Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-20
THE MEDICAL BOARD.


IExamination OF Physicians Diplomas 70
Begin In Helena To-Morrow-AH Prac-
titioners Have to Submit Them or
Undergo Examination by the Board.
As will be seen by the circular published
below, from the secretary oil the Board OF
Medical Examiners OF Montana. which
was sent to every physician known to the
secretary in the Territory. together wit
blanks to fill in with the names OF such as
might be overlooked sent to the members
Of the Board, there is likely to be music in
the air in medical Circles soon. The Board
was appointed by the Governor in pursu-
ance Of the provisions OF the Medical
Practice Act passed at the last session OF
the legislature. has had some preliminary
meetiues for organizing and aecertaining
the limits of their jurisdiction, and the
ne .sion announced for tomorrow is there.
fore the first business meeting OF the o
for the purpose for which it was
created. The Board have engaged as their
counsel the Hon. N. j. Mcconnell, so that
they have the best legal assistance in their
nroceedinps. Speaking to q physician yes.
terday on the subject, it was learned h a
the irregular practitioners in the Terri' DRY
are not at all scared by the formidabie
powers Of the Board, and it remain to be
seen whether the powers with which the
legislature has clothed the Board are
Feapable of reaching the ends sought to be
attained.
DR.. Leavitt, one of the members OF the
Board, will leave for the capital to- or
row evening. The circular is as follows:
Board OF Medical Examiners OF Montana,
Great Falls. April -, 1889. DR.. -:
Dear Sir: In. accordance with the terms oil
an act passed by the Sixteenth Legislative
Assembly. entitled IAN Act to Regulate
the Practice OF Medicine in Montana"
known as H. B. No. g, you are hert by mott
thereby created will be IN. session on the
18th day of April, 1889, at Helena, at
which time diplomas will be examined and
passed upon. and those not graduates ex-
-amined upon the branches OF stu,iy as re-
quired by said act. In either case q fee I !
$500 must be paid in advance to the
secretary of the Board.
ERNEST CRUTCHER, NJ. D., Secretary,
I am instructed by the Board to call
your attention to the following provisions
OF this act in the statutes Of Montana:
Section z. Any person practicing medi-
cine or surgery within this Territory with
cut first having obtained the certificate to
practice as herein provided for. orcontrary
to the provisions OF this act, after the expi-
ration OF sixty days aiter this act takes
effect. shall, for each violation OF the pro-
visions OF this act, be deemed guilty OF a
m~isdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall
be fined not more than five hundred $500
nor less than one hundred (100) dollars,
or by imprisonment in the county Jail,
FIR mot, mora than ninafv fQ0\ HQva NOR
less than thirty (3O) days, or by both
such fine and Imprisonment as the court
may determine. Any person shall be re-
qarded practicing, within the meaning OF
this act, who shall append the letters IN.
D." Or IN. B." to his or her name, for a
fee, for prescribing medicine, operating in
surgery. attending in obstetrics, recon.
mending for the use OF any sick person the
use of any drug or medicine, or other
agency OF treatment. cure or relief OF any
wound, fracture or bodily injury or disease,
as a ply stefan or surgeon: Provided, how.
ever, that this act shall not apply to dent
lists practicing dentistry.