The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-02-09
SAYS MEDICAL BILL
REGULATES ONLY
MEDICAL MEN
Doepp Sponsor for Vet
eran Measure Declares 1t In
terferes in No Way With In
dividual Liberty.
Estate Capital Bureau
toT Evening Hcrald.
(5I DE Vargas Hotel.

Santa Fc. y. NJ, Feb. ar people
who arc apparently 80 thoroughly
against my amendment to the pres
ent state law Tor the regulation Of the
practice 81 medicine would take tho
trouble 10 read It. ! am convinced
they would have tu change their
minds In order 10 be fair, said Sena-
tor r. =. Doepp today. Senator Doepp
referred to the veteran medical meas
ure introduced al both former sessions
OF tho state legislature n now aEain
before the senate judiciary committee
following its Introduction by the
Carlsbad member.
In the first place" said MIR.
Doepp. "this bill Is not tho same oill
which Governor Mcdonald vetoed
during the nrst session OF the first
state legislature. II has been re-
GRATED and rewritten throughout and
many OF the provisions included In
the original bill are not Included IN
this one. We have eliminated them,
nos because we do not believe them
necessary. for the protection Of the
public. but because We felt that by
I eliminating them sc might overcome
] NNf"NANAA wv 2" HhHHHn NHAHAAAA wv
take half a loaf instead OF all that
that the situation in New Mexico
seems to require.
Tho newspaper statements that
this bin. 10 passed. would prevent a
druggist from selling a dose 81 salts
without a prescription are an rot, ana
anyone who would take the trouble to-
read this bin viii recognize the fact.
serious opposition on the ground that
the oil intcrfcrcs with individual l.b-
crty or with n school OF medicine or
any religious conviction, viii / be-
lieyc. be overcome upon a careful
reading for there Is nothing OF a re-
strictiyc nature IN the proposed
amendment which affects the rights
OF the individual. Section 31OO OF the
compiled laws. relating TO home REM
edics, midwifery, etc. b. not touched
by this bill. Title bin, as q matter OF
fact. is solely for the purpose OF reg
ulating doctors and BE- not for the reg
ulatio1 Of their patients In any way.
II seeks ~ prevent the operation OF
quacks and to require proper eNami-
nation or c~ertidcation FOR every man
who comes into this state TO practice
medicine. This much We know To- be
necessary for the pubic protection.
Tho bill now before the senate does
not even define the practice OF med
ir.1c, although tie original law doeS.
Yet even in the original law the def
milton Ia not as exact ana az rigid as
o. should be.
The taIk about a doctors rust is
unfair 10 the members of the profess
sion I'm thi estate. No doctor ana no
set Qf doctors are seeking n monopoly.
This bin has nothing IN b which can
ne twisted into such a charge. Nor
can IL be construed as In any way
affecting Tho rights Of the individual.
Certain provisions which might have
been so construed were contained Ia
The original bill Of four years ago but
they have been eliminated. An un-
prejudiccd reading Of my bin, | think
viii prove to any man that Il seeks
nothing bat the proper regulation OF
the mon who seek 20 practice med
iclne IN this state. II j. a regulation
which can only be for The public pro-
lection and beyond that It's operations
concern physicians only