Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-11-18

SESSION LAWS OF 1916.
RELATIVE TO THE ENGLISH Ian.
GUAGE AS OFFICIAL.
section 1, Act 81, provides:
,(Amending Sec. 925, r. L. II. 1915,
e Civil Service Examinations under
he Board Of HEALTH
Such examinations shall
De conducted Ia either the English or
the hawaiian language. :"
The above quotations from the Or
ganic Act, Revised Laws OF 1916, SEES
sion Laws OF 1915, are the only sec
Ions that contain any reference to
the English or Hawaiian languages or
any other language. The laws specif-
lcally state the English language shall
be the authoritative language in case
there Is a conflict between the two.
The Constitution OF the United
States makes no reference to official
language.
YOUR DUTIES
are disclosed in the following sections
quoted from the Revised Laws Of Ha.
wall.
II is your duty to pass upon the
qualifications of those applying for p
license to practice medicine
You are also to consider II they are
Of themselves able to know and COM
ply with the law.
Section s3e reads:
Sec. 93S. Physicians to report. It
shall be duty OF every physician hav-
ing q patient infected with cerebro-
spinal meningitis. cholera asiatic, con-
junctiyitis follicular. diphtheria. dys-
EMERY amoebic, enteric Cor typhoid)
fever, fever paratyphoid, leprosy,
measles. dengue, paralysis infantile,
portussis. plague, scarlet fever Cor
scarlatina), tetanus, trachoma, tuber.
cnlosis, typhus fever, varicella, vari-
ola, varioloid, yellow fever, or any
other infectious or communicable or
other disease dangerous to the public
health. to give immediate notice there
Of to the board OF health. or ifs near
est agent, in writing. and in like man
ner to report to said board. or its
agent. every case Of death which takes
place in his practice from any such
provided, however, that when
ever a physician has q patient infect
ed with variola, yarioioid. scarlet fe-
yer, diphtheria, plague, cholera, yell
low fever, typhus fever. cerebro-spinal
or amoepic dysentery. such
In addition to the notice In
writing required to be given as above.
shall immediately notify the board Of
health, or its nearest agent, either by.
telephone or BY direct oral colnmuni-
cation. Every physician who shall re-
fuse or neglect to give such notice, or
make such report, shall be fined for,
each offense the sum of not less than
ten nor more than one hundred dol
lars"
Section ESQ reads:
Sec. $50. Reports by physicians
and others. It shall be the duty OF
every physician In the Territory to
report in writing the name. age, sex.
occupation. place where
last employed, II known, and address
Of every person known by. said ply
sician to have tuberculosis, to the
board Of health, or its nearest agent,
within "A hours after such fact comes
to the khowledge Of said physician. Its
shall also be the duty Of the SUPER
intendent in charge Of any hospital
asylum or other similar
private or. public Institution to report
IN like manner the name, age, sex. ma
occupation, place where last
employed, If known, and previous adj
dress OF every patient having tuber&
culosis who comes into his care or
under his observation, within twenty
four hours thereafter"
Section $50 reads:
Sec. 956. Physicians; precautions:
Instructions. It shall be the duty Of q
physician attending q patient having
to take all proper precau
tons and to give proper Instructions
10 provide for the safety of all indi-
Eiduals occupying the same house or
apartment"
Section esq reads:
Sec. 957. Physicians to make state
ment of procedure and precautions. 1t
shall be the duty of the board of health
to transmit to 4 physician reporting
q case Of tuberculosis, as provided In
section $50. printed statement and
report, in form approved by the
board OF health, naming such proceed
ure and precautions as in the opinion
Of the board Of health are necessary
or desirable TO be taken on the nrem.
Uses Of q tuberculosis patient. 1t shall
be the duty of the board of health to
keep on hand an ample supply of such
statements and reports and to furnish
the same In sufficient numbers TO all
Upon the receipt OF such
statement and report, the physician
shall carry into effect all such pro-
cedures and the precautions as are
therein prescribed and shall thereupon
sign and date the same and return it
to the board Of health or its nearest
agent"
Section e5s reads:
Sec. 95S. Reporting recovery of pa
tient Upon the recovery Of any per-
son having tuberculosis, it shall be
the duty of the attending physician to
make report of this fact TO the board
of health or its agent. who shall re-
cord the same and shall relieve said
person from further liability to any
imposed by this chapter"
Section s6e reads:
Sec. $685. Vaccination by physi-
clans; penalty for parents. The vac
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