The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-03-13
THE MEDICAL BILL.

cine in the State Of Kansas.
BE ii Enacted By the Legislature Of the State Of
SECTION l. Every person in this State
practicing medicine or surgery in any Of
its departments shall possess the qualifca-
lions required by the Act. Every such
person shall present his diploma to
one of the boards of examiners herein
named together with affidavit mentioned
In section four of this act. If the board
shall find all the facts required to be stat
ed in said affidavit to be true, the board of
examiners shall issue its certificate to that
effect, signed by majority of the MEM
bers thereof and sealed with the seal of the
board, and such certificate shall be con-
elusive as to the rights of the person
named therein to practice medicine and
surgery in any part of this State.
SEC. 2. The Kansas medical society,
the Eclectic medical society of the State Of
Kansas, the Homeopathic state medical
society, corporations organized and exist
ing under and by virtue of the laws Of this
state or either of them ard no other cor
poration society, person or persons shall
each appoint annually board Of examin-
ers consisting Of seven members, who
shall hold their Office for one year ard I'M
til their successors shall be chosen and
qualified. The examiners so appointed
shall 90 before some judge of the district
court or probate judge Of this state and
either the Allopathic, Eclectic, Homeo-
pathic schools and that they will faith
fully perform the duties of their office.
Vancancies occurring in the board Of ex-
amlners now organized, or existing. or
that may be hereafter organized under
and by virtue of their appointments by
any Of the societies mentioned in this sec
ton, shall continue to act as such boards
until their successors are appointed at the
annual election.
SEC. 3. The boards of examiners shall
organize within three months after the
passage of this act. They shall procure a
seal, and receive through their secretary
applications for certificates and examina-
tions. The President of each board shall
have authority to administer oaths, and
the board take testimony IN all meetings
relating to their duties. They shall issue
certificates to all who furnish satisfactory
proof of having diplomas in all meetings
relating to their duties. They shall issue
certificates to all who furnish satisfactory
proof of having diplomat or licences, the
other for candidates examined by the
board. They shall send to the county
clerk Of the several counties of this State
a list of all persons receiving certificates.
In selecting places to hold their meetings,
they shall, as far as is reasonable, accom-
modate applicants residing IN different
sections of the State, and due notice shall
be published of all their meetings. Ger
tiicates shall be signed by all the MEM
bers of the board granting them, and
shall indicate the medical society to
which the examining board is attached.
The board shall meet within thirty days
after application made to its secretary by
any person desiring examination.
SEC. 4. Said Board OF Examiners shall
examine diplomas as to their genuineness,
and if the diploma shall be found genuine
as represented the Secretary of the Board
Of Examiners shall receive a fee of five
dollars from each graduate or licentiate.
and no further charge shall be made to the
applicant; but if it be found to be fraudu-
lent or not lawfully owned by the posses
scr, the board shall be entitled to charge
and collect twenty dollars of the applicant
presenting such diploma. The appli-
cant shall accompany his diploma with an
affidavit stating that he is the lawful pos
SCISSOR of the same; that he is the person
therein named; that the diploma was pro-
cured in the regular course of medical in
struction. and without fraud or misrepre-
sentation of any kind, and that the med
icai institution granting the diploma had
at the time of the granting the same full
corpse of medical instructors, and was at
the same time legally incorporated insti-
tuition actually and in good faith engaged
in the business OF medical education, and
in good standing as 4 medical institution,
and that the applicant has complied with
all requirements of SAID institution. Such
affidavit may be taken before any person
authorized to administer oaths, and the
same shall be attested under the hands
and official seal of such officer, if he have
seal. In addition to such affidavit. the
Board Of Examiners may hear such further
testimony as In their discretion they deem
proper to hear as to the verifcation of any
such diploma, or as to the identity of the
person named therein, or as to the man.
ner in which any such diploma was pro-
cured, and If it should appear from such
testimony that any fact stated in such af.
tidavit is untrue, the application of such
person for a certificate shall be reje ,ted
3NohV VI tpdlus sudit sln tlI-
plication which has been rejected by an
other Of said boards, nor shall any rejected
application be renewed until at least one
year after the action of the board rejecting
the same.
SEC. ). All examinations persons no,
graduates shall be made directly by the
Board. and the certificates given by the
Boards shall authorize the persons to
practice medicine and surgery in the State
of Kansas.
SEC. 6. Every person holding a certlf-
cate from Board of Examiners, shall
have 1t recorded in the Office of the County
Clerk OF the county in which he resides,
and the recording of the same shall he in.
dorsed thereon. Any person removing TO
another county to practice shall procur.
an endorsement to that effect on the Ger.
titicate from the County Clerk, and shall
record the certgcate in like manner in the
county TO which he removes, and the mold.
er of the certificate shall pay to the County
Clerk the usual fees for making the recc.
ord.
SEC. z. The County Clerk shall keep In
book provided for that purpose. com.
plete list of the certificates recorded by
him, with the date Of the issue. and the
name OF the medical society represented
by the Board of Examiners issuing them
II the certificate be based on a diploma OF
license, be shall recon. the name of tn,
medical institution comforting it. and tn,
date whea conferred. The register Of tn,
County Clerk shall De- open to pubic in
spection during business hours.
SIC. s. Candidates tor examination
shall pay fee of FIVE dollars. in advance
The fees received by the Board slIsll l.,
paid into the Treasury If the Medical So
ci.ty by which the Board shall have bcc,
appointed. and the expenses and couipen
saf'on OF the Boar1 shall be suhiec. h ar
rangement Of the Society.