Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-04-10
AN ACT
To Prevent the Practice of Medicine, Surgery or Obstetrics by Unquali- fled Persons.

AANl GAeOhes
 Be it enacted by the Legislative As
 sembly of the Territory of Arizons.
 SECTION l. IL shall not be lawful for any person 10 practice medicine, surgery OI obstetrics m this Territory unless such person shall have oblaIn- ed a diploma regularly issued by medical college properly and lawfully organized, and in good standing at the time of the issue of such diploma, or unless such person shall have ob- tained a license from d Board of Med ical EXsminers legally existing at the time ana qualified 10 issue such li- l ceuse under the laws oi the State, Territory or county where such Board of Examiners then existed. Such di- ploma or license must state that such person is qualified ill the branch of the medical profession; provided, however, that a diploma or license Las been or that may be hereafter granted for mOneyed consideration or other articles or value alone; and provided further, that no diploma or license regularly issued, as Eereinbe- fore stated, and which has been re. voked or cancelled by the medical college from which il was issued by lLe act Of the Legislature or any State or 1erritory, within which the same was granted, shall not be considered a sufficient qualification unler the act.
 SEC. 2. Every person engaged in the practice oi medicine, surgery or obstetrics shall register in the County Recorders office of the county where he is practicing or intends to practice, Tn book 10 be kept by the County Recorder, his name, residence a. place of birth, together with a true and correct copy Of bis diploma or li- cense, as required by Section of this act. The person so registering shall describe and verify, by oath or altirma- Iion before person duly qualified to administer oath, that tLe copy so reg IsteIed Is tue and correct copy of the original diploma or license Tn his possession, and that be is the identi- cal person named Ip the original di- plOMa or license, and that le has at tended al least one full course of lectures in the medical college from which such diploma or license was issutd, which affidavit IS 10 be re- duced to writing ana annexed 10 the the copy reduced to writing, and au- nexed 10 the copy required 10 be reg Istered under he provisions of this act. The County Recorder Is to re- ceiYe a fee of hye dollars for each and every registration under this act, 10 be paid by the person so registering.
 SEC. 3. Any person who has been m continuous practice of medicine, surgery and obstetrics in this Terrl- tory for five years previous to this act is hereby authorized tC pursue the same without compliance with the above section.
 SEC. i. The provisions of this act | shall not apply to persons who shall l prescribe for the sick or practice ob- | stetrIcs in any Town, village or settle | ment Tn which there is DO regularly | educated and licensed physician prac- ticing.
 SEC. ,. Any person violating the | provisions of this act shall be deemed | guilty of misdemeanOr, and on con- | vIction therof shall be punished by a | fine of not less than fifty nor more | than one thousand dollars, or by i'm prisonment in the county jail not ex- ceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
 SEC. 6. An act entitled " An Act to encourage scientific medical prae- tice, and 10 prevent quackery, aD- proved January 31, 1873, is hereby repealed.
 SEC. :. This act shall take effect and be in force on and after the 1st day of May, 1881. J. F. KNAPP,
 Speaker House of Representatives.
 MURAT MAsTERsoN,
 President of the Council.
 Approved February 8, 1881.
 J. C. FREMONT,
 Governor Territory of Arizona. TERRITORY or ARIZONA,
 OFFICE OF SECRETARY,
 I, John J Gosper, Secretary of the Territory of Arizona, do hereby cer- ify that the foregoing is a true and perfect copy of the original act now )n file in my office. In witness whereof l have heTeunto et my hand and affixed my official cal. Done at Prescott, this 25th day )f March, A. b. 1881.
 JOHN J. GosPER, |
 Secretary of the Territory. l '