Every licensed midwife shall procure from the secretary of the board annually on or before November first, a certificate of registration. The certificate shall be issued by said secretary upon the payment of a fee to be fixed by the board, not to exceed the sum of five dollars. The secretary shall mail annually, on or before October first, to each licensed midwife a printed blank form to be properly filled in and returned by such licensed person on or before the succeeding November first to the secretary of the board. Upon the receipt of the form properly filled in, and such fee, the annual certificate of registration shall be issued and transmitted. Said secretary shall annually, on or before the first day of January, mail to each licensed midwife who has registered for the preceding year a list containing the names and post-office addresses of all licensed midwives who have registered under this chapter for said year. Every licensed midwife who continues the practice of midwifery after having failed to secure any annual certificate of registration at the time and in the manner required by this section shall be subject to a penalty of twenty-five dollars for each such failure, which penalty shall be sued for and recovered by the board in the manner hereinafter provided for the recovery of penalties.
N.J.S. § 45:10-7