Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1896-05-15

AN ACT TO REPEAL AND RE-ENAcT |
WITH AMENDMENTS sEcTIcNs
a AND Sc OF ARTICLE IS OF TIE
CODE or PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS.
ENTITLED .HBALrH." suB-rITI Ii
PRACTITIONERS OF MEDICINE
AND TO ADD ADDITIONAL 81
T1oxs THERETO. TO BE DIES r
MATED AS SECTIONS 81, G. AN1s
AND Ga OF SAID ARTICLE
Section l. BE it enacted by the General
Assembly OF Maryland, Tina. sections
81 and 56 OF Article % Of the zoe %
Public General Laws. Ute Httitil
subtitle practitioners OF Medicine, es
and the same are hereby repealed and re-
enacted with amendments anu new 70
lions, 10 be known as Sections ~ @ p
and a, are hereby enacted ana aaasa "
said Article, to be designated as Sections
6i. IL g and g. to read as follows;
Section o. Every person who vas
pracueing medicine In the state OF Mary
land en- or before the first day OF June
physician or surgeon, or both, npon
making application 20 the FIesiuent On
either Board Of State Medical Examiners
which application shall be In writing and
verified by the oath OF said applicant,
taken before any officer enUtled 70 al
minister oaths under the law Of this state,
and shall state that the applicant was a
1uly-auaiinel lawful practitioner OF meei.
cine in good standing, actually engaged
In the practice Of such profession in sad
state on or before said first day OF June,
1892. and upon receiving said Application
and being satisfied OF the truth Of s7ld
statements therein contained. said Pres
ldent OF such Board shall issue or en-
dorse his permit for such applicant e pc
tlon, which permit shall also be counter
signed by the secretary Of said board ana
any president OF such board to whom sleh
application Is addressed may. In his dis
nesses under oath OF receive other evil
dence as 70 the truth Of the statements
contained In such application for
Permit to he registered and II the pres
Idcnt Of either such Board OF MeHnai
Examiners shall act upon such aplF Ca
ton and shall refuse the same, thtN no
president Of the other said board ahall
| entertain or act upon any application OF
such applicant for such permit; and upon
the presentation Of permit to be reg
/ istered. signed by the president and coun-
tersigned by the secretary OF either OF
said Boards Of Medical Examiners. to
| the clerk OF the county where such APP
plicant may reside, or to the clerk OF the
Circuit Court of Baltimore city, II said
applicant shall reside In Baltimore city,
L shall be the duty OF said clerk 20 reg,
ister such application and permit, aud
the name OF such applicant as physician
or surgeon, or both. IN book 70 be kept
for such purpose. and a certified cory
Of such entry Of registration under the
seal Of the court shall be legal evidence OF
such registration IN all the courts OF this
state Provided. however that the pro-
visions Of this act shall not apply 10 those
practicing medicine IN the state Of Mary
/ land prior 10 June, 1889 and who reg
4 lstered as practitioners Of medicine prior
/ 70 july 1924.
good, moral and professional standing
| who shall hereafter come into this state
I with intent to follow the practice OF
/ medicine and surgery within this state,
I being graduates Of a medical college or
university OF good standing, or having
a certificate or license from Board or
| Medical Examiners Of any state where
the requirements for practice are equal
! to those required by the board named IN
| this article. may make application to the
/ president OF either Board OF Medical E.N-
1 aminers OF this state. which application
| shall be made under oath and shall state
| where and how long said applicant has
| been engaged In the practice Of medicine
I and surgery, and from what medical col
l learning he or she has graduated, and
thereupou the Board of Medical Ex
aminers shall have the authority and
I discretion 70 require applicant 10 under
I provisions Of Section Al or ~. inclusive,
/ OF this Article. or may require said ap-
| plicaffou to submit TO a special eNaIniHa-
/ ton, the terms and methods OF which shall
| be prescribed by the Board OF Medical
Examiners, and upon paying the fee f9r
1 examination, as set out in Section A5
OF this article, after the examination and
] determination OF said board thereupon,
| lice medicine and surgery, and that he IS
| entitled TO a license. a license shall be
! Issued to him to the same effect as the
form Of license set out in Section A Of
| this Article. which license shall be filed
and recorded as provided by Section II
Of this Article. and It shall then be the
duty Of the clerk OF the court to register
/ the name of the person so licensed as
physician or surgeon. or both, In ac-
cordance with the provisions of this act
81. Any citizen Of Maryland having In
formation which causes him to believe
that any person has been heretoforewrong-
fully and improperly registered as ply
sician or surgeon. or both, upon his appl-
cation TO the clerk Of any court, may
apply by petition to the Circuit Court Of
the county wherein such registration vas
made. or to the City Court OF BalIt
more city. II such registration wasJ IN
Baltimore city, which petition shall II
under oath, and shall state that fae
petitioner Is Informed and believes that
the person named therein has been here
tofere Improperly and wrongfully regis
tered as physician or surgeon, or both,
/
upon the register Of physicians or book
kept for such purpose ia any court OF
this state for the reason, as said Pc
tltloner iE empowered that such person
was not lawfully praetieing medicine in
the state OF Maryland as q duly qualified
practitioner Of medicine In said state en-
titled to be registered as a physician or
surgeon upon his own application 10 the
clerk Of said court, and that said petition
er prays that the name Of such person
shah be struck from the registry Of phy--
sieiaans aforesaid. Upon the filing Of
such petition the court OF one Of the
Judges thereof shall pass an order re-
qufring the person therein alleged to be
wrongfully or improperly registered to
answer the same under oath on or be-
fore date to be named within thirty
days from the date Of such order and to
show cause, II any there be, why the
prayer Of such petition should not be
( granted which order shall be served
upon said last-named person; and II said
petition shall not be answered within the
time named as aforesaid, or II the answer
thereto shall be adjudged insufficient by
I the court. then the court shall pass an
order directing that the name Of such
person alleged to he Wrongfully or inn
properly registered, shall be stricken
from the registry OF physicians or sur
geons where the same shall have beeh
] registered But if said petition shall be
answered by the defendant being the
person against whom Il Is exhibited. by
an answer under oath fairly and fully
denying the allegations Of said petition.
the issues thus raised shall be heard and
determined by the court and either
party may be entitled to 2 Jury trial be
fore jury of the regular panel en-
panelled to try commOn-law cases In said
court, and the defendant shall be COM
petent and compellahle to testify at such
hearing and upon such hearing the court
shall render judgment with costs. against
the unsuccessful party. and II II shall
determine that said defendant was not
practicing medicine in the state Of Mary
] la raA On W haF fore ffa lu.f TnTr 1.t