Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-12
By the State Board Of
Medical Registration.
Reciprocity Exists With Sev-
eral Other States.
Twenty Complaints for Violation Of
Medical Law Acted Upon.

! The Maine Board of Registration OF
Medicine has filed it's annual report fol
1908 with the Governor and Council
Hhe members of the board are DR.. Ga
len NJ. Woolcocll, Bangor; Dr. William
j. Maybury, SacO; DR. Austin l. Har-
vey, Bangor; Or. j. NJ. Willis, Eliot
DR.. w. S. Thompson, Augusta; DR.. w
RI. Harris, Augusta. The secretary is
DIR. William ]. Maybury.
| The board has held three regular
meetings during the year as required
| by law for the examination of appli-
Giants, and two special meetings for the
transaction Of other business. OF the
1oH applicants for license by examina-
ton, 50 passed and Is failed. OF the
latter number four We're re-eXaminet
and three of them passed. The num-
Der of subjects at these examinations
was H. the number of questions asked
20, the percentage required to pass IS
| In order to meet the standard reQuir-
ed in other states with which recipro-
city exists and the advance being mad
along the line of medical education
also to- preclude the possibility of fraud
| or deception at the examinations, the
| board unanimously adopted the fol
| lowing rules to govern the eXan!ina-
tons:
1.-THE board will hold meetings last
! ing two days or more IN March, July
| and November at such places and by
such dates as they may select,
each applicant shall, at least seven
| days before the date of his eXanina-
| ton, present to the secretary of the
| roard an application under oath or
affirmation, giving satisfactory proof
| Of Icing y years of age having good
| moral character and Of being a gradu-
| ate of some reputable medical school
| Or college, having power to confer de-
Srecs in medicine, and iii good stand
| ing, and maintaining a standard OF
preliminary education and of medical
| instruction approved by the board. He
shall also present such other facts as
the hoard in it's blank application
may require. 1Ie shall also supply tho
| secretary with recent unmounted
photograph Of himself or herself, duly
certified to before a notary public
| .'rhe standards of medical 1nstruc-
ton which the board will approve, is
three years of medical study and
| three courses of lectures for those who
graduated previous to 1862 and four
years. of study and four courses OF
| lectures after that date. Five years OF
| reputable practice before 1901, will BE-
accepted in lieu of one years study.
| I ntS board IN its classification of diplo-
| mas, will recognize only those medical
| colleges that require condition of ad-
mission, the equivalent, at least, Of a
high school education. in addition to
| he full four years attendance in a
medical college. This applies to those
! students martriculating in 1908 and af-
| ter. College or medical schools comply
| ing with these rules will be approved
| ly the board as far as preliminary ed
ucation and me dical instruction is con-
| cerDed.
"Thc fee for examination is $40 and
must accompany the applicatiO and
is not rcturnablc, but allows the APP
! plicant in case of failure to q second
| examination if taken within one year.
| The certificate fee is 81 and is return
able in case of failure.
".All applicants for examination shall
i:le with tie secretary for inspection
y th their applications their diplomas,
or a certificate from the dean OF the
medical school of which they are grad
yates. No application will be consid-
cred until complete, the fee paid, etc.
'"remporary licenses to practice are
not granted, and any person who be
gins practice in this State before q
license is obtained as required by law
"a general average of IS per cent.
shall be necessary to license provided,
however, that in no branch shall the
percentage be less than SO.
NO dishonest methods will be toler-
ated. and any candidate who disrc-
CARDS this rule is debarrcd from fur
Their examination This rule includes
the giving or obtaining aid
The report further says: 1.-THE six APP
rlicants for reciprocal licenses on the
basis of having been licentiates of
some other state board with whom re-
ciprocal relations have been established
were granted licenses and one was re-
fused.
"Reciprocity now exists with the
following states: Delaware. District of
Columbia. Georgia. Illinois, Indiana.
iowa. Kansas. Kentucky, Maryland,
Michigan. Minnesota. MISSOURI, Ne
traska, Nevada. New Jersey. North
Dakota. Ohio. South Carolina. Tennes-
see Texas, Utah. Vermont. Wisconsin,
Wyoming Virginia. West Virginia,
Louisiana. Colorado and Oklahoma.
about 90 physicians holding the
Maine license have been endorsed to
other states with whom we have recip-
rocity.
"Twenty complaints for violation of
the medical law have been received and
oil pr''~'rtly attended to.
II ertificate of DR.. ]. w Mer-
row of Bangor. has been revoked. We
have in former reports called attention