Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-08-09
An Act
TO REGULATE THE REGISTRATION OF ALI
gerry.


SECTION 1. That the prothonotary of each
county shall purchase book of suitable size,
to be known as the medical register of the
county, (if such book has not been purchased
already, and snail set apart one full page for
t the registration of each practitioner, and
when any practitioner shall depart this lie,
or move from the county, he shall make Il
note of the same at the bottom of the page,
and shall perform such other duties rs are re-
quired by this act. .,..s..
SEC. 2. Every person who shall practice
medicine or surgery, or any of the branches
of medicine or surgery, for gain, or shall re-
ceiye or accept for his or her services, as
practitioner of medicine or surgery any fee
or reward, directly or indirectly, shall be Il
graduate of a legally chartered med cal cot
lege or university, having authority to confer
the degree of doctor Of medicine, Except as
provided for i'm section five of this act, and
such person shall present to the prothonota-
rv of the county in which he or she resides or
sojourns, his or her medical diploma, as well
as a true copy of the same. including any en-
dorsements thereon, and shall make affidavit
before him that the diploma and endorse
ments are genuine; thereuDon the psOthono-
tary shall enter the following in the register,
to wit: The name in full of the practitioner,
his or her place of nativity, his or her place
of residence, the name of the college or uni
versity that has conferred the degree of doc
tor of medicine, the year when such degree
was conferred, and in like manner any other
degree or degrees that the practitioner may
desire to place on record, to all Of which the
practitioner shall likewise make affidavit be-
fore the Prothonotary, and the prothonotary
shall place the copy of such diploma, including
the endorsements in full, in his office, for in
spectIon by the public.
SEC. 3. Any person whose medical diploma
has been lost, shall present to the PrOthonO-
tary. of the county, in which he or she resides
or soiournes, a duly certified copy of his or
her diploma, but if the same is not Obtaina-
Bile, Il statement of this fact, together with
tue names of, the professors whose lectures
he or she attended and the branches of study
upon which each professor lectured. to all of
which the practitioner shall make affidavit
before the prothonatary, after which the
practitioner shall be allowed to register, in
manner and form as indicated in sec. ., of
this act, and the prothonotary shall place snch
certified statement on file in his office, for i'll
Spection by the public.
SEC. 4. Any person. who may desire to
commence the practice of medicine or sur
gerry in this state after the passage of this act,
having diploma ISSUED or purpOrting to have
been issued by any college, university, society
or association in another state, or foreign
country, shall lay the same before the faculty
Of one of the medical colleges or universities
of this commonwealth for inspection, and the
faculty. being satisfied as to the qualifications
OF the applicuntand the genunenesS of the
diploma, shall direct the dean of the faculty
to endorse the same, after which such person
shall be allowed to register, as required by
sec. of this act.
SEC. 5. Any person, who has been in the
continuous practice of medicine or surgery in
this commonwealth since one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-one without the degree of
doctor of medicine. shall be allowed to con-
tnue such practice, but such person shall
nevertheless appear before the prothonotary
OF the county. in which he or she resides, and
shall present to him Il written statement of
these facts, to which the practitioner shall
make affidavit. Thereupon the prothonotary
shall enter the following in the register, to-
wit: tile name in full of the practitioner, his
or her place of nativity. his or her place of
residence. the time of continuous practice in
this commonwealth and the place or places
where such practice was pursued. to all of
which the practitioner shall likewise make
affidavit. and the prothonotary shall place he
certified statement on file in his office, for in
spection by the public.
SEC. 6. Every practitioner, who shall be
admitted to registration, shall pay the pre-
thonotary one dollar, which shall he compen
sation in full for registration, and the pro-
thOnatary shall give Il RECEIPT for the same.
SECT Any practitioner, who shall present
to the faculty Of an institution for endorse
melr or toal prothonotary Il diploma which
has been obtained fraudulently, or is in whole
or in part forgery, or shall make affidavit