The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1894-05-04
CHAPTER 2T3.

CHAPTER 2T3
AN ACT TO REGULATE THE PRACTICE
OF VETERINARY MEDICINE AND SUR
gerry IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Genera
/ assembly of Maryland, That commission is
hereby established to be known under the
name and style Of 1.-THE State Veterinary
Medical Board to consist of five commits
! sioners who shall be members in good stand
| ing of some School of Veterinary Medicine,
! who shall be appointed by the Governor every
four years. and who shall hold their office until
| their successors are duly appointed and
| qualified with power in and to said Board to
adopt Bylaws and Regulations. such as they
| may deem advisable to carry into effect the
| provisions of this Act, provided the said By
| Laws shall not conflict with the Constitution
or laws of this State or of the United States.
SECTION 2. 1t shall be unlawful for any
| person or persons to practice veterinary med
icine and surgery in the State of Maryland
without having previously obtained a
diploma from a college duly authorized to
! grant such students of Veterinary Medicine
! and Surgery or to those who have passed
| satisfactory examinations before the State
| Veterinary Medical Board, or as herein pro-
, yded for.
SECTION g. The said State Veterinary
Medical ,ard shall hold their meetings at
! such times and places as they may deem best,
/ which times and places shall be set out fully
and regularly in their bylaws.
| SECTION 4. The said State Veterinary Medical
Board shall examine all diplomas as to their
| genuineness. and each applicant not holding
! diploma shall submit Il theoretical and
| practical examination before the State Veter-
mary Medical Board, said examination to DO
| written, oral. or both. which examination, if
! passed to the satisfaction of the said Board
shall cntitle the applicant to practice Veter-
| mary Medicine and Surgery, subject to pro-
/ visions and regulations of this Act and regu-
! lations of the said Board.
| SECTION ). All examinations of persons
| not graduates shall be made directly by the
State Veterinary Medical Board and the GER
! tifoates given by the said Board shall
authorize the possassors to practice Veterinary
| Medicine and Surgery in the State of Mary
! lll. All examinations of un-graduatsd
I p'actitioners must take place before the
, t lirty-iirst day of December eighteen hun
dred and ninety-four. After that date no
certificate shall be granted except to persons
presenting diplomas from legally chartered
! colleges.
I SECTION 6. Any person shall be regarded
as praeticins Veterinary Medicine and Sur
| gerry, within the meaning of this Act, who
| shall have received a license as mentioned in
/ Section 4. But nothing in this Act shall be
construed to prohibit members of the med
zeal profession from prescribing for domestic
animals in ease of emergency and collecting
fee therefor: nor to prohibit gratuitous
services IN an emergency. nor to prevent any
person from p-ilrticiny Veterinary Meiici1s
and SIryery on any animal belonging to HIM
sill OF herself. And this Act shall not apply
to Commissions Veterinary Surgeons in the
Uaitel States Army.
SECTION l. And ba it enacted That il shall
be the duty OF slch Board to keep register
OF all practitioners qualified under this Act
Fra'ticiny Veterinary Medicine and SurSery
iror, 1F 10,
cause the same to be published at least once
year in two newspap ers published in the
City of Baltimore.
SECTION s. Ant be Il enacted. That the said
/ Board shall within six months from the date
| hereof. prepare said register. in which the
names of all graduate practitioners in the
State at the time and in actual practice shall
on application to the said Board, be inserted
without examination. and shall also on ap-
plication insert tie names of such persons
who are practitioners in actual practice with
out diploma or certificate or qualification
from Il recognized school. who have been in
practice for five years and upwards, prior to
the passing of this Act. upon proof to the said
Board that they have been SO practicing.
That ali persons Fracticing ut this time and
not having been 50 practicing for five years
antecedent to this Act shall undergo an ex-
animation before th2 said Board and ii found
by said Board competent to practice. the
persons so examined and approved shall be
entitled TO registration
SECTION o. And Be Il enacted That the said
Board shall have power to reject any appli-
cant for registration whose examination
papers or diplomas are not satisfactory.
SECVIoS 10. And be Il enacted. That on and
after six months from the date of the approval
, OF this Act. no person shall be permitted to
practice Veterinary Medicine or Surgery or
any branch thereof IN the State of Maryland.
who does not possess Il diploma issued from
College or School of Veterinary Medicine,
duly incorporated and legally licensed to issue
diplomas. and if said diplomas shah be issued
after the first day Of January 1895, it shall be
received only from College or School of
Veterinary Medicine which shall require
three years course of study before issuing
said diploma, and shall have passed such OK
animation or test as may be from time to
tim, instituted as d test of qualification by
such Board. and persons producing such GER
tilicates or diplomas who pass such test eX-
animation shall on payment OF such lees as
hereinafter are provided for, be registered az
Veterinary practitioners
SECTION II. .ind be ii enacted. That no
monies shall be paid out of the State Treas
ury for the use or purposes of this Act.
SECTION r. And be ii enacted. That any
person not registered who shall practice
Veterinary Medicine and Surgery or any
branch thereof within the State Of Maryland,
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and
Sii!f DE Hlel Ill inc sum ol iitl lts' tiidn oiio
Hundred not more than Five Hundred dollars
for each ofTensa. or Imprisonment in the
House of Correction, for any term not less
tnan three months. not more than twelve
months. for each and every offease.
SECTION 10. Ind he IL enacted, That the
said Board shall be the prosecutor in all eases
under this Act and that such fine and i'm
prisonment may be imposed by any Justice
of the Peace Of the City of Baltimore, or any
county where such offen5e may be COM
nlittad.
SECTION II. And be 1t enacted, That
moiety of the fine imposed under this Act
shall be paid to the informer. and the other
moety shall be paid into the county treasury
wherein the offeuse shall be committed.
SECTION 10 A. And be it further enacted,
That in any part OF any election district OF
any county in the state where il may not III the
judgment Of the owner of the animal be adVls-
able to secure the services OF a duly author
zed veterinary surgeon. then the person or per-
sons desiring, to obtain advice as to the physical
condition Of any animal or animals belong.
ing to him or her may procure the services OF
any person that he she may desire, to give
such advice or TO perform any services Tor the
relief of his or her animal or animals that
may be necessary.
SECTION IL. And be Il enacted, That this
A., shall take effect from the date OF its
passage.
Approved April G, 1894.
FRANK BROWN, Governor.
JOHN WALTER SMITH.
President of the Senate.
JAMES H. PRESTON,
Speaker of the House of Delegates.
We hereby certify that the aforegoinS Is 4
correct copy of an Act Of the General Assem-
bly, of Maryland, PASSED January Session.