARYLAND                            [Ch. 390

the Board [may determine]. Upon successfully passing
[such] THE examination, the Board shall issue to the
applicant a license to practice [professional nursing] as
a registered nurse.

(c) The Board may issue a license to practice
[professional nursing] as a registered nurse without
examination by endorsement to an applicant who has been
duly licensed as a registered nurse under the laws of
another state, territory or foreign country, if, in the
opinion of the Board, the applicant's educational
qualifications at the time of his or her graduation
fulfilled the requirements of this State [at such time].

[(d) Application for license under this subsection
(d) must be made before June 1, 1968, which time may be
extended by the Board in individual cases for good cause.
The Board may issue a license to practice as a registered
nurse to any person who shall submit to the Board written
evidence, verified by oath, that said applicant:

(1)   Is of good moral character.

(2)   Has practiced professional nursing in this
State for at least two years within the five-year period
immediately preceding June 1, 1967.

(3)   Has completed a professional nursing education
program which is acceptable to the Board and which would
have enabled such person to take an examination and be
licensed as a registered nurse under any act relating to
nursing heretofore passed by the General Assembly of
Maryland; provided such person passes a written
examination administered by the Board.]

[(e)] (D) The applicant applying for a license to
practice as a registered nurse shall pay the fee
established by the regulations of the Board. An
additional fee, as established by [such] THE regulations,
shall be required for each reexamination.

[(f)] (E) Any person who holds a license to
practice [professional nursing] AS A REGISTERED NURSE in
this State [shall have] HAS the right to use the title
"registered nurse" and the abbreviation "R.N." No other
person [shall] MAY assume [such] THIS title or use [such]
THE abbreviation or any other words, letters, signs, or
devices to indicate that the person using them is a
registered nurse.

[[[(g)]] (F) Any person holding a certificate of
registration to practice nursing as a registered nurse
issued by the Board and which is valid on June 1, 1967
shall thereafter be deemed to be licensed as a registered