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SECTION 9. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, if any
portion (word, sentence, paragraph, proviso or section)
of this act shall be held invalid for any reason, the
remaining provisions shall remain in full force and
effect, and such invalid portion shall be considered
severed and deleted from this Act.

SECTION 10. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect June 1, 1974.

Approved Hay 31, 1974.

CHAPTER 662
(Senate Bill 874)
AN ACT concerning

Board of Podiatry Examiners

FOR the purpose of providing that the Board      of Podiatry

Examiners nay establish certain        educational

requirements as a condition for the     licensing of

podiatrists to practice in this State,   and providing
for certain exemptions to this Act.

BY adding to

Article 43 - Health

Section 493A

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1971 Replacement Volume and 1973 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That new Section 493A be and it is hereby added
to Article 43 — Health, of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1971 Replacement Volume and 1973 Supplement) to read as
follows:

Article 43 - Health
493A.

(A)         THE BOARD MAY ESTABLISH MANDATORY CONTINUING

EDUCATION      REQUIREMENTS FOR PODIATRISTS LICENSED IN THIS

STATE AS      A CONDITION TO THEIR BEING REGISTERED IN

ACCORDANCE   WITH THIS SECTION.