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contained in Art. 27, § 643, which sets forth the
general rule that, notwithstanding a prescribed
minimum penalty, the court nevertheless may
impose a lesser penalty of the same character.

As to the present references to the exceptions
regarding the practice of medicine and the
practice of chiropractic, see § 11-103 of this
title.

The General Assembly may wish to consider that
the penalty provisions in present Art. 43, §§
479 and 480 diverge inexplicably. There is no
coherent scheme as to the severity of a penalty
for a given violation.

SUBTITLE 5. SHORT TITLE; TERMINATION OF TITLE.

11-501. SHORT TITLE.

THIS TITLE MAY BE CITED AS THE "MARYLAND OSTEOPATHY
ACT" .

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language added to
conform to similar sections in other titles of
this article and to provide a convenient
reference to this title.

11-502. TERMINATION OF TITLE.

SUBJECT TO THE EVALUATION AND REESTABLISHMENT
PROVISIONS OF THE REGULATORY PROGRAMS EVALUATION ACT OF
1978, THIS TITLE AND ALL RULES AND REGULATIONS ADOPTED UNDER
THIS TITLE SHALL TERMINATE AND BE OF NO EFFECT AFTER JULY 1,
1982.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived
without substantive change from Art. 43, § 480A.

As to the Regulatory Programs Evaluation Act of
1978, see Art. 41, § 484 et seq. of the Code.

GENERAL REVISOR'S NOTE:

Registration.

The present provisions of Art. 43 that govern the
practice of osteopathy provide that before an individual may
practice osteopathy in this State, the individual must be
both licensed and registered. The statutes then provide for
periodic reregistration, i.e., periodic registration
renewal. On analysis, the Commission to Revise the
Annotated Code has found that these provisions serve no
substantive purpose that could not be accomplished more
directly by the pattern followed under Art. 43 for the
licensing of most other health occupations. That pattern
requires that the practitioner have a license and renew the