The record-union., 1893-01-14
ROUGH ON QUACKS.
A PROPOSED BILL TO PREVENT
THEM FROM PRACTICING.
Medicos Must Have Certificates and
Must be of Good Moral
Character.

A bill has been introduced in both
branches of the Legislature which will be
Of interest to the medical fraternity all
over the State and to the public as well.
1t is in behalf of the regular and legal
practitioners Of medicine, and has for its
main object the suppression of 'quacks.''
The bill has the Endorsement of medical
societies all over the State, and they will
make strong effort to have it become a
law.
The first section Of the new bill pro-
vides for the appointment of a Board of
Medical Examiners on or before July l,
1898, such board to consist of seven mem
bers, who are to be selected by the Gov
ernor. 1t is provided that the Governor
shall select as members of the board cti-
zens of the United States, graduates from
some legally chartered medical school,
and who shall be representative men in
their profession as we'll as legally quail
fed practitioners of medicine in this
State. The term of Office shall be for four
years, but the first appointees shall so ar
range it that one shall go out of Office at
the end of one year. two at the end Of two
years, two more in three years, and the
remaining two at the end of the four
years term. AS the vacancies occur they
shall be filled by the Governor by further
appointments made for four years each.
The officers of the board shall consist of a
President, Vice-President, Secretary and
Treasurer. The Secretary shall be paid a
salary not exceeding 400 a year, and
the other members of the board per
diem" while actually making examina-
tions of $40 day. Every member shall
have the power to administer oaths in the
course of taking testimony. The regular
meetings of the board are TO be held
quarterly.
The most important provisions of the
proposed law are to be found in Section
| 5, which sets forth that "every person be-
fore practicing medicine or surgery or
any Of the departments thereof in the
! State must have the certificate herein
/ provided for"
In order to procure such certificates he
must produce satisfactory testimony of
| good moral character aud a diploma issued
/ by some legally chartered medical school,
or satisfactory evidence of having pos
| sessed such diploma or a license from
I some legally constituted institution which
1 grants medical and surgical licenses only
upon actual examination or of salts
| factory evidence of having possessed
1 such license, and he must accompany
1 said diploma or license by an affidavit
1 stating that he is the lawful possessor of
4 the same, that he is the person therein
! named, anu That bHe ulplOlnA OF llceuSe
was procured in the regular course either
! OF instruction or examination, without
! fraud or misrepresentation Of any kind.
/ In addition to such affidavit said board
may hear such further evidence as in its
discretion it may deem proper as to any
OF the matters embraced in said atfidavit~
i If it should appear from such evidence
| that said affidavit is untrue in any par
! ticular, or if it should appear that the
applicant is not of good moral character,
/ the applicant must be rejected. In addi
ton to the requirements above set forth,
each applicant for q certificate must be
| personally examined by said board as to
his qualifications to practice medicine
and surgery. The examination shall be
1 conducted in whole or in part in writing,
and shall be on the following subjects:
! Anatomy, physiology, pathology, chem