The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-30
VETERINARIANS LAWS
OF SOUTH DAKOTA

VETERINARIANS LAWS
OF SOUTH DAKOTA
An act to insure the better education
Of practitioners of veterinary medicine
and surgery; to regulate the practice OF
veterinary medicine and surgery in the
state Of South Dakota, and to constl-
tute a board Of examiners in veterinary
medicine and surgery; and to define of
lenses committed by acts lone contrary
to the provisions of this act; and pro-
viding penalties for the violation there
of.
B, 1t Enacted by the Legislature of
the State of South Dakota:
Section Appointment of Board.
That there be and is hereby created a
board of examiners in veterinary medt-
cine and surgery, to be appointed by
the governor of the state Of South
Dakota, which shall consist of five
reputable practitioners OF veterinary
medicine and surgery, who shall have
graduated from some college authorized
by law to confer degrees, and each of
whom shall, after the first board has
been appointed, be licensed under the
provisions of this act. The appoint
ments first made shall be one tor one
year, one for two years, one for three
wears and two for four years, and
thereafter appointments shall be made
for the term of four years, except that
appointments made to fill vacancies.
other than those caused by the eX-
piration of the term of appointment,
shall be made for the remainder OF the
uneXpired term; provided that the gov
ernor, in his judgment, remove any
member of said board for neglect of
duty or other sufficient cause after due
notice and hearing.
Sec. 2-PoWers to Make RuleS-Ofh-
feerc-P ncnff Such
board shall have power to make rea-
sonable rules and regulations for carry
ing into effect the provisions of this
act. 1t shall choose from it's members
a president, vice president and secre-
tary-treasurer, and shall hold two reg
ular meetings in each year, and such
special meetings as the board may by
its rules provide. A majority of the
members of the board shall constitute
a quorum for the transaction of bust
ness, but q less number may adjourn
from time to time. The board shall
keep full and complete minute of it's
proceedings and eff it's receipts and dis
bursemerts, and a full and ~accurate list
of all persons licensed and registered by
1t. and such records shall be public rec
ords, and shall at all reasonable
times be open to public inspection. Such
records or a transcript of the same, or
any part thereof, under the seal of che
board, certified by the secretary there
of, shall be prima facie evidence of the
facts therein stated. A certificate of
the secretary under the seal OF the
board, stating that any person is or is
not licensed under this act. shall be
prima facie evidence of such fact. The
president II secretary of the board
shall have authority to administer
Oaths, and the board shall have power
to hear testimony as to all matters re-
tating to the duties imposed upon it by
law. If any member of the board shall
without cause absent himself from two
of it's regular meetings c~onsecutiveIy,
his office shall be deemed vacant. The
secretary shall give bond in such sum
and with such conditions as the board
shall from time to time direct. Said
board shall in the month of July in
each year submit to the governor a full
report of it's transactions during the ~
months Immediately preceding.
Sec. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Any person desiring to begin the prac-
tice of veterinary medicine or veteri-
nary surgery in the state of South Da-
kota, or who h desire to hold him
self out to the public as a practitioner
of veterinary medicine or veterinary
surgery, or any ranch thereof. except
as provided in section 9 of this act.
shall make application to said board of
examiners for a license to do so. Such
application shall be upon a form fur
nished by said board. and shall be &C.
companied by satisfactory evidence of
che good moral character of the appli-
can and shall present evidence of LAY
Ing three full courses of lectures of at
least 26 weeks each in a legally organ
lied and reputable veterinary college
recognized by the board of veterinary
medical examiners, no two coureS be-
ing the same year, and of having re-
ceived a diploma from a legally organ
ICED and reputable veterinary college
which shall be in good standing as shall:
be determined by the board, and said
diploma must be submitted to the board
for inspection and Verification; provided
that the three courses of lectures of
six months each shall not apply to ap-
plicants who shall have graduated prior
to 1909. Every person applying to said
board for such license to practice. shall
pay to the board q fee of ten dollars
$4,000, which fee shall in no case be
refunded, and from the fund thus
! created the board shall pay such neces-
sary expense as it may incur. ZACH
member of the board of examiners shall
be entitled to receive five dollars ($5.00)
per day and necessary travelling Incl
dental expenses incurred while actually
engaged in the discharge of his official
! duties; provided such expenses shall
not exceed the amount in the treasury
during the fiscal year.. Said board
shall, by means of examinations, ascer-
ain the professional qualifications of
all applicants for license under this
act, and shall issue such licenses to
all who are found upon such examina-
lions to be, in the Judgment Of said
board, competent to practice, and no
such license shall be issued to any per-
son who is not found by such eXamina-
ton to be competent. Such examina-
lions shall be held at the regular meet
ings and shall include all such sub
jects as are ordinarily included in the
curricula of veterinary colleges in good
standing, and such examinations may
be held at other times and may in
clude sue other subjects as said board
shall authorize and direct. Said board
shall number c~onsecutively all applica-
tions received and note upon each the
disposition made of it, and preserve the
same for reference, n shall number
c~onsecutively all licenses issued. Pro
yided that veterinarians who have beer
engaged in the practice of veterinary
medicine or veterinary surgery, or any
Of the branches Thereof. as their prin.