Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-01-24

dean of any medical school or the presi-
dent of any medical society of the state.
After examination, said board shall grant
a license to such applicant to practice
medicine, surgery and obstetrics in the
state OF North Dakota, which said license
can only be granted by the consent of not
less than seven members of said board,
and which said license shall be signed by
the president and secretary of said board
and attested by the seal thereof. The fee
OF such examination shall be the sum of
twenty dollars. and shall be paid by the
applicant to the treasurer of said board, to
be applied by the said board towards pay
ing the expenses thereof. And such board
may revoke or refuse a license for unDro-
1esSlonal, ~dishonorable or immoral con-
duct, for chronic or persistent inebriety,
the practice or criminal abortion, or for
publicly advertising special ability to treat
or cure diseases which. in the opinion of
SAID board, it is impossible to cure. In
complaints for violating the provisions of
this section. the accused person shall be
furnished with a copy of the complaint
II given a hearing before said board in
person or by attorney. In all cases OF re-
fusal or revocation the applicant may ap-
peal to the appointing power of said
board.
SEC. 4. The person so receiving said
license shall file the same or a certified
copy thereof with the register of deeds
Where he or she resides. M said register
OF deeds shall file said certificate or copy
tnereof, and enter a memorandum thereof,
giving date of said license and name of
person to whom same is issued, and the
date OF such filing, in a book to be pro-
vlded and kept for that purpose, and a list
OF all certificates on file in his office, and
upon notice to him of the change of lOca-
tion or death OF a person so licensed, or of
Tie revocation of the license granted to
such persons. sa d register OF deeds shall
enter at the appropriate places in the record
so kept by him a memorandum Of said
1act; so that the record so kept by the said
register of deeds shall correspond with the
records Of the said board as kept by the
secretary thereof. In case a person so
licensed shall move into another county Of
this state, he or she shall procure from the
register OF deeds a certified copy OF said
license, and file the same with the register
OF deeds in the county in which he or she
sllall remove. Said register of deeds shall
file and enter the same with like effect as
II the same was the original license.
SEC. ). This act shall not apply to com
mlssloned surgeons OF the United States
army or navy. to the physicians or sur
geOns III actual consultation from other
states or territories, or to actual medical
students practicing medicine under the
direct supervision of a preceptor.
SEC. +. Amy person practicing medi-
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without first having obtained the license
herein provided for, or contrary to the pro-
VISIONS OF this act, shall DC deemed guilty
OF Il mlSdolneanor, and upon conviction
thereof in any cour of competent juridlc-
ton, shall be fined not less than fifty nor
more than I'VE hundred dollars, or by i'm
prisonment Ill the county Jail not less than
zen days nor more than sixty
days, or both fine and imprison-
mcnt. Amy person shall be regarded as
prnctlcing within the measure OF this act
who shall append the letters M. D." or
M. -" to his or her name, or for a fee
prescribe, direct or recommend for the
use OF any person, any drug or medicine,
or other agency for the treatment, care or
relief of any wound, fracture or bodily in
jury, intirmlty or disease; provided, how
even, this act shall not apply to dentists. 1t
shall be the duty of the respective states
attorneys to prosecute violations of this
act.
SEC. All acts and parts of acts here
tofOre passed inconsistent with the pro-
visions of this act are hereby repealed.
Approved January 10, 1880.