Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-03-23
ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE.
pHYs1cIArs AND SURGEONS.


AN ACT to regulate the licensing Of Physicians
and Surgeons. -
SECTION / Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the State OF South
Carolina, now met and sitting in General AS
sembly, and by authority Of the same, A per-
son shall not practice medicine or physic or
surgery, for compensation, within the State,
unless he is twentY-one years OF age, and eth
er has been heretofore authorized to DO SO,
pursuant to the laws in force at the time OF
his authorization, or is; hereafter authorized
to do so by subsequent Sections OF this Act.
SEC. 2. Every person now lawfully engaged
in the practice of physic and surgery WITHIN
the State shall, on or before the 1st day OF
June, 1882, and every person hereafter duly
auth )rized to practise physic and surgery,
shall before commencing to practise, register
in the Clerks office of the county where he is
practising or intends to commence the prac-
tice of physc and surgery, in book to I've
kept by said clerk, his name, residence, and
place of birth, together with his authority for
so practising physic and surgery as prescribed
in this Act. The person so registering, shall
subscribe and verify by oath or affirmation,
before person duly qualified to administer
oaths under the laws or the State, an affidavit
containing such facts, and whether such au-
thority is by diploma or license, and the date
wilfully false, shall subject the affiant to
conviction and punishment for perjury. The
County Clerk to receive a fee of (25) twenty
FIVE cents for such registration, to be paid by
the person so registering.
SEC. 3. A person. who violates either Of the
two preceding Sections Of this Act, or who
shall practice physic or surgery under cover OF
diploma illegally obtained, is guilty Of mis-
demeanor, punishable by a fine not less than
(S5O) fifty dollars, nor more than ($200) two
hundred dollars for the first offense, and each
subsequent offense by a fine not less than ($lO0)
one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for
not less than (30) thirty days, nor more than
(90) ninety days, or both. The fine, when COL
or corporation making the complaint, the 9TH
er half into the county treasury. ~
SEC. 4. A person coming to the State may
be licensed to practise physic or surgery, or
either, within the State, in the following man.
ner If he has diploma comforting upon him
the degree of Doctor Of Medicine, issued by
an incorporated University, Medical College,
or Medical School without the State, he shall
exhibit the same to the faculty Of some incor-
porated medical college, or the Medical Board
of the State, with satisfactory evidence Of his
good moral character, and such other evidence,
if any, of his qualifications as aphysician and
surgeon, as said medical college or Medical
Board may require. If his diploma and quail
fcations are approved by them, then they shall
endorse said diploma, which shall make it, for
the purpose of his license to practise medicine
and surgery within this State, the same as If
issued by them. This applicant shall pay to
the Dean Of said Faculty, or Medical Board,
the sum of twenty t$20) dollars for such ex-
animation and endorsement. The endorsed
diploma shall authorize him to practise physic
and surgery within the State, upon his conf
plying with the provisions of Section two OF
this Act.
SEC. S. The Medical Board referred to in
the previous Section shall be composed OF the
physicians and surgeons constituting the local
Board of Health in the various counties OF the
State-the local Board Of Health for each
county having Jurisdiction over all matters
contrary to this Act occurring within its bOr-
ders. The money paid by the applicant TO the
Dean of said Medical College, or the MEDICAL
Board, shall be given to the Treasurer Of the
State Board of Health, to be used for sanitary
| purposes
SEC. 6. The degree of Doctor of Medicine,
lawfully conferred by any medical college or
university in this State, shall be a license to
practise physic and surgery within the State,
after the person to whom it is granted shall
have complied with Section two Of this Act
SEC. 7. Nothing in this Act shall apply to
commissioned medical officers of the United
States Army or Navy or the United States
Marine Hospital Service.
| SEC. s. All Acts or parts of Acts inconsis-
tent with this Act are hereby repealed.
Approved December 18th, 1881.