1842

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 582

(3) "SECRETARY" MEANS THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH
AND MENTAL HYGIENE.

(D) BOARD MEANS THE MARYLAND BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF
NURSES.

83.

[From and after the 1st day of July, 1924, it shall be
unlawful for any person,] AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS not [being]
licensed under the provisions of this subtitle, [to] MAY NOT
use the name or title of midwife, either alone or in
combination with any word or words, or any name, title or
description implying that [she] THE INDIVIDUAL is licensed
under this subtitle, [or] is [a person] AN INDIVIDUAL
especially qualified to practice midwifery, or is AN
INDIVIDUAL recognized by law as a midwife. NOTHING SET

FORTH HEREIN SHALL PROHIBIT ANY INDIVIDUAL OTHERWISE

AUTHORIZED BY LAW FROM PRACTICING MIDWIFERY OR FROM

REFERRING TO HERSELF AS A MIDWIFE.

84.

[From and after the 1st day of July, 1924, it shall be
unlawful for any person,] AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS not [being]
licensed to practice midwifery under the provisions of this
subtitle[, and not being a licensed practitioner of
medicine, to] MAY NOT attend women in childbirth[,
habitually or for hire,] except under the personal
direction and supervision of a [licensed practitioner of
medicine] PHYSICIAN.

85.

It shall be unlawful for any person licensed under this
subtitle to employ or permit an unlicensed person to act as
his [or her] substitute, and the license issued under this
subtitle shall not confer upon any person any right to
practice medicine, to prescribe [or administer] drugs, to
undertake charge of THE ADMINISTRATION OF CARE FOR abnormal
cases of [confinement,] PREGNANCY or of any disease in
connection with parturition, or to assume any name, title or
designation implying that [such] THE person is authorized by
law to [undertake charge of] TREAT any [of] such cases or to
practice medicine or to prescribe [or administer] drugs.

[86.

Any person who is licensed to practice midwifery on
June 1, 1924, shall be entitled to a license under the
provisions of this subtitle, upon the surrender of the
certificate of licensure he or she now holds to the State
Board of Health. ]

86.

(A) A PERSON MAY NOT BE LICENSED AS A MIDWIFE UNLESS