The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-10-17
After Ten Years War New
York and New Jersey
Practitioners Come to an
Agreement
NJ. CERTIFICATES RECOGNIZED
AFTER A LONG CONFERENCE At
TRENTON THIS STATE SCORES
A VICTORY and TREATY
TERMS ARE ARRANGED.
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TRENTON, Oct. II. 1905.A ten
years warfare between the state medical
boards of New Jersey and New York
over the question of the New York board
recognizing the certificates of the Jersey
board came 10 an end at the state house
yesterday afternoon after long confer
enee, the treaty terms being that each
board shall give full recognition to the
certificates Of the other after January
1, 1906. 1t was a complete victory for
the Jerseymen.
The conference took place as preliln-
| mary of the regular meeting of the New
| Jersey state board to-day. The Jersey
board was represented by Drs. William
H. Shippe, Bordentown. president; E. L.
B. Godfrey, Camden, secretary; Abram
| Ubelacker, Morristown; DAVID p. Bor
den. Paterson; Charles E. Groves. East
| Orange; Edward Hill Baldwin, Newark;
John J. Bauman. Jersey City; and John
W. Bennett. Long Branch. Professor
| Charles ]. Baxter, state superintendent
| of public instruction. and J. Brognard
! Belts. assistant state superintendent. sat
with the New Jersey board and took part
| in the academic portion of the discussion.
The representatives of the New York
state board were: Drs. Howard J. Rog
| ers commissioner of education; Charles
| f. Wheeloek, chairman of the examining
| department; Maurice J. Lewis. secretary
of the state board of medical examiners;
/ John b. Garrison. New York city. rep
resenting the homeopathic examining
board; Arthur R. Tiel, Mattes an. repre-
senting the. eclectic examining board, and
DR.. Fowler, Brooklyn, repre- ienting the
allopathic board
| For years and until recently it was the
custom of the New Jersey board of medi-
/ Cdl eAdlllucfS ~ AndOlSC NllfASut 4uSs-
tion all licenses issued by the New York
state board, thereby permitting physi-
clans and surgeons of that state to prac-
tice in New Jersey. Not only were the
courtesies of New Jersey extended to the
leading specialists of New York city who
might be called over here for consulta-
| ton. but the young graduates of the New
York state medical schools could bring
their licenses across the Hudson river
| and settle on Jersey soil to practice with
| out molestation.
Notwithstanding this, New Jersey ply
sicians who sought to practice in the en-
/ pire state were not permitted to do so
unless they first passed an examination
! before the New York state board and
secured a New York state license.
Negotia tions for an equitable settle
ment Of the differences were commenced
some 10 years ago and were pressed by
the New Jersey physicians without sue
cess. The New York physicians would
not even listen to overtures that a con-
ference be held Then the Jersey ply
sicians having unsuccessfully tried cour-
| tesy resolved upon heroic measures Ac
cordingly at meeting of the New Jersey
| State Medical Society at Camden short
| time ago, it was resolved that on and
after October 16. 1908. the Endorsement
Of medical licenses issued by the New
| York board would be suspended until fur
| ther notice.
/ This was equivalent to saying to the
empire state physicians that they must
/ pay some consideration to their brethren
| over here or stay on their own side OF
/ the Hudson. The move was intended, as
/ DIR. Baumann of Jersey City said, to take
such steps as to bring the New York pro-
fession to realizing sense Of the value
of reciprocity, by drawing the line
against the 1lost famous empire state
practitioners as well as against the more
humble possessor Of a sheepskin and an
appetite for practice.
The resolution had the desired effect
on the New York physicians and yester-
days conference was the result The
academic<phas of The question was tax
en- up first with the result that the New
York representation conceded that the
New Jersey physicians were equal in
standing TO those Of the empire state.
Then the main question was thresaed out
with the result as stated.
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