The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-02-28

thereof to said board and upon the payment
of a tee of two dollars be entitled to registra-
ton, and said board shall issue to him Ger
tificate signed by the chairman and secretary
and sealed, and said certificate shall state the
facts and the cause of said registration, and
must be publicly displayed at the persons
principal place of business as long as said
person continues such pfdctlce 1or gam or
hire.
SECT. A. ANY person not entitled to regis
tration as aforesaid shall, upon the payment OF
fee of ten dollars, be entitled to examination
and if found qualified by majority OF the
members of the board present shall be regis
tered as physician or surgeon, ana shali re-
ce1Ve a certificate thereof as PROVIDED IN
section three. ANY person refused regiStra
tlon may be re-examined ut any regular meet
ing OF said board, within two years OF the
| Time OF such refusal, without additional feeS
and thereafter may be examined as often as he
may desire upon the payment of the fee of ten
dollars Tor each examination. said board,
dltcr u CONVICTION before a proper court, Tor
crime IN the course of professional business,
and alter hearing, may by unanimous vote re-
| woke any certlncate issued by them and call
Gel the registration of the person to whom the
| same was issued. Said board, his also power
| to suspend or revoke any certificate by unani-
nous vote, In any case where same certificate
! has been wrongfully obtained or any fraud
| connected with the said registration. All fees
| received by the board under this act shall be
| paid by the secretary thereof into the treasury
| of the state once in each month.
SECT. 5. The compensation, incidental and
| travelling expenses of the board shall be paid
| ton of members of the board shall be five
dollars each for every day actually spent in the
| discharge of their duties and five cents per
mile each way for necessary travelling ex-
penses in attending the meetings of the board
but in no case shall any more be paid than has
actually been expended. The secretary shall
| be allowed extra compensation for books
stationery, postage and other necessary ex-
penses actually incurred. Such compensation
and the incidentals and travelling expenses
shall be approved by the board and sent to the
| the shall certify
governor and council the amount due, as in
case of other bills and accounts approved by
him under the provisions of law; provided,
that the amounts SO paid shall not exceed the
amount received by the treasurer of the state
from the board in fees as herein specified and
SO much OF said receipts as may be necessary
Is hereby appropriated for the compensation
and expenses of the board as aforesaid.
SECT. 6. The board shall keep a record, the
names and residences of all persons registered
| hereunder and arecord of all moneys received
and discussed by said board, and said records
or duplicates thereof shall always be open to
inspection in the Office of the secretary of state
during regular office hours. Said board
Shall annually report to the governor, on or
before the first day of January in each year,
| the report to contain full and complete &C
count OF all its official acts during the year,
also statement of receipts and disburse-
ment of the board and such comments OF sug-
gestions as may be deemed essential.
SECT. Z. 1t shall be the duty of the board,
| its members or agents to investigate all COM
plants regarding noncompliance with or
|
| bring all such cases % the notice of the proper
| prosecuting officers.
SECT. s. On and after the first day of Jan
nary in the year eighteen hundred and ninety
| SIX, the board shall examine all applicants for
registration as licensed physicians or sur
geons. Each applicant must give satisfactory
proof of being twenty-one years of age and of
having good moral character, and possessing
| a reasonable amount Of average knowledge iii
| the branches of science he desires to practice
IN, and must pay the fees herein provided.
Examinations shall bt, in whole or in part in
writing and shall be of an elementary and
| practical character. They shall embrace the
1 general subjects of anatomy, physiology,
| pathology, materia m.dica, therapeutics sur
gerry, the principles and practice of medicine,
| obstetrics, or such branches thereof as the
board may deem necessary for the applicant
| to possess.
SECT. 8. On and after the first day of Janu-
airy, eighteen hundred and ninety-six it shalt
| be illegal for any person not duly registered
| by this board to practice medicine or surgery,
or any branch thereof ter gain.or hire within
| TINS state. whoever mo- being registered as
| aforesaid shall so practice or shall advertise
OF hold himself out to the public a physi-
clan or surgeon in this state who appends to
| his name the letters "M D." or who uses the
title of doctor or physician, meaning thereby
doctor of medicine, shall be punished by IL
fine OF not less than one hundred nor more
| than i've hundred dollars tor each offense, or
| by imprisonment in jail for three months or
| both.
SECT. 10. This act shll not apply to the
| commissioned officers If the United States
army, navy or marine hospital service, or to IL
physician or surgeon who is called from
another state to treat particular case and
who does not otherwise practice in this state,
nor to prohibit gratuitous service or the rem
dering of assistance in emergency cases, nor
| to medical students who prescribe or operate
| under the direction OF some registered phySi-
clan or physicians, not % midwives who lay
no claim to the title of physician or doctor.
| SECT. IL. Neither shall this act apply to
| clalryoyants or to perssns practicing hypno-
tism, magnetic healing mind cure, massage,
Christian science, so called or any other
method of healing if no poisonous or danger.
tions performed; provided, such persons do
not violate any of the provisions of section
nine of this act in relation to the use OF "NI
d. or the title of doctor OF physician.
SECT. II. For the purposes of the appoint
ment of said board anG of registration of per-
| sons by it hereunder, this act shall take effect
| upon its passage and snail take full effect on
the first day of January, in the year eighteen
| hundred and ninety six.
| lApproved narch 27]