River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-07-15

CHAPTER 52S, LAWS OF 1909.
AN ACT to create sections 1435f-12 to
1435f-24, inclusive OF the statutes, reg
ulating the practice of midwifery In the
state of Wisconsin.
The people of the State of Wisconsin, rep
resented in Senate and Assembly, do en-
act as follows:
Section /. There are added to the stat
utes thirteen new sections to read Sec
tion 1435f--12. All persons hereafter COM
mencing the practice of midwifery, in any
of it's branches, in this state, shall apply
to the state board of medical examiners
at the time and place designated by said
board, or at any regular meeting thereof,
for certificate of registration so to ptac-
tice. and shall present to said board dip.
Iona from a reputable college or school OF
midwifery and submit satisfactory evidences
of good moral and professional character.
A college or school of midwifery to be
deemed reputable by said board shall be a
training school for midwifery connected
with a reputable hospital or sanitarium,
in the science md practice OF N 'wifery,
and giving its students practical eN "ience
in at least twenty cases of continent Mt
Section 1435f--1S. All applicants for a
certificate of registration under the proyi-
sions of section 14S5f-12 of this act shall
submit to a written examination In the
following branches Anatomy of the female
pelvis; anatomy and physiology of the or
gans contained in the female pelvis; symp-
toms, diagnosis, physiology and complca-'
lions of pregnancy diagnosis, course and
management of labor and care of mother
and child for the first ten days succeeding
child birth, Such examination shall be pre-
pared and conducted by a committee OF
three members of said board appointed by
the president.
Section l435f-14. After examination,
as hereinbefore provided, the board shall,
II 1t find the applicant qualified, grant a
certificate of registration to said applicant,
which certificate shall be granted only by
the consent of at least six members of said
board and which, after the payment Of the
fees hereinafter provided shall be signed
by the president, and secretary thereof,
and attested by the seal thereof
Section 1435f--15. This act shall not
be construed to affect duly licensed or reg
tstered physicians surgeons, or osteopaths,
nor shall it prohibit the rendering Of serv-
Ice in cases where q licensed physician,
surgeon or registered midwife cannot be Sc
cured in time for delivery, gratuitouS serv-
ice In cases Of emergency, nor to affect any
person who has been engaged In the re-
putable practice of midwifery In this state
for at least one year prior to the passage
and publication Of this act and who shall
obtain from the state board of medical ex-
aminers a certificate of registration as
hereinafter provided.
Section 1435f-16. livery person prac-
ticing or claiming to practice midwifery
within this state shall within six months
after the passage and publication of this
board of medical examiners for registra-
tion, such application to be made upon
bic nlSs prepared and furnished by, said
board. Every person so applying snail fur-'
nish evidence of good moral and profess
sional character, such good moral and pro-
fessional character to be attested by the
oath of two reputable licensed physicians
or surgeons and one responsible layman,
preferably a clergyman. No certificate OF
registration shall be issued unless the evil
dence Of good moral and professional char
acter of the applicant Is satisfactory to the
board, and unless at least six members OF
said board consent to the issuance of such
certificate
animation provided herein snail be ten dol
lars In each case, with five dollars addi-'
tional for the certificate Issued; and the
fee for registration because OF the one
years practice at the time of the passage
and publication of this act, shall be Ave
dollars. The fee in each case shall accom-
pany the application and shall be paid to
the treasurer of the board, and may be
applied toward defraying the necessary ex-
penses of the board.
Section 1435f-1S. The state board of
medical examiners shall have the power TO
make such rules and regulations govern
ing the examination and registration here
In required, as It may be necessary In or.
der to ascertain the true character and
qualification Of an applicant for certih-
Section 1435f-19. Every person re-
ceiving the certificate herein provided shall
forthwith register the same with the regis
ter of deeds of the county In which said
wives who reside or practice In cities OF
the first class. In such cities the mdwiveS
shall register the certificate with the regis
trar Of vital statistics In cities OF the first
class. and pay to such register Of deeds,
or registrar of vital statistics In cities of
the first class a fee Of fifty cents for re-
cording the same and said register of deeds
or. registrar of vital statistics In cities or
the first class, shall enter memorandum
thereof giving the date of said certificate.
the name and residence OF the person TO
whom 1t was issued and the date Of such
recording, In book to be provided ana
kept for that purpose. ANY person who
shall fail to record his or her certificate aa
herein provided shall not exercise any OF
the rights and privileges granted by such
Section 1435f-2O. Persons securing the
certificates Of registration herein provided
shall be permitted to practice midwifery
within this state, but such practice does
not include at any childbirth the use OF
any instrument, except instruments neceS-
sary to sever the umbilical cord, nor tho
assisting Of childbirth by any artificial,
forcible or mechanical means, nor the per-
Torrance of any version nor the removal
of adherent placenta, nor the administer
ing, prescribing, advising or employing In
childbirth of any drug, herb. or medicine
other than disinfectant and ergot after re-
delivery of the placenta.
Section 1435f-21. Nothing In this act
shall be construed as comforting on any
midwife the authority to practice medicine
or surgery or osteopathy, or to assume any
title or designation tending to show that
he or she Is practitioner OF medicine or Is
by law recognized as medical practitioner,
or that he or she Is authorized to grant
any medical certificate or any certificate OF
death.
Section 1435f~-22. l. 1t is hereby made
the duty of the state board of medical ex-
aminers to refuse to grant certificate OF
registration to practice midwifery to any
person guilty of immoral or dishonorabie
or unprofessiona conduct. The circuit
courts Of this state are hereby vested with
Jurisdiction and power to annul the certih-
cate Of any person to practice midwifery IN
this state who is guilty Of immoral, dishon-
orable, or unprofessional conduct or who
has procured such certificate Of registration
by fraud or misrepresentation or perjury,
or where the same was obtained through
error Upon a verified complaint In writ
ing made by any person to the district at
torney of any county, charging any person
holding such certificate with having In said
county, been guilty of any immoral, dishon-
orable, or unprofessional conduct, as de-
fined in this act, or with having procured
such certificate or license by fraud or mis-
representation or perjury, or through err
ror, said district attorney shall commence
and prosecute an action Ia the circuit court
planned against, to revoke and annul such
certificate Of such person.
2. Such action shall be commenced and
prosecuted as q civil action In the name OF
the state Of Wisconsin as plaintiff, and
against such person complained against as
defendant, and the rules, pleading. evil r
dence and practice in civil actions In the
circuit court shall be applicable thereto,
and either party may appeal from the cir.
s sS in court other ciT yne a saR5S' Either
party in said action may demand Jury
trial, and the defendant shall have the
right to be represented by counsel, and the !
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