Morris tribune., 1883-05-30
AN ACT to regulate the practice of medicine in the
| State of Minnesota.
Be it enacted By the Legislature of the State of


AN ACT to regulate the practice Of medicine in the
Be it enacted By the Legislature of the State Of
Minnesota:
cine in any of its departments shall possess the
qualifications required by this act. If a graduate
in medicine, be shall present his diploma to tho
aiming board hereinafter constituted, for verica-
ton as to its genuneness. If the diploma is found
genuine, and if tae person named therein be the
person claiming and presenting the ame,the board
shall issue its certificate to that effect signed By all
of the members thereof, and such Diploma and GER
fcate snail be conclusive to the right of the law
full holder of the same to practice medicine in this
State. If not a graduate, the person practising
medicine in this State shall present himself before
said board and submit himself to such examinations
as the said board shall require; and if the exam-
nation be satisfactory to the examiners, the said
board shall issue its certificate in accordance with
the facts, aud the lawful holder of such certificate
shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges
hereinafter mentioned.
Sec 2. The faculty of the medical department
of the University of Minnesota shall organize
| board of examiners as herein provided, within
three months after the passage OF this act;
| they shall procure seal and shall re-
Give, through their secretary, applications
for certificates and examinations; the president
secretary shall have authority to administer oaths,
and the board to take testimony in all matters
ating to its duties; it shall issue certificates to all
who furnish satisfactory proof of having received
diplomas licenses from legally chartered medical
institutions in good standing; it shall prepare two
forms Of certificates, one for persons IN possession
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| examined by the board; it shall furnish to the
county clerks of the several counties list of all
persons receiving certificates. In selecting places
to hold its meetings the board shall, as far as Is
| reasonable, accommodate applicants residing in
different sections of the State, and due notice shall
be published of all its meetings. Certificates shall
be signed by all the members of the board granting
| them.
| Sec 8. Said board shall examine diplomas as to
| their genuineness, and if the diplomas shall be
found genuine represented, the secretary of the
board shall receive fee of Que dollar from such
graduate licentiate, and further charge shall
be made to the applicants; but If it be found to be
fraudulent not lawfully owned by the possessor,
the board shall be entitled to charge and collect
| twenty dollars of the applicant presenting such
| consist in the affidavit of the holder and
applicant presenting such diploma, that he
| is the lawful possessor of the same and
| that he is the person therein named. Such afl-
davit may be taken before any person authorized to
administer oaths, and the same shall be attested I'M
der the hand and official seal of such officer if he
| have seal. Graduates may present their diplomas
and afdavits as provided in this act b! letter or
by proxy and the board shall issue its certificate the
same as though the owner of the diploma was pres
| ent.
| Sec a. All examinations of persons not graduates
or licentiates shall be made directly bv the board,
aud the certificates given by the board shall author
Ze the possessor to practice medicine and surgery
| in the State of Minnesota.
| Sec s. Every person holding certificate from the
| board of examiners shall have it recorded in the
office of the clerk of the county in which he resides,
| and the record shall be endorsed thereon. Any
person removing to another county to practice shall
procure endorsement to that effect on the GER
ticate from the county clerk, and shall record the
certificate in like in the county to which he
removes, and the holder of the certificate shall pay
to the county clerk the usual fees for making the
record.
Sec 6. The county clerk shall keep, in book
provided for the purpose. complete list of the
| certificates recorded by him, with the date of
the ISSUE If the certificate be based on a diploma
or license, he shall record the name Of the medical
institution comforting it, and the date when con-
! ferred
| Sec. z Candidates for examination shall pay fee
of five dollars (S5) in advance, which shall be
turned to them If a certificate be refused. The
fees received by the board shall be paid into the
| State treasury
| Sec 8. Examinations may be made in whole
in part in writing and shall be of an elementary
and practical character, put sufficiently strict TO
| test the qualifications of the candidate as prac-
| tiuoner.
| Sec 9. The board of examiners NAV refuse GER
tificates to individuals guilty of unprofessional or
dshonorable conduct, and they may revoke certif-
Gates for like causes In all of refusal or re-
vokation the applicant may appeal TO the BODY APP
| pointing the board.
Sec. 10. Any person shall be regarded as prac-
ticng within the meaning of this act, who shall pro-
fess publicly to be physician and to prescribe for
| the sick, who shall append to his name the let
tiers IN. D.. But nothing in this act shall be con-
strued to prohibit students from prescribing under
the supervision Of preceptors or to prohibit gratu-
itous' services in of emergency. And this act
| apply to commissioned surgeons in the United
States army and navy.
| Sec. II. Any itinerant vendor of any drug. nos
| trum, ointment or appliance of any kind intended
for the treatment of disease injury, or who shall
| by writing or printing, any other method pub
licy profess to cure treat disease injury de-
| formity by any drug, nostrum, other expedient
shall pay license of one hundred dollars (S100)
month"; to be collected in the usual way.
| Sec. IL. Any person practcing medicine sur
gerry in this state without complying with the pro-
| visions of this act, shall be punished by fine Of
not less than fifty dollars $500 nor than five
| hundred dollars $500 or by imprisonment in the
county Jail for period of not less than thirty (30)
days nor more than three hundred and sixty i've
1861 days, or by both such fine and Imprisonment
for each and every oense; and any person filing or