The morning call., 1890-11-09
THE CALLS
QUERY COLUMN.
CALIFORNIA; Regulation of the
Practice of Medicine.

CALIFORNIA; Regulation of the
Practice of Medicine.
Financial Problems-Urited States Army.
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view TO aid all seekers after knowledge of geh-
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Catch questions will not receive any attention.
No opinion will be given In this column regard
Ing the reliability or character OF any person or
hrms IN this city or elsewhere.
questions, answers TO which are In the nature
OF an advertisement, Will not be answered
Every inquiry must have the true and full
name Of the sender, as well as the correct resi-
denee. Any inquiry that.has not the cor
rect name and address Of the sender viii
be treated ms IL 1t was not signed, and the
writer need not expect an answer.
GSSALIFoRNIA's MEDICAL LAw-D. II.
4SsSe B., Webber's Falls, Ind. L. Tie
~ statute of California regulating the
practice of medicine is contained in the
Penal Code of this State and was an act ap-
proved April 8, 1876 Statutes 1e75-76N. 1t
numbers fourteen sections and is herewith
summarized only: Section l requires that
every person in the State practicing me-
dicine or surgery shall possess necessary
qualifications, present his diploma to one OF
the Boards of Examiners with an affidavit,
and all the facts in the latter having been
found to be true shall have issued to him
certificate to that effect under sign and
seal of the board, which shall be couclu-
sive as to the right OF the person named to
practice in this State. According to the
next section the Medical, Eclectic and the
California Homeopathic Medical societies
and none other shall annually appoint
Board of Examiners, numbering seven, who
shall hold for one year and until their sue
cessors are appointed. They shall take
oath that they are regular grad
yates before assuming to perform the
duties of the Office. Section provides
that the President of each board shall have
authority to administer oaths, and the board
to take testimony in all meetings relating to
their duties; shall Issue certificates to all
who furnish satisfactory proof OF having
received diplomas or licenses from legally
chartered medical institutions in good stand
ing, etc. and shall furnish to the County
ing certificates. By the next section the
boards are empowered to examine diplomas
as to their commences, and if found so the
Secretary shall receive So from each gradu-
ate, and no more; but if found TO
be fraudulent, or not lawfully owned,
the board shall be entitled to charge and col
lect $40. The diploma shall be accompanied
by affidavit that the holder is the lawful
pOsSeSsOr and the person therein named;
that the diploma was secured IN the regular
course OF medical instruction and Without
fraud or Misrepresentation that the lnstitu-
ton granting II had at the tine OF It's lSsu-
ance full corps Of medical instructors, was
legally Incorporated institution actually
and III good faith engaged in the business OF
medical education, ana that he has c0mpllPd
with all its requirements. In addition to
the affidavit the board may take evidence III
its discretion as to any OF the matters ln-
volved, and if any of the things are found 10
be untrue the application shall be rejected.
None OF said boards shall entertain an APP
plication rejected by another, nor can
rejected application be renewed until at
least one year after the action OF the
board rejecting No examination OF per-
sons not graduates or licentates is per-
mitted by the next section after the 3lst OF
December, 1876, and it is made obligatory
upon every person holding certificate to
have the same recorded with the County
Clerk, and upon removal to another county
to practice to procure an Endorsement and
have a record made in the county to which
he removes. Section provides for
record book of certificates by the County
Clerk, and Section for a fee of So in ad
vance for examination by the boards.
to be returned if certificate is
refused, all fees to be turned into the treas
ury Of the society by which appointed, the
expenses and compensation OF the board
subject to the arrangement with the society,"
Examinations may be oral or in writing, ele-
menlary and practical. and sufficiently strict
to test the gu qualifications as practitioner
Section 10 provides for the refusal OF certl1-
Gates to persons guilty of unprolessional
conduct, but not until after citation and
hearing as to such unprofesSonal conduct,
within one year next preceding the appllca-
ton for q certificate. Section ii defines what
is the practice OF medicine regarding every
person as doing so who shall profess pub
lcly to be a physician, or who shall
habitualy prescribe for the sick or
append to his name the letters Md,
gTatuitouS services in cases OF emergency
and Amy and navy surgeons excepted. Tin
Grant vendors, who shall sell nostrums or
profess to treat or cure any disease, are
liable TO a license of 800 a month, and the
practice generally OF medicine in violation
of the act is punished by tine not less than
$50 nor more than $500, or imprisonment for
80 to 3G5 days. or both. The filing of a d.
ploma of another or forged affidavit OF
identification is a felony, punishable as such,
and by supplemental act 1t is made mis-
demeanor to assume to act as member OF
board of examiners or pretend TO perform
any of its functions unless appointed by the
societies named, and the certificate granted
by either of the boards within one year
after the rejection of the applicant by
another Of said boards is declared null and
void.
THE SILVER QUESTION:. H, Oak
land, Cal. elementary" though you claim
the information you seek is, still to make
an intelligent and categorical reply to your
queries with reference to the silver question
is impossible. To discuss them would re-
quire the space contained in an octave
volume. for the reason that no single
ing up the subject Of finances gene
rally. In determining even approxi-
mately an answer to the questions,
either singly or collectively. the fact has to
be taken into consideration that there
are four representatives of value,
to w.t. silver, gold, bank notes and
commercial paper, the latter being neces-
sarily largely in excess of the others in
order to meet the requirements OF the mer-
camille community. The necessities OF diff
ferent sections of the country vary.
merchant doing business at a distance from
banks would very much dislike to be loaded
up with coin on which he would be COM
PEELED to pay express charges or transmit
through the mails. Silver is nothing more
or less than bullion, the coin having
face value stamped upon it, and
it would be much easier handled and
much more convenient IL 1t were
in bars. Under the operations OF the new
silver law its coinage is constantly increas
ing. Congress cannot pass any law which
will prevent its being shipped out OF the
country, and foreigners, particularly Chi
nese, are continually sending it away. But
Congress can and has reduced its value for
transmission into countries where it would
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