The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-10-13

HOUSE BILL NO. 176, LAWS OF
1918.
REFERRED TO THE PEOPLE OF THE
STATE OF COLORADO BY PETl-
TION OF REFERENDUM.

fled electors of the state of Colorado
Tor their approval or rejection, House
BIN No. LIS, which House Bill was filed
In the office Of the Secretary OF state
on the Twelfth day Of April. A, d. 1913.
st 2;oi o'el~ ck +. NJ. and referred 70
tho People Of the state OF Colorado by
Feution Of Referendum, cont aiming
more than the requisite number
Of signatures tto-wit: 5fs) OF the
duly verified. In accordance with law
and fled In the office Of the Secretary
OF state on the Twenty-sixth day OF
June, A d, 1915, at 1850 o'clock A. NJ
The authority for submitting such
At Is found In Section l of Article V
Of the Constitution of the state OF
Colorado. providing for the Initiative
and Referendum,
HOUSE BILL NO. 17S.
BY Messrs. Thompson and Crist.
AN ACT RELATING TO THE PRAC-
TICE OF MEDICINE IN THE STATE
OF COLORADO.
lie 10 Enacted by the General Assembly Of
hs state Of Colorado:
Section l. That Section 6o5s of the
1908 Revised Statutes OF Colorado be
amended to read as follows:
Section l. board Is hereby estab-
!ished TO be known by the name and
style Of the State Board OF Medical E1 :
sniners. said board shall be composed
OF nine practiclns physiclans OF lntes :
Tity and ability, who shall be residents
or and have been licensed to practice
have been graduated from medical
schools OF high educational require
lnents and standing, and have been en-
gagged In the active practice Of their
profession within this state, said board
thall perform such duties, and possess
ana exercise such powers, relative to
tho protection OF the public health and
the control and regulation of the prac-
ytce Of medicine in this state as shall
be In this act prescribed and conferred
upon it.
Section 2. That Section 605s of the
1908 Revised Statutes of Colorado be
Ts-enacted without change TO read as
Section O. The governor shall ap
point nine physicians, who shall possess
the qualifications specified in Section
J OF this act, to constitute the mem :
hers OF said board said members shall
Be SO classified by the governor that
the term of office OF three shall ex-
pire in two, three and four and three
and six years from the date OF appoint
nent, Blennially thereafter the COVER
nor shall appoint three members, who
shall possess the qualifications as
specified in Section / Of this act each
tb serve for the term Of six years, and
he SHAH fiIl vacancies in the member
sfiS s5is. Of sad board as soon as prAe'''-
Section g. That Section 5000 OF the
sos Revised Statutes of Colorado be
amended to read as follows:
Section 3. said board shall biennial
~ elect d president vice president
and secretary treasurer from their
membership. and shall adopt seal
which shall be affixed to all licenses
issued by them. They shall. from time
70 time, adopt such rules and reguia-
tlons as they deem necessary for the
performance of they duties. and "A
schedule of minimum educational re-
Quirements which shall be without pre-
tudice, 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 has complied with such
educational requirements as are specl-
fled in said schedule, the board shall
accept such proof as sufficient evidence
OF the educational qualifications of the
applicant to entitls him to a license
without examination; Provided how
ever. that any person who shall have
e9sn lawfully engaged in the practice
OF the healing art In .he State of Colo
rado, for not less than three months
Immediately prior to the date upon
which this act takes effect, and is a
graduate from an Institution chartered,
TO teach the healing art by the state
wherein 1t was located which school,
IN case the practitioner graduated
therefrom prior to January LIST, 1908,
required such practitioner to be in
actual attendance for two years of nine
months each of not less than one
thousand hours of instruction work in
each of those years in order to grad
uats, and which school, In case the
practitioner graduated therefrom sub
sequent to January l 1908, required the
practitioner to be in actual attendance
for three years OF nine months each Of
not less than one thousand hours of in
etruction work In each of those years
In order to graduate, shall he granted
. license to practice medicine in the
State of Colorado by the state Board
OF Medical Examiners without exam
nation to his skill or knowledge
provided further that such practitioner
lhail make application to the said
Board of Medical Examiners for such
license within ninety days after the
date upon which this law takes effect
upon such blank forms said board
h.I 40 attI hn1 ha
herein prescribed and shall furnish
evidence satisfactory to the board that
be Is person of good moral character
and possesses the educational qualiti-
cations hereinabove specified.
Section 4. That Section 6061 OF the
1908 Revised Statutes OF Colorado be
re-enacted without change to read as
follows:
Section J. The State Board OF Med
ical Examiners shall meet as board
Of medical examiners in the city oil
Denver, on the first Tuesday of Jan
tary, April, July and October of each
year, and at such other times anc
places may be found necessary FOL
the performance of their duties.
Section 5. That Section 6o62 of tn,
1905 Revised statutes of Colorado b'
re-enacted without change to read a.
follows:
section 8. Any person wishing tc
obtain the right to practice medicine
IN this state, who has not heretofore
shall be lawful for him to practic,
medicine in this state, make applica'
tion to said State Board OF Medica
Examiners. through the secretary
treasurer thereof, upon such form ant
in such manner. as shall be adopted
and prescribed by the board and OBJ
tain from the board a license so to do
Unless such person shall have obtained
q license aforesaid 1t shall be un.
lawful for him to practice medicine ir
this state; and II he shall practice med
icine in this state without first having
obtained such a license he shall be
aI 70 ,Fta tod ha Ct ans
Of this act. All applicants for license
to practice medicine, or for a renewal
OF any such license which has been re-
voked, shall furnish the board with
satisfactory evidence of good mora
character
Section 8. That Section 6063 of the
1908 Revised Statutes of Colorado be
ys-enacted without change to read as
follows:
Section s. Said board shall have au-
thority to administer oaths, to sum-
1..it @ and to take naf I'm Y