Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-29

thereof to said board and upon tho payment
Of q tee of two dollars be entitled 70 registra.
ton, and said board shall issue to him Ger.
tfficato signed by the chairman and secretary
and sealed, and said certificate shall state the
facts aud the cause OF said registration, and
must be publicly displayed at the persons
principal place o; business as long as said
person continues such practice for gain or
hire.
SECT. 4. Any person not entitled to regis.
tration as aforesaid shall, upon the payment OF
q fee Of ten dollars, be entitled to examination
and II found qualified by majority OF tie
members of the board present shall be regis
tered as physician or surgeon, and shall re-
section three. Any person refused registra-
ton may be re-examined at any regular meet
ing of said board, within two years Of the
time Of such refusal, without additional fee.
and thereafter may be examined as often as he
may desire upon the payment OF the fee Of ten
dollars for each examination. said board
after q conviction before proper court, for
and after hearing, may by unanimous vote re.
woke any certificate issued by them and can
Gel the registration OF the person to whom thu
| 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. An 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
from the treasury of the state. The compensa.
ton of members OF the board shall be fiya
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
auditor OF the state, who shall certify to tie
governor and council the amount due, az 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 record the
names and residences of all persons registered
hereunder and arecord of all moneys received
and disbursed 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
before the first day of January in each year,
the report to contain a full and complete ac.
count of all its official acts during the year,
also a statement of receipts and disburse-
ment of the board and such comments or sug.
gestions as may be deemed essential.
SECT. T. 1t shall be the duty of the board,
its members or agents to investigate all com.
plants regarding noncompliance with or
violation of the provisions of this act and TO
bring all such cases to 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 ia
the branches OF science he desires TO practice
in, and must pay the fees herein provided.
Examinations shall be. in whole or in part in
writing and shall be of an elementary and
practical character. They shall embrace tile
general subjects OF anatomy, physiology,
pathology, maieria medica, 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 shall
be illegal for any person not duly registered
by this board to practice medicine or surgery,
or any branch thereof for gain.or hire within
this state. Whoever not being registered as
shall so practice or shall advertise
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
a doctor of medicine, shall be punished by
fine of not less than one hundred nor more
than five hundred dollars tor each offense, or
by imprisonment in Jail for three months or
both.
SECT. 10. This act shall not apply to the
officers of the United States
army, navy or marine hospital service. or to q
phys stefan or surgeon who Is called from
another state to treat a particular case and
who does not otherwise practice in this state,
nor to prohibit gratuitous service or the rem
iering of assistance in emergency cases, nor
to medical students who prescribe or operate
under the direction of some registered physi-
,ian or physicians, not to midwives who lay
10 claim to the title of physician or doctor.
SECT. II. Neither shall this act apply to
'lairvOyants OF to persons practicing hypno-
ism, magnetic healing, mind cure, massage.
christian science. so called, or any. other
method OF healing Il no poisonous or danger.
ions performed; provided. such persons do :
Tot violate any of the provisions OF section
line of this act In relation to the use OF an.
}" or the title of doctor or physician.
SECT. IL. For the purposes of tho appoint,
nent of said board and of registratfonof per.
ons by it hereunder, this act shall take effect
lpon its passage and shall take full effect on
he first day of January, in the year eighteen
hundred and ninety
lApproved March 2zl