Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-06-07

satisfaction of the board that he or she
is properly and duly registered for the
practice of professional nursing in
such state upon the payment of the fee
above prescribed shall be entitled to
certificate to practice professional
nursing in this state without examina-
tion.
Sec. s. Every applicant who de-
sires to practice professional nursing
shall satisfy the board that he or she
is more than twenty-one (21) years of
age lis of good moral character; has
received sufficient preliminary edu-
cation las may be determined by the
board and has graduated from a train
ing school of a general hospital of good
standing as may be determined by the
board and where at least two (2)
years training in the hospital and sys.
tematic courses Of instruction are Civ.
en-. All nurses thus graduated before
January /, 1905, shall be exempt from
state examination.
Sec. 6. All persons who have re-
ceived certificates in accordance with
the provisions of this act shall be
known and styled registered nurse.
and except as hereinafter provided,
it shall be unlawful after one "a year
from the passage of this act for any
person to practice professional nurs-
ing of the sick as such for compensa-
ton without a certificate in this state
and no person, except one holding a
certificate under authority of this act
shall advertise or assume the title of
trained nurse or graduate nurse, or
use the abbreviation "T. N" or &C.
NJ" or any other words, letters or fig
ures to indicate that the person using
the same is a trained or graduate
nurse.
Sec. Z. Any person violating the
provisions of this act shall be guilty
of misdemeanor and the same shall
be punishable as by law provided for
misdemeanors.
Sec. s. This act shall not be con
strued to affect or apply to the gratui
tous nursing of the sick by friends, or
members Of the family and also ii
shall not apply to any person nursing
the sick for hire who does not in any
way assume to be registered or 9
graduated nurse.
Sec. 8. Any person who shall will
fully make any false representation tc
board of examiners in applying for q
certificate shall be guilty of misde
meanor and upon conviction shall be
punished, as provided by law in the
case Of rnisdemeanors.
Sec. 10. Tie state board of exa
miners shall have the power to revoke
any certificate when satisfied of the
incompetency, dishonesty or immora
character Of the certificate holder; but
before any certificate shall be revoked
the holder thereof shall be entitled tt
at least thirty (30) days. notice o.
the charge made against him or her
and of the time and place of hearing
such charge at which timesand place
he or she shall be entitled to be pres
ent and be heard Upon the revoca
tion of any certificate. it shall be the
duty of the secretary of the, board tt
strike the name of the holder thereo
from the roll of registered nurses ant
any person whose name has thus beer
stricken from the roll who shall there
after assume to be d registered nurse
shall be guilty Of a. misdemeanor ant
punished as by law provided therefor
Sec.11. This act shall take effec
and be in force from and after it's pas
sage and publications in the manner
provided by law. q