The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1916-11-01

the People OF the state Of Colorado by
Petition Of Referendum containing
more than the requisite number
OF signatures tto-wit. 500 of the
legal voters Of the State Of Colorado,
and filed in the office OF the Secretary
OF state on the Twenty-siNth day OF
June, \. d. 1915. at 1850 o'clock a. NJ,
The authority for submitting suCu
Act is found in Section Of Article v
OF the Constitution of the state OF
and Referendum.
HOUSE BILL NO. l7S.
BY Mossrs Thompson and Crist.
AN ACT RELATING TO THE PRAC-
TICE OF MEDICINE IN THE STATE
OF COLORADO.
Be II Enacted By the GeEcTal Assembly Of
ne Sfufc Of Colorado:
Section !. That Section 6O5S OF the
lyVs Revised Statutes Of Colorado be
amended To read as follows:
Section ]. \ board Is hereby estab-
lished to be known BY the name and
style Of the state Board Of Medical EA
aHiners said board shall be composed
OF nine practi'ius physicians Of lntes-
Ttty and abiIity, who shall be residents
OF, and have been licensed to practice
medicine In this state, and who shall
nave been graduated from mcdleal
schools OF high duCatouh require
meuts and standing, and have been en-
gagged In the active practice Of their
profession within this state said board
snail perform such duties, and possess
and exercise such powers, relative ~
the protection OF the public health and
the control and regulation OF the prac-
ice OF medicine in this state as shall
be in this act prescribed and conferred
upon IT,
Section .. That Section GO5g Of the
1905 Revised Statutes Of Colorado be
Te-cnacted without change to read as
section 2. The governor shall ap-
point nine physicians, who shall possess
the qualifications specified In Section
J Of this act TO constitute the mem
a a mil
lie so classified by the governor that
the term Of office OF three shall eN-
pre- in two, three and four and three
ana six years from the date OF appoint
fnent. Hlennially thereafter the COVER
nor shall appoint three members. who
specified in Section ! Of this act, each
to serve for the term Of six years, and
lie shall fil vacancies In the member
able. VI ''' 'o1'' Do '''' as
Section .. That Section 6OsO OF the
1905 Revised statutes Of Colorado be
anne ended To read as follows.
Section g. Said board shall biennial
ly elect a president. a vice president,
and secretaty-treasurer from their
mCm Borship, and shall adopt seal
which shall be affixed to all licenses
issued by them. They shall, from time
lions as they deem necessary for the
performance OF their duties. and
schedule OF minimum educatlonsl re-
uutrements which shall lie without pre-
JudiCe, partiality or discrimination as
to schools or systems Of practice of
medicine When an applicant for a
license offers to the board satisfactory
proof that he as compiled with such
educational requirements as are speCl-
fled In said schedule. the board shall
accent such proof as sufficient evidence
Of the educational qualifications Of the
applicant To entitIe him to a license
without examination: Provided, how
ever that any persou who shall have
been lawfully engaged in the practice
raao for moi less than three months
Immediately prior to the date upou
which This act takes effect and il "A
graduate from an institution Chartered
10 teach the healing art nv Tho state
wherein IL was located which school
In case me practitfouer Graduated
therefrom prfor 10 January Isf Ig0s
re0uired such pracIftfonsr 10 he in
actual attendance Tor Two wears Of nine
months each Of not less than one
ea9h ~ hos Years in arJer to rH,I'
nate and which school in case m.
tTr3sf thinner praduated rberefrnp, sinh
s,uuent to January 1905 reuIIIred The
practitioneT 10 he in actual attendance
Tor three years Of nine months sat.b Of
NOT less than one Thousand hours Of in
sfrurti0n work in each Of thos. wears
In order to graduate. shall be granted
"a license TO practice medicine in m.
state Of Colorado bv the state Eoard
OF Medical Examiners without exam