The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-02
PRACTICE OF MEDICINE.
Bill 10 Regulate the Profession Recon-
mended by Texas Doctors.
SUGGESTED FOR LEGISLATIVE ENACTMENT
should lie OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES EE-
seIIcnt Provisions.

The following is copy of proposed
bill regulating the practice oil medicine
adopted by the Texas State Medical asso-
cation:
bill to be entitled:
An act to repeal title 80. of the Revised
STATUTES of the State OF Texas, and to
pass In lieu thereof this act: To license
physicians and surgeons and endeayor to
regulate the practice Of medicine. ard
to punish persons violating the provisions
thereof in the State OF Texas
Be 1t enacted by the Legislature OF the
State of Texas;
Article 1. That title LXXXTI articles
s777. 1878, s779. $3.50. S7s1 37s2, 37S3. 1884,
1856, s7s6, s7sI S7sS, S7se. OF the Revised
Statutes OF Texas be and are hereby re-
pealed, and the following be enacted
Art 2. There shall be established three
boards of medical examiners for the staac
OF Texas. TO be named and styled the board
of medical examiners for tho State OF
Texas, the board of eclectic medical OK
aminers for the State of Texas, and the
board of homeopathic medical examiners
for the State of Texas. said boards 20 con-
eist OF nine members each, whose torn Of
office shall be for two years. or until their
successors have been appointed and quail
fed; provided, that no member shall be d
professor or teacher in any medical school
Art. 3. The said boards shall each con-
sist Of men learned in medicine and sur
gerry now In active practice, who shall
have Resided in the state of Texas, and
shall have practiced medicine for not less
than Ave years prior to their appointment,
have complied with the laws relating to
the practice OF medicine already in force
in the State OF Texas, aud shall be APP
pointed by the governor on the 10th day OF
May following his inauguration. from a
list of names twice the number TO be APP
pointed, To be furnished him and recon-
mended by the Texas State Medical asso-
citation, the Eclectic Medical society of the
State OF Texas and the Homeopathic Med
ical society of the State Of Texas; pro-
yided, however. In case the governor shall
consider any oil the persons 10 recon-
mended unsuitable ne may decline to ap-
point any such person or persons, and
communicate the fact to the presiding
officer of the society presenting the nom
nation and such society shall within
sixty days thereafter. make other recom-
mendl tlons and provided, that no one
shall be eligible to appointment or serv-
ice on such medical board who Is addicted
TO intoxication or the habtual use of
morphine, cocaine or ether such drugs.
Vacancies occurring in such boards shall
be filled from the list already in the hands
Of the governor for uneNpired terms
Art 4. The members OF such boards
shall qualify by taking the usual oath o.
oince before the county judge of the coun-
ty in which they shall respectively reside
The officers OF said boards shall he a
president, vice president and secretary
who shall also act as treasurer. Six mem
bers shall constitute quorum Regular
meetings OF the boards shah be held at
least twice year at such times and
places as the board may from time TO time
determine. Due notice of said meetings
shall be given by publication in such pa
pers as may be selected by the boards
Special meeting may be held upon call OF
tho presidents and rwo members The
boards may prescribe rules, regulations
and bylaws for their own proceedings
and government, and for the examination
by It's members of applicants for the prac
tice OF medicine, surgery and midwifery.
Art D. IL shall be the duty of said
boards at any of their meetings to ex-
amino all persons making application TO
them who shall desire 80 commence the
practice OF medicine. surgery or midwifery
IN this State, and who shall not by the
provisions OF this act be exempt from
such examination, and when an applicant
shall have passed n satisfactory eXamina- |
tieo a certificate signed by all members
OF tho board shall be Issued to said april |
can't entitling him or her to practice medi- |
cine, surgery or obstetrics IN the State Of
Texas. and shall have affixed TO Il the seal |
Of the State OF Texas.
Art. 8, In case any applicant shall fail |
to pass a satisfactory examination he or
she shall not be permitted to stand any
Further examination within one wear
thereafter, and in no event shall an ap- /
piicant who stands rejected by one OF said |
boards be examined or licensed by either !
OF the other boards II an applicant de-
sires to practice system not represented ,
by any OF the boards hereby established T
he or she may elect for himself or her /
self the board before which he or she will /
appear for examination; provided. that no
applicant shall be rejected because of his
or her adherence to any particular school [
OF medicine or system OF practice nor on
account OF his or her views as ia the
mcthod OF treatment, and cure of disanse.
and provided further, when in the oplnion
OF the presidents OF the boards any An
plicant has been unavoldably prevented
from appearing before the boards nj thel,
'egular meetings. said president shall.
80 NN''N S"''Vh' appoint COMM tee OF
tprSe members TO examine such applicant I
aud the examination be satisfactory no,
t.iy the secretary, who shall Issue him or
her temporary certificate, which shan
have the same force and eject as though
granted by the full board until tho am,
plicant shall have the opportunity 10 an
pear before the board at its next regular /
meeting, when said temporary oertiacata
shail become void. No applicant will be
admitted TO examination who can not sub
mt satisfactory evidence that he or shs
Is more than 81 years of age Is ~ good
moral character and who has not receIvea1
diploma from a regular chartered school
or university having power to confer de.
grees' recurring sufficient preliminery
education before admittance and attend 4
anee upon at least three full courses q,