Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-03-21
COOKERY SIGNS HALL BILL.
The New Missouri Law Regulating
the Practice of Medicine-Phy-
sicians deems by state.

session of the house last night a mes
sage was received from the governor
announcing that he had signed the
Hall medical bill. Owing to the wide
spread interest in this measure to reg
nlate the practice of medicine in Mis-
souri,, the bill is here given:
Section 1. 1t shall be unlawful for any
person not now a registered physician
within the meaning of the law TO prac-
tice medicine or surgery in any of its de-
partments, or to profess to cure and at
tempt to treat the sick and others af-
fiicted with bodily or mental irmit
or engage in the practice of midwifery in
the state of Missouri. except as herein
after provided.
Sec. ?. The state board of health shall
have general supervision over the regis
tration of all practitioners of medicine,
surgery and midwifery in this state.
Sec. 5. All persons desiring to practice
medicine or surgery in this state, or treat
the sick or afflicted as provided in section
l of this act, shall appear before the state
board of health at such time and place as
the board may direct. and shall there be
examined as to their fitness to engag in
such practice. All persons appearing for
examination shall make application in
writing TO the secretary of said board
thirty days before the meeting. They shall
furnish satisfactory evidence of their pre-
urinary Qualifications, and shall also
furnish evidence of good moral character.
The medical examination may be made IN
whole or in part in writing, and shall be
of elementary and practical character, but
sufficiently strict to test the qualifications
OF the candidate as d practitioner, and
shall embrace the subjects of anatomy,
chemistry, physiology, pathology. the
rapeutics, obstetrics. synecology, surgery.
practice of medicine, medical juG-spru-
dence and hygiene and such other branch
es as the state board may direct. The
candidates shall be required to answer IS
per cent. of such questions as are asked
him before being granted a certificate:
Provided, however. that the examination
of any applicant in therapeutics shall be
conducted by the member or members Of
said board who represent the system Of
medicine of which such applicant has
been a student. If there shall be nc rep
resentative of the schco or system of
which the applicant has been a student,
the examination in therapeutics shall bs
that purpose by the governor Of Missouri,
but all examinations other than that in
therapeutics shall ne conducted as here
after provided in this act. The board of
health shall issue to such persons as they
shall find. upon examination, to possess
the requisite qualifications a license TO
ance with the pro visions of this act, and
the state board of health shall not be per-
system OF medicine, but all applicants
shall be subjected to the same eXam1na-
ton and the same degree of proficiency
shall be required of all The board shall
examine persons applying for a license,
although such persons can not speak the
English language, the applicant in all
SI-A 0SN " "a III ca liz VI III 1h-
terpreter satisfactory to the board.
Sec. t. Every person holding a license
from the state board of health shall have
it recorded in the office of the county
clerk of the county in which he resides,
and the record shall be Endorsed thereon.
And the clerk is authorized to charge a fee
OF fd 6 one ns d9ii hT Tor Tor r essn. eaeh iiesnse.
cense for record. Any person removing
to another county TO practice medicine or
surgery shall have his license recorded in
the count which he removes to- and the
holder of said license shall pay said clerk
Of said county the usual fee for making
the record. The county clerk shall keen
in a book provided for that purpose a
complete list of the licenses recorded by
him with the date OF issue. Any person
neglecting for twenty days to record his
license, as in this section provided, after
entering upon the practice, shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor.and on conviction there
of shall be fined not less than ten dollars
nor more than fifty dollars, and on fail
ure to record license for thirty lays after
such conviction, such person shall be liza
bic to a fine of not less than one hundred
dollars.
Sec 5. Any person. except physicians
now registered, practicing medicine or
surgery IN this state, and any person at
tempting to treat the sick or others, at
hicted with bodily or mental infrmItles
without first obtaining a license from the
state poard or health; as provided in this
demeanor and punished by a fine of not
less than fifty dollars nor more than five
$3.50 NAES . u oS ~ IlSOIIIlSEI n
the county Jail for a period of not less
than thirty days nor more than one year.
or by both such .ine and imprisonment
tor each and every offense, and treating
each patient shall be regarded as a sep
arate offense. Any person filing, or at
tempting to file, as his own a license of
another or a forged affidavit of identif-
cation, shall be guilty of a felony. and.
upon conviction thereof, shall be subject
made and provided by statutes of this
state for the crime of forgery in the sec
ond degree. Said fines to be turned INTO
the state treasury when collected.
Sec. 8 In order to provide means to car
ry out and maintain the provisions of this
act, the said board shall charge each per
son applying to and appearing before it
for examination a fee of fifteen COL
lars, and should such examination prove
unsatisfactory and the state board refuse
to issue a license thereon. the applicant
railing to pass such examination NAV re-
turn at any meeting within the next
twelve months thereafter and be exam
1ned without extra charge, but no tenn
son. All fees so received from applicants
for license shall be paid into the state
treasury as a separate fund to he die.
buIsed only in payment of expenses of
maintaining said board of health. and sail
fund Is hereby appropriated for said pur-
pose. and no other money shall ba maid
out of the state treasury for the nroy,-
sions of this act. The state auditor shan
issue ms warrant on the state treasurer
Tor payment out of said fund on the GER
tihcate of the president and secretarv Of
the state board of health.
Sec. Z. The board may refuse 70 lieansa
individuals guilty of unprofessionaI or dis
honorable conduct, and they NAV ravoEa
licenses for like cause. after giving the
accused an opportunity to be heard in de-
tense before the BOARD. HabituaJ dr1nk-
enness or excessive use of narcotics ar
producing criminal abortion. shall be
deemed unprofessional and d~ishonoraple
conduct within the meaning of this 500
ton, but this specification is mot intan5s7
to exclude all other acts for which Ill
censes may be revoked.
Sec. 8. Wherever in this act is provided
that any duty or service shall he ,,ey-
formed by any county clerk. such drfv
or service in the city of Ct. Louis shall he
performed by the health commissioner as
II said OFFICER was specially named to per
form these duties and services. and said
officer shall receive the same eomnensa-
ton therefor as this act provides shall he
PAID to the county clerk: Provided
further. that whenever in this act the
word county is used it shall include the |
were specially named.
Sec: 9. 1t is not intended by this act TO |
proh1blt gTatu1tous service to and treat |
ment of the afflicted, and this act shall
not apply to commissioned surgeons of the |
United States army, navy and marine |
hospital service.
Sec. 10. 1t shall be unlawful for ally
person to practice midwifery in this state
before receiving a license to do so. Every
person desiring to practice midwifery as
state board of health for examination and
pay d fee of five dollars. And upon passing
an examination satisfactory to saio board
the subject of obstetrics, shall re-
ccive a license to practice as ahove pro-
vfded. It shall be unlawful for any per-
son licensed as n midwife only to engage
in any other branch of medical practice
or to advertise herself as doctor. doctress
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