The Glenwood post., 1916-10-21
re-enaeted without change to read as

re-enaeted without change to read as
follows:
Section 5. Any person wishing to
obtain the right to practice medicine
in this state, who has not heretofore
been licensed so to do, shall before it
shall be lawful for him to practice med
icine in this state, make application to
said State Board of Medical Examin-
ers, through the secretary treasurer
thereof, upon such form and in such
manner, as shall be adopted and pre-
scribed by the board. and obtain from
the board license so to do. Unless
such person shall have obtained a IL
cense as aforesaid it shall be unlawful
for him to practice medicine in this
state; and if he shall practice medicine
in this state, without first having OBJ
tanned such license he shall be deemed
to have violated the provisions of this
act. All applicants for a license to
! practice medicine, or for renewal of
any such license which has been re-
voked, shall furnish the board with
, satisfactory evidence of good moral
character.
| Section 6. That Section 6O63 of the
1908 Revised Statutes of Colorado be
re-enacted without change to read as
follows:
Section 6. Said board shall have
authority to administer oaths, to sum
mon witnesses and to take testimony
in all matters relating to their duties.
Said board shall issue licenses to prac-
tice medicine to all persons who shall
furnish satisfactory evidence of at
tainments and qualifications under the
provisions of this act. and the rules
and regulations of the board. Such
licenses shall be signed by the presi-
dent and attested by the secretary
treasurer of the board under its adopt
ed seal, and they shall be absolute
authority to the persons to whom they
are issued to practice medicine in this
state. 1t shall be the duty Of the Sec
retary-treasurer under the direction of
the board, personally or by deputy, to
aid the several district attorneys of
the state in the enforcement Of this
act and in the prosecution Of all per-
sons charged with violating any Of it,
provisions.
Section7. That Section 1904 of the
| 1908 Revised Statutes of Colorado be
reenacted without change to read as
follows:
Section 7. There shall be paid to
the secretary y-treasurer of the State
Board of Medical Examiners by each
applicant for license fee of twenty
five (25) dollars which shall accompany
the application. Two-fifths of the fee
shall be returned to the applicant in
case the board shall ref:,se to grant
him licer:.
! Section S. Every person who de-
sires to obtain license to practice
medicine in the State of Colorado shall
first make application for such license
upon such form as the State Board of
Medical Examiners shall provide, CIV
ing all information called for therein,
and pay the license fee herein specified
and shall furnish to the board such
evidence of good moral character as
the board may demand. Thereupon the
board shall investigate the moral char-
acter, education and experience of the
applicant. The burden of showing a
good moral character to the satisfac-
tion of the Board of Medical Examin-
ers shall be upon the applicant, but
the board shall make such independent
investigation as it shall see fit. No
person shall be granted a license uron
his credentials nor permitted to take
an examination for a license until the
beard is satisfied that he possesses a
good moral character. The board shall
| next determine whether or not the an
rlicant is entitled to license upon his
credentials and in determining This
| question they shall consider his gancfal
rrnutation, preliminary education, lie
gases received from educational insti-
tutions. licenses to practice in other
states, practice and hospital experience,
experience as teacher of medicine
and any other matter tending to show
his fitness to receive license without
examination. If the applicant is not
granted a license upon his credentials,
or if he prefers to be licensed by ex-
animation instead of upon his creder-
tials, he shall be permitted to take an
examination before the board and no
person who possesses good moral
character and has made application for
license upon the form provided by
the board and has paid the fees herein
specified shall be denied the right t.
take the examination. However, no
person who elects to take an examina-
tion and fails therein shall thereafter
be licensed upon credentials which he
possessed at the time of the examina-
tion, nor shall any person who has
been licensed upon credentials, be per-
mitted to take an examination. Every
applicant for license shall be desig-
mated by number instead of by name,
so that his identity shall not be dis.
closed to the members of the board
until after the examination papers are
graded, and every applicant whose ex.
animation papers grade at least 1870
on the average shall be granted Ii.
cense. The subjects of examination
shall be as follows: Anatomy, physi-
ology, chemistry, symptomatology, tox-
Zoology, pathology. surgery and obstct.
| rirs hrt M nueats m shall ha asked of