The Osceola times., 1881-05-07
An Act to Regulate the Practice
Of Medicine and Surgery in
this Stale.

DC III enacted Dy lne Neneral AS
sembly of the State of Arkansas
SECTION |. That hereafter no per.
son shall practice medicine and sur
gerry, or medicine or surgery, as a
profession IN this state, without first
being registered as a physician and
surgeon or physician or surgeon, IN
the Office OF the clerk OF the county
court OF some county in this state.
SEC. 2. Each county clerk in this
state shall keep in his Office we'll
bound book in which he shall regis.
ter the names Of all such persons as
shall be lawfully qualified as here.
inaaer provided, aud who shall ap.
Iply for registration as physicians
and surgeons, or physicians or sur
geons, with the dat5 Of reg istrauOn.
SIC. 3. That hereafter, any per
son. who may wish to practice as
physician and surgeon, OF either, in
this state, shall be allowed to regis.
ter as such, who shall file with the
clerk OF tie county court of any
county IN this srate, certificate OF
qualification slgned by Il majority
Of the county board of medical ex-
aminers OF the county in which he
or she offers TO register. Provided
that no person shall be allowed to
register as physician or surgeon un-
III he or she shall have obtained the
age oil twen'y-one (2l) years. Pro
vided, further that any person liv-
ing in county in winch no board
is organized may apply to the board
of some other county, or to the
state board.
SEC 4. That Immediately after
the passage of this act the county
judge of each county Of this state
shall appoint for his county a board
of medical examiners, consisting of
three persons, who shall be ciuzens
of such county and learned IN the
sciences of medicine and surgery,
of good moral character, and duly
registered under this act, who shall
hold their Offices until the first term
of such county court IN the year
1882, at which time, and every four
years thereafter, said board shall be
again tlIed by appointment as
above provided, and should a yaoan.
oy occur in sand board at any time,
the same shall be filed by appoint
ment made by the county judge.
SEC. 5. That the members OF said
board shall before entering upon
the discharge Of their duties, take
the official oath prescribed by the
constitution OF this state; that at the
first meeting Of the mbers OF such
board, after they shall have been
appointed, preparatory to the trans
action Of the business assigned them
undor this act, they shall organize
by olectiug one other members as
president and another as secretary.
The regular meetings OF such board
shall be held quarterly, al the court
house of the proper county, on the
first Mondays in January, April,
July and October IN each year, aud
when so assembled SAID board shall
faithfully and impartially examine
all such persons as shall appear be-
fore them for that purpose, touch
ing their qualifications to practice
medicine and surgery, or either, and
all such persons as shall satisfy such
board of examiners, or a majority
of them, that he OF she is twenty
ono (2l) years Of age, Of good moral
character. and fully qualified IN
knowledge and capacity to pract'cc
medicine aud surgery, or either,
shall receive from such board q Ger.
tihcate Of qualification as physician
and surgeon, or either physician or
surgeon az the case may be, which
certificate shall entitle such persons
to registration under the provisions
Of sections two (2) and three CD OF
tins act; provided, always. that sucl,
physician or surgeon shall be regis
tered in the same county in which
he or she was examined, except Is
provided in section ten Q0J of thi;
act; provided, that any person de-
siring to be examined at any other
than the tine Of the regular quar-.
terly meeting shall notify the pres
idert of the board of such dcs'Tc