The morning times., 1896-05-22
Pissed THE MEDICAL BILL
After a SeVen-Years' Struggle
Congress Approves 1t.
BOTH HOUSES AGREE TO 1T
Only One New Amendment Added to
the Measrre-Some of the Proyis-
ions OF This Act Which Needs Only
the President - Signature to Become
LAVA BusheI of Potatoes

After a struggle lasting seven years,
all act TO regulate the practice OF medicine
i'll the District OF Columbia has passed
both Houses
Yesterday the conference report was
agreed TO aud the bill as amended in the
Senate Will so to the President. The only
change made was that section 10 was so
ameuded that advertising is not made
ground for refusing either to grant or re-
yoke a license.
The measure provides for the creation Of
board of medical supervisors, consisting
of the presidents OF the three boards OF
medical examiners and two persons, not
physicians, one OF whom shall lie learned
i'll the law, TO be appointed by the District
Commissioners. No more than two
members of the board shall Ee adherents
OF any enc system of nedical practice.
The Commissioners are granted power to
remove any member and 10 fill vacancies.
The duties OF this board are TO carry
into effect the provisions OF this act, shall
supervise all examinations provided for,
| shall issue all licenses 10 practice medicine
aud surgery or midwifery in the District,
| shall keep a register of all applicants for
examination, and this register is to be
prima facie evidence of all matters con-
| tanned therein.
The act provides that after the 1st day.
| of July, 1886, all persons desiring TO
| practice medicine and surgery in any of
| their branches must apply TO the board Of
| medical supervisors for a license to do so.
| 1t also provides the subjects on which the
examination shall be made, and all appli
| cants must be of good moral character. and
over twenty-one years OF age, and must
| have a diploma comforting the degree of
doctor of medicine from some medical col
| lego authorized by law to confer such n
| degree.
SOME OF THE PROVISIONS.
| The act further provides that Immediately
upon the passage OF this act the District
| Commissioners shall appoint three boards
| of medical examiners, one to be known as
| the board of medical examiners OF the Dis
| trict OF Columbia, and to be composed of
| five physicians in good standing, adherents
| to the regular system of medical practice;
| one to be kno own as the board of bOneo pathic
medical examiners of the District Of Co
| lumbia, and to be composed of five phy-
| sicians in good standing. adhercnts TO the
| HOMEOPATHIC system OF medical practice,
| to be selected from a list OF not less than
| ten names, submitted by a ma iority vote at
| some regular meeting OF the Washington
| Home opatlIic Medical Society, and one To
| be known as the boart, OF eclectic medical
| examiners of the District OF Columbia,
| to be composed OF five physicians in good
! standing. adherentS to the eclectic system
| of medical practice, to be selected from a
| list of not less than ten names submitted
| by a majority vote at some regular meet
/ ing of tie Eclectic Medical Society OF the
| District of Columbia.
| Each board is to hold a meeting for
| examination in the city of Washington on
the second Thursday in January, April,
July and October of each year and con-
tinue in session as long as necessary.
The boards must present to the board
of supervisors list of questions to be
asked, from which the supervisors must
select. Examinations are to be con-
Quoted orally and in writing If the ap
plicant successfully passes the examina
tion he is granted a license.
BY vote of four members the board
of supervisors may refuse to grant OF
revoke license They also make all
the regulations to determine the qualift
cations of women desiring to practice
midwifery appear from tne ueclSlOn Ol
the board may be taken at any time te
the court OF appeals of the District.
DONOT APPLY.
The provisions of the act do not apply
to the commissioned surgeons of the Unitet
States Army, Navy or Marine Hospital
service, nor to regularly licensed physician
and surgeons in actual consultation from
other States and Territories.
The conference report on the bill de
filming the standard shape and size for Or.
measures in use in the District was alsC
reported and agreed to. The only amend
ment made to the Senate bill was tina
when potatoes are sold by weight th,
lawful weight of a bushel of potatoe shall
be sixty pounds.
Mr.. Harris presented a favorable re
port from the District Committee ON tn
bill granting the Potomac Electric Ligh
Company certain extensions and privileges
Together with the minority report pub
lshed in The Times some days ago i
was ordered printed.