Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-03-31
THE MEDICAL EXAMINERS
Attorney General on The QUESTION Of
Licenses.


The board OF medical examiners IN
commu lea o. addressed to In.
attorney general asks II there is an
limitation OF time In wnicn apIlics'
lions tor licenses to practice medicine
are to be made, anu II 70, whether
those prac,ieing medicine after sucu
time has expired u 1 be- guilty oil d
uIlsIomeanOr, ami uas the board TN
right 10 refuse licenses to Bucn p,riiesY
Following IL Attorney Genera
Bsnop's reply, after referring to
cnapter ~ OF tine Laws OF 1892:
"The statute IN queation is entitled
AN act to regulate the practice o
mediclne.' LIS p.rpDss 10 to prevent
the practice OF medicine by in,om
petent and lmpr, pei persons anu to
provide sgHl u tue effects OF iPnoi.
ance OF aud iDcapacily, as well RS 10
prevent deception anu ffsuu In the
practice oil medicine by requ ring "a
certain degree oil learning emu skill
upon the part OF the practitioner, us.
certained upon an examination by
competent persons or inferred from n
cert ficate IN the form OF diploma OF
license from au insii uliOn estaolishel
Tor INSTRUCTION GU the aubiect, and IL
legitimate exirclse OF the police
lower OF the state. People We Has
brouck, IL Utah, 29l.
Subsection IL VI sain act pfovldes I.
"Ail pUfsOns not graduates d, nedlcsl
colleges who havs praeligad modiciue
ten years continuously IN this terri.
tory, prior tO the taking effect Of This
act, snail, upon proper application AM
payment OF the iee Tor examination ~
provided for in section OF this Ao!,
accompanied by IA petition signed by
twenty-five legal voters, living la lht
city or pieoluet where sucn applicant
pfgc icvt, be admitted 10 exAmiuatlOu
bef lie the board of medical examip.
ers.' IL then provides that n the ex-
animation shall b1 satisfactory anu II
the applicant is not OF immoral Guar
aoler OF guilty Of any unproiessionei
or dishonoraUle cOIuuul, ne shall
receive II certificate to Practice meui.
cine, 'pfOvlded thst such Applicant II
tor certificate ehaii ba made witniu
ak months after the taking effect o.
tnis act.' heie 10 Cluat limitation U.
the time ia winch such applications
toulu nave w u uiAut luutt tulS Jaw :
aud If the party iailed to make Rppl-
cation within elx months, artgr the
TAXI < feet OF SAID ACT, to-wlt Jun.
lst, 1892, l am al opluiIn that he
would be clearly prohibited from
thereafter nsRioR such applica.
tion. This seems to have bee
the clear inlenJment OF the Leg.
lsialute, and that II hat toe
right to enact ouch law tnere can be
40 doubt. This Is ihe only limitation
OF lime for applications TO be msue tor
C IT ficsIes tuat L have been abe TO
ulscUvsI In said act.
'5ectiou ~ pr0viues: fAny person
pruclicing meuicine or surgery within
the Territory without first having
obtained certificate as herein pro-
vIued Tor, or contrary to the provisions
OF this act, snail be deemed guilty OF "a
IN slemeaAur.'
at therefore follows that parties 30
practicipg without having fret oh.
taineu q license TO do 20 fr m the
board OF medical examiners would b
guilty Of Il misdemeADp!, l am alto
the opinion that the board oil M uica
examiners would have the rightt
retueu n liceuse to all peraons MT
graduates OF medical c9llt ges and who
had pracllced medicine tea years con.
tinualiy In this rerriory prior to b,