The morning times., 1896-05-10
DISTRICT IN CONGRESS
Medical Practice Bill Passed by
the Senate.
DOCTORS MUST BE LICENSED
Board of Medical Supervisors and
Three Boards of Examiners Gre
ated-Causes for Which Licenses
May He Revoked-PensionB Bill Rec
ommended to BE Passed Over Veto.

| The Senate yesterday afternoon passed a
! number of bills OF interest In this District.
| Three OF them, the medical practice stor-
| age and stolen property bills, are likely
| TO become laws within short time
Also the Senate resolution introduced by
| Mr.. Chiffon on March 49, making inquiry
as TO aliens employed in the several depart
| ments, was passed. The work was done
| by unanimous consent, and there was a
| disposition TO object to this resolution, but
| after few expressions the sentiment pre-
| vailed that il could do 10 harm a nd il went
! through as amended i'll committee. 1t will
| cause considerable stir among government
employees, but its importance is considered
| to lie i'll its possibilities
The act to regulate the pra cttce of medi-
| cine aud surgery in the District OF Colum-
bia was passed with two slight changes 1t
creates board of me di cal Supervisors and
| three boards OF examiners, une for each
recognized system of pra ctice Accord
| ing 10 its terms, after July 1, 1896, all
| persons desiring TO practice medicine here
! must apply to the supervisors for license
and pass an examination in ana tony, ph ysi-
! ology, chemistry, pathology, materia med
| lea, and therapeutics, surgery, obstetrics
| ana gynecology, eye and ear diSea Ses, med
| ical jurisprudence, and other bra inches
| prescribed 10y the board. Application for
! license must be made ten days before the.
| examination and must be accompanied by
| a $40 fee.
| The applicant must be over twenty y-one
| years or age and furnish proof OF good
| character and present degree of doctor
| OF medicine from a medical college. Prior
to July /, 1898, the diploma must be
| shown TO represe MT three years stud V; fter
| that time four years.
! Each board OF medical examiners must
submit to the board of supervisors not
| less than one week before the eXamina-
ton, list Of questions upon the prescribed
| branches From these lists the supervisors
| are to select the questions foreach examine
ton. The questions are to he the same
for all candidates, except in therapeutics,
| practice Of medicine, and materia medica
| when they shall be in harmony with the
| candidates system of practice.
| The board OF examiners are to report to
| the supervisors within fifteen days from
| the examination, stating the average at
tained by each candidate. and returning
the papers. Then, If in the opinion of
| majority OF the board OF supervisors, the
applicant has fairly and successfully passed
| the eXamiua ton. the board Will issue a
| license as soon as possible
LICENSES FOR PHYSICIANS.
1t is provided, however, that every physi-
clan who is registered at the health office
when the bill passes, shall have a license
without cost and without examination. The
same advantage is given to licensed physi-
clans who may move here from any State
or Territory, provided licentiates OF this
board are granted equal rights by the la ws
and examiners from whom the applicant
comes.
| The Supervisors are also to make regllla
tions, approved by the Commissioners for
the practice of mid wifery Licenses are TO
be issued to applicants upon examination.
but without cost. Midwives now re gistered
at the health office are to have license
without examination.
The supervisors may refuse or revoke
a license by vote of four members for
cheating on examination for chronic in
| ebrtety, criminal abortion, conviction of
| crime involving moral turptude ,r pro-
Tossing. in q way TO deceive the public
to cure or treat diseases, injury or de-
formity
In complaints under this head the ac-
| cuSed shall be furnished a copy of the
complaint and be given a hearing 81
BY Senate amendment appeal from
the supe rvisors lies to the District court OF
appeals. whose decision shall he final
The board may, within two years give a
| license so refused or revoked, without
further examination.
clerk of the District supreme court. whose
fee is 81 cents, and registered at the
health office
The act does not apply to Army and
Navy surgeons. physicians in consuitati. H.
emergency cases. medical students ma ;ricu-
lated here prior to January / . 1896. T., r
to the Swedish maSsa ge nor the use (
ordinary domestic remedies without ra V
Practice of medicine or mid wifery with
out license is punishable by $50 to $500
fine, ten TO ninety days in Jail or both
The board of supervisors is to consist or
the presidents of the three boards OF
medical examiners and two persons not
physicians, one of whom shall be lawyer
to be appointed by the Commissioners
They are to serve three years Not more
than two members OF the board shall be-
long to the same school Of medicine. They
may he removed by the Commission ers for
cause and are to be paid an amount named
by the Commissioners from fees paid by
applicants. The board is to have a
president, vice president. ard secretary.
treasurer, and TO fix its nwn meetings ,
PHYSICIANS EXEMPT FROM TESTI
FLYING.
THIS bill has passed the House, while the
kindred biil forbidding physicians from
| teStlfy1ng on confidential matters which
passed the Senate, was yesterday reported
favorably TO the House. The physical ms
| may not disclose professional informal ion,
confidential in nature, except upon consent
of lis patient or in criminal cases inyolv-
ing death or injury to a human being.
The storage bill, II. K. 3462, passed by
the House on February 20, gives TO stora &C
concerns lien first except for taxes
upon all goods in their hands TO secure
their charges. The goods may be sold
at auction for a years storage upon thirty
days notice. Any balance is to be paid to
the owner or his representative. The bill
| was amended by Mr. Platt sending it to
conference.
The act to amend Section 416, of the Re-
viSed Statutes, relating to the District.
provides that unclaimed property taken
from criminals or found or taken from
pawnbrokers, as proceeds OF crime or from
persons insane, drunk or otherwise in
capable, shall be sent to the property clerk,
advertised and after year turned into the
policemen's fund, if not worth more than
$50. If worth more than $50 the prop
erty goes to an administrator to be ap-
pointed by the orphans court, who shall
finally turn the proceeds over to the police
mems fund.
The bill, s., 1888, to pay Mr. George
e. Plant, of this city, $5,216.S6 for
damage by a collision of the o. S. s.
Gettysburg with the Lady of the Lake
several years ago. was passed; also the
bill to pay Emmart, Dunbar Co., $14.54s
on their water main contract of 1871: and
the bill relieving Anton Gloetzner from
the law denying aliens the right to hold
property here.
Mr.. Palmer reported from the Committee
on Pensions on the bill to give Mrs. Nancy
Allabach, widow OF the late Col. Peter