The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1894-07-11
CHAPTER cccYI.


examiners to be known as the state board of |
medical examiners, said board to consist of
nine members who shall be persons of recog- /
nized professional ability and honor; the |
terms of office of said board shall be three
years or until their successors are appointed. |
provided however, that the members of the |
hoard first appointed shall be divided into |
three classes, each class to consist of three |
persons; the first class shall hold Office under |
said appointment for one year, the second for
two years and the third for three years from
the date of their appointment, and thereafter
each member shall be appointed 1or a term OF
three years; and provided further, that said
board shall consist of five old-sehool pllysi-
clans, three homeopathic and one eclectic;
said appointees, shall, within thirty days it1ter
the receipt of the respective commissions,
take subscribe and file, in the ONCE OF tine sec
rotary of state, the Oath or aIilrIhabioh pre-
seribed by law.
q And be it enacted, That said board shall
elect president, a secretary ana a treasurer
from its membership; it shall have common
seal and its president shall be empowered 10
issue subpenas and to administer oaths IN
taking testimony in any matter pertaining 70
the duties of said board; it shall make ana
adopt all necessary rules, regulations ana ny
laws not inconsistent with the laws OF thls
state or of the United States, whereby to per-
form the duties and to transact the business
required under the provisions of this act :,
g. And be it enacted, That said board shall
hold meetings for examinations at the capltos
building of this state on the third TUESDAY OF
June and September of each year, and at such
other times and places as the board may deem
eXpedient; said board shall keep an oHlcial
record of all its meetings, and an official regis
ter of all applicants for a license to practice
medicine and surgery in this state; said regis
ter shall show the name, age nativity, last
and intended place of residence, of each canal
date. the time he or she has spent in obtaining
a common-school education. and IN meulcal
study in or out of medical school, and the
names and location of all medical schoois OF
| examining and licensing boards which have
granted said applicant any degree or certliicate
of attendance upon lectures upon ne 5 lii'
| ter shall also show whether said applicant was
examined, licensed or rejected under tins act
and said register shall be prima facie evidence
| of all matters therein contained.
4. And be 1t enacted, That all persons mere
after commencing the practice or medlcin y
or surgery in any of its branches IN TINS
state shall apply to said board for a license
so to do; applicants for examination shall
/ present to the secretary of this board at
least ten days before the commencement OF
the examination at which he or she Is 70 pe
examined, written application on form
or forms provided by said board together
with satisfactory proof that the applicant Is
more than tweny-one years or age is OF
good moral character has obtained com
petent common school education and mas
either received diplo ma comforting the de-
gree of doctor of medicine from some legaily
Incorporated medical college (which in the
opinion of said board was IN good standing
at the time of issuing said diplomat in the
United States. or diploma or license con
j branches OF medicine and surgery in some
: foreign country, and has also studied medi
cine four years. including three courses OF
J lectures in different years in some legally in
corporated American or foreign medical col.
, lege or colleges prior to the granting OF
however that two courses of medical
lectures both of which shall be either be-
gun or completed within the same calen
dar year, shall not be considered to satisfy
the above requirement and If said applica
ton is approved and the SAID applicant
shall have deposited the sum of twenty-five
dollars with the treasurer of such board as
/ an examination fee, which said sum shall be
! returned to such applicant in case of fsllurt
! to pass such examination, the applicant shall
book kept for that purpose by the secretary
and shall mark his or her examination paper
| with said number and shall be known to the
members of said board only by said number
and marked; applicants examined anc
licensed by or who are or have been members
of state examining and licensing boards o.
/, other states. upon the payment of fifty dol
+ lars to the treasurer of said board and on I'll
ing with the secretary of said board copy Of
! his or her license or certifica e, certified by
7 the affidavit of the president and secretar,
of such board, showing also that the STANDARD
p of requirements of said board at the time oil
{ said license or certificate was issued was sub,
i stantially the same as that required by sait
, board, and of his or her affidavit as to the
: personality thereof, may be granted alicens'
e by said board without further examination
i thereby.
5. And be it enacted, That all examination
I, shall be written in the English language, ant
: the questions and answers shall be except il
materia medica and therapeutics. sucn a
can be answered in common by all schools OIL
: practice; II the applicant intends to prac
{ tice homeopathy or eclecticism, the member
: of said board of those schools respectivel,
| shall examine said applicant in the mat eri,
: medica and therapeutics of the school il
E which such applicant intends to practice
Z the examinations shall be in the following
subjects, namely: materla medica and thera
5 peutics obstetrics and gyn@cology prac
r tice of medicine. including diseases of the
5 skim nose and throat. surgery, including
surgical anatomy and diseases of the eye
$ ear and genito-urlnary organs; anatomy
/ physiology chemistry; histology; pathol
ogy bacteriology ; hygiene medical juris
prudence, and in such other subjects as uh,
i board may decide all examinations shall b,
both scientific and practical, and of sufficien
2 severity to test the candidates fitness Il
practice medicine and surgery (; IL said exam
r ination is satisfactory, the board shall issut
a license, emitting the applicant to .practict
medicine and surgery in this state the vote
| of all examiners shall be yes or No, and writ
| ten with their signatures upon the backs oil
the examination papers of each candidate
said application and examination paper
shall be deposited in the state library, in the
capitol building. and they shall be print
r facie evidence of all matters therein con
tanned all licenses shall be signed by the
| president and secretary of the board, anc
shall be attested by the seal thereof.
y: And be it enacted, That the board may
reIuse 10 grant or may revoke a license fol
the following causes to wit, chronic and per
7 sistent inebriety; the practice of Criminal
abortion; conviction of crime involving mora
turpitude or for publicly advertising specia
{ ability to treat or cure chronic and incurahlt
diseases; or where any person shall present tt
this board any diploma, license or certificate
that shall have been Illegally obtained. or that
shall have been signed or issued unlawfully oil
under fraudulent representations in com
plants for violating the provisions of this Sec
tlon, the accused person shall be furnished
with copy of the complaint, and given q
hearing before said board in person or by at
torney and any person, after such refusal OF
7 revocation of license, who shall attempt OF
continue the practice of medicine shall be
| subject to the penalties hereinafter prescribed
I And be It enacted, That the person so re-
ceivng said license shall file the same, or d
! certified copy thereof, with the clerk of the
county in which he or she resides and said
clerk shall nile said certificate or copy thereof
and enter memorandum thereof giving the
, date OF said license, with the name of the per
son TO whom the same is issued and the date OF
SAD 1niing' IN book to be provided by this
! which registry the said county clerk shall be
entitled TO demand and receive from each per
son registering the sum Of one dollar in case
: the person so licensed shall move into another
county OF this state, he or she shall procure
from the said clerk a certified COPY of such
registration, and then file the same with the
move, and the said clerk shall Tile and enter
the same with like effect as If the same was an
eaia clar and ior which registry the
celve the sum Of one dollar; and each comfy
CLERK N the counties Of this. state shall,
year, furnish to the secretary of said board q
hse o. al the certificates Of this board filed in
ms once during the previous year, and upon
J notice to him of the change of location nr
aeatn OF the person SO licensed, or of the reyo
cation Of said license, said county clerk shall
s 81 ERA az the appropriate place in the records
! anu SAID memoranda shall be furnished to the
secretary Of this board in the annual report
8 And be 1t enacted, That any person sbal,
I pe regarded as practicing medicine or snr.
ELY Within the meaning of this act who
snaii use the words or Letters s.T,r y y
Doetor Professor IN. Dr. or ssM n 81 :, I,
0ouneoeion with his or her name.or any other