Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-03-14
The MEDICAL BILL.
rul Text OIL tie Measure as ii
Became Law.
,nr PRESENT LAW MODIFIED
WHO Mi,. Pass Examination !-lhc
Fees They Must Pay,
Etc.

clpled rom tho original hlei IT the
ofice o. the 5ocretary
AnAct regulating the practice Of
medicine In thu Territory OF Utah.
BE rnacicl, etc.
srcfioN /. That upon the passage OF
u,i. not. the g lvernUr Of this Territory
nail, by anu with the advice and con
.snt OF thc Council, appoint bionnially
T, hoard of seven medical examiner
frmt the various rec1gnizli schools OF
medicine, who shall holu office for two
years, or until their successors are APP
inntru aud qualified. The examiners
y, npp5inted shall 20 before a district or
rrobatc Judge and make oath that they
sfs rnduntua " legally chartered
medical colleges In good standing, AMI
mat they win faithfully perform the
IutIes oil their office. All vacancies
,.usei by removal, death, resignation
uf otherwise, shall be- iillod by npyoiui-
mont by tile Governor Within one
month from the .ina tha! the vacancy
grc. :. said b ard shall organize im.
nrIitttly after lhu passage 90 TINS uri
ID, sr.rrtIug rom its members a pfuti.
don't. % frulettty AMI treasurer nui
snail have % seal, and nttest its official
ns,s under seAl. The Precedent Of
said board shall have author.
nv 90 administer oalhg, nud
tho board shall take testimony
in all matters relating 10 itl duties.
Said board shall have th1 power 60
lrur csrtincatcs 70 all who furnish
satisfactory proof Of having received
degrees or diplomas irom chartered
medical O llervs IN good aAntinTi aud
macs o sniifaclOry eXnmiuAtOn before
sl.dlboart. Said houd shall prepare
two i.rms u certificates, one Tor Per.
IONS duly holding certificate, exc
nmIntl aud iRvUtauly passed. upon b
rHiI board, tho other for persons ~
rf1vlIpd tor in section n OF this nc.i
Hud Hulil ufulsh 20 tlu comfy fn.
tuflp. OBJ The several c.uuilfa "a list Di
sl prlH uH residing iu fnid county
receiving crfUuchtrs ifuM tue us.fl.
guulncatca shall be- glgncl 10y nil the
mumuuu Ul the boaJu gfHnIug them,
Sac. g. The lee IOt uXamiuat en- D.
umvIgti iuT IN 3 G. . u' tuis ayii shall
DO fifteen dollars, which shall 10 pnil
i1 tho treasurer % tho board Of
examiner.
Sc. !. Graduates OF respectable
medical col cgts ,iWto were engaged IN
actual practice IA this Territory
pfi0r 10 March 10, 1899, shall be-
licensed 10 practice medicine uI'
DIR this act, upon presentation 81
ihcir diploma 10 said board, aud upon
producing satisfactory evidence % the
identity OF saii applicant. Tho fec i0i
ouch license shall be I've d. liuts, 10 be-
paid o. the treasurer OF thv board % cN.
Hmluers. AllpefsOus not graduates OF
medical colleges, who bnve ptncliCuu
medicine Tor i've years continually iu
Ibis Territory, prior 10 thu passage OF
this act, shall, ulon producing 10 the
board Of medical examiners a proper
application, accompanied By a petition
signed by twenty-five legal voter
living In the city or precinct where
such applicant practices, on payment
Of a fec Of i've dollarf, receive n (Curlili-
Caiul license ~ practice medicine Ia
the city, county or precinct where the
sIguofs Of the applicants petition TO.
ride. No undergraduate 10 l.cunlUu
shall, however, ia any way advertise
o. DOCTOR physician or surgeon, but
thnll, n ho Adyrrtises ut all, do M as "a
licensed non.graiuato practitioner o.
mrlicine. The secretary OF the board
tAall enter, without fee, upon thu reg
islrr 10 be kept by HIN, the NAMES Ui
al pUitous 90 whom licenfoa are isluuI
o. physicians or surgeons,
See, o. Every person hOldiuF Crr.
tlncute from tho said board shall have
d. recorded In the ONCE OF the recorder
u the county In which no resides,
Within three months from its date, anu
the date Of record shall be eudorBtd
thereon. Until such certificate u
recorded as herein provided,
the holder thereof shall not
eErrciso any Of the privileges con.
irfrtd therein TO practice medicine.
Any person removing 10 another
county 10 practice medicine shall rt-
cord the certificate In Ike manner IN
the county ~ which hn removes, ami
tho holder Of the certificate shall pay
the recorder the usual fers for recording
other papefs.
sec. q The county recorder shall
keep In a book provided for that pur-
pose n complete list OF the certificates
recorded by HIN, with thu date OF the
Issue Of the certificate, ant n tho Ger.
iHcnte he based upon degree and
examination, lac shall ruo0ri the name
ui tho medical college comforting the
degree, hui the date thereof. The
register Of the county recorder shall b.
open 10 public Inspection during bust
ness houts.
Sec. 7. Examinations shall DO made
wholly or partially IN writing, anu the
board OF medical examiners may re-.
iu.e 20 Issue certificates provided for
ln THIS act 10 individuals guilty o.
immoral ny uIahnrnrutia pru tusf a..
nature Of which Huall be slated In
writing, and Il may revoke such
certificate Tor like causes, Ia Nil cases
o. refusal or revocation the applicant
may appeal 10 the chief Justice " tho
ItIfilofy, who may ailltm or override
the decision OF the board.
Sec. 5. Any person shall be regarded
As prnciiclug medicine within lhs
meaning VI this act who shnll treat,
operate upon, or prescrlbe Tor, any
phyflcal allmeLt OF another Tor fec,
or who shall hold him or h,rseli out
~ means Of 6igna, oaTde, advertise.
Hunls or otherwise, ~ physician or
surgeon, but nothing In this act shall
DO construed to prohibit services In
eases OF emergency, Or the adminislra.
u1n OF family remedies, ant Tits act
bhail not apply to commissioned sur.
geons Of the United states army in tile
discharge NJ their official dutiea, or 10
Vl.l'pB physicians In the act VI con.
gulHton.
sec " Any person pracliOlng madi.
cine or surgery within tho Territory
without having hHt obtained a csrtid.
clleai herein provided .oF, or contrary
70 'ht pr9ylsion Of this act shall be