The Glenwood post., 1916-10-07

record.
Section IL. That Section 6O6S of the
1908 Revised Statutes of Colorado be
amended to read as follows:
Section H. The State Board of Med
ical Examiners may refuse to grant, or
may revoke, license to practice medi-
cine in this state, or may cause 4
l'licentiate name to be removed from
the record in the office of any recorder
of deeds in the state upon any of the
following grounds, to-wit: The en-
ployment of fraud or deception in ap-
plying for or securing a license, or in
passing the examination provided for
in this act; the practice of medicine
under false or assumed name, or I'M
personation of another physician of this
state or of any state, territory or for.
eign country, of a like or different
name: the conviction of felony or If
crime involving moral turpitude; hab-
| isual :nti importance in the use of ardent
| spir is, narcotics or stimulants; the
procuring or aiding or abetting in pro.
curing, or attempting to procure
criminal abortion; grossly negligent or
| ignorant malpractice; the obtaining of
| a fee, either directly or indirectly either
| in money or in the form of anything
| of value or in the form of financial
profit, either as personal compensation
or as compensation, charge, profit or
gain for an employer, or any other
! person or persons, on the representa-
tion that manifestly incurable, sick,
diseased or injured condition of any
person can be permanently cured:
causing the publication, circulation, ex-
hibition or display publicly of an ad-
vertisement. notice or information of
any medicine or means whereby the
monthly periods of women can be reg
ulated, or the menses, if suppressed,
can be re-established, or whereby an
abortion can be accomplished; causing
or display publicly of an advertisement.
relative to any disease of the sexual
organs or relative to the treatment, al
deviation, palliation, cure or prevention
of any disease, weakness or condition
of the sexual organs such as preju
dicially to affect public morals, the OBJ
tanning of fee or the promise or obli
CATION to pay fee by fraud; immoral,
unprofessional or dishonorable conduct:
the violation of any provision of this
act. Said board, in determining wheth
er any applicant for license to pra"
tice medicine is morally, educationally
and otherwise qualified to receive such
license, shall upon their own initia
tive make diligent inquiry and investi
CATION whether such applicant posses
ses the qualifications required by this
act and those adopted by the board
under the authority of this act and
whether such applicant has at any time
done any of the acts herein made a
| ground for refusing or revoking Ii
cense and they may refuse to grant IA
license to practice medicine to any
person who, after such inquiry and in
vestigation. they shall find does not
possess the moral, educational and 9TH
err qualifications herein adopted or
adopted by the board under authority
of this act or who has done any q.
said acts. But said board shall not re-
fuse to grant such license under such
circumstances until said applicant has
had reasonable opportunity, and at
least thirty days notice to appear be-
fore the board in person and by coun-
sci and present in his behalf such state
ments, testimony, evidence, argument
and authority as he may desire to call
to the attention of the board. SAID
| board and the members thereof. NAV,
whenever it has been brot to the at
| tention of them or anv of them that
there is reason to suspect that any per-
son holding license to practice medi
cine in this state has been guilty of
any of the acts herein made a ground
| for revoking such license, make an in
| vestigation to determine the probabil-
| ity of the commission of any such act
| by any such person. If they find such
probability great. they shall notify such
person of such finding and they shall
| fix time and place for conducting
hearing of such matter and shall give
notice thereof to the person so sus-
pected and of the time and place of
such hearing and the specific charges
| against him. and shall inform him that
he may be present at such time AMI
place in person and by attorney to offer
such evidence as he may desire upon
the matter under investigation and |
may be heard in his defense. ANY
person may file complaint with the |
secretary-treasurer of the State Board |
of Medical Examiners against any per-
son who holds a license to practice mel |
icine under the laws of this state, or
who is an applicant for such a license,
with view to having the board re-
woke or refuse to grant such license
on any of the grounds herein set out
When such complaint is filed with the
secretary treasurer, he shall serve a |
copy thereof upon the person so ac.
cused, together with notice of at
least thirty 1907 days of the time
when. and the place where said board
will conduct hearing thereon and that
he may he present in person and by
| attorney if he so desires and may offer |
evidence and be heard in his defense.
At the time and place fixed for a hear.
ing before the board as hereinabove
specified or at any time and place to
which the matter may be continued,
the board shall receive evidence nnon