The Delta independent., 1916-10-27

1915.
Referred to the People Of the State
of Colorado by Petition of Refer
endum.
Notice is hereby given, That at the Gen
eral Election to be held on the Seventh day
of November A. d. 1916. there will be sub
mitted to the qualified electors of the State
of Colorado. for their approval rejection
House Bill No. 17S, which House Bill was
filed in the office of the Secretary of State
on the Twelfth day of April. A. d. 1915.
at :O1 O'Clock p. NJ. and referred to the
People of the State OF Colorado by Petition
of Referendum containing more than the
requisite number of signatures Ito wit: 8
per cent of the legal voters of the State Of
Colorado, duly verified. in accordance with
law and filed in the office of the Secretary
of State on the Twenty-sixth day of June, A.
d. 1915, at il so o'clock A. NJ
The authority for submitting such Act is
found in Section of Article of the Con-
stitution 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 PRACTICE
OF MEDICINE IN THE STATE OF
COLORADO.
Be 1t Enacted by the General Assembly Of
the State Of Colorado:
Section 1. That Section 6O5S Of the -ovo
Revised Statutes of Colorado be amended 20
read follows:
section l.. "A DOdTO Is hereby ebtaOilbueu
to be known by the name and style of the
State Board of Medical Examiners. Said
board shall be composed of nine practicing
physicians of integrity and ability. who shall
be residents of. and have been licensed to
practice medicine in this state. and who
shall have been graduated from medical
schools of high educational requirements and
standing. and have been engaged In the &C
tive practice of their profession within this
state Said board shall perform such duties
and possess and exercise such powers. rela-
q -, h IT, III !.
and the control and regulation of the prac-
tice OF medicine in this state shall be in
this act prescribed and conferred upon it,
Section g That Section 6O59 of the 1908
Revised Statutes OF Colorado be re-enactei
without change to read follows:
Section 2. The governor shall appoint
nine physicians. who shall possess the qualfi-
cations specified in Section l of this act. to
constitute the members of said board. Said
members shall be classified by the
governor that the term of office OF
and four and three and six years from
the date of appointment. Biennially there
after the governor shall appoint three MEM
bers, who shall possess the qualifications as
specified in Section / of this act. each to
serve for the term Of six years. and he shall
fill vacancies in the membership of said
board as soon as practicable
Section .. That Section 5000 of the 1908
Revised Statutes of Colorado be amended to
read as follows:
Section g. Said board shall bienniaIly
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES from their membership.
and shall adopt a seal which shall be
affixed to all licenses issued by them. They
shall. from time to time. adopt such rules
and regulations they deem necessary for
the performance of their duties, and a
schedule of minimum educational require
ments which shall be without prejudice par
TALLY or discrimination to schools or
systems Of practice OF medicine. When an
applicant for license offers to the board
satisfactory proof that he has complied with
such educational requirements gDeci-
fled in said schedule, the board shall accept
such proof as sufficient evidence OF the edu-
cational qualifications of the applicant &c
cnttle him to a license without examina-
tom Provided however. that any person
who shall have been lawfully engaged in the
practice of the healing art in the State OF
Colorado, 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 heal
ing art by the state wherein 1t was located
which school, in case the practitioner grad
uated therefrom prior to January list. 1908
required such practitioner to be in actual at
tendance for two years Of nine months eact
of not less than one thousand hours of in
struction work in each OF those years II
order to graduate, and which school. In cas-,
the practitioner graduated therefrom suDse
quent to January LIST 1908, required tn.
practitioner to be in actual attendance fol
three years of nine months each of not les
than one thousand hours of instruction worl
in each Of those years in order to gradu
ate. shall be granted a license to practic
medicine in the State of Colorado by tn,
State Board of Medical Examiners withou
examination to his skill or knowledge
provided further that such practitioner shall
make application to the said Board OF Medi
cal Examiners for such license within ninet,
days after the date upon which this Law
takes effect upon such blank forms as sal,
board shall provide and shall pny the fee
herein prescribed and shall furnish evidenc
satisfactory TO the board that he Is a persol
Of good moral character and possesses tn
educational qualifications hereinaboye speci
fled
Section 4. That Section 6o61 OF the 1901
Revised Statutes OF Colorado be re-enactc,
without change to read follows:
Section A. The State Board of MedIcn
Exnminers. shall meet n board of mcdica
examiners in the City OF Denver on the firs
Tuesday of January. April. July and octobe
of each year. ana at such other times an,
places as may be found necessary for tn
performance of their duties.
Section 9. That Section 6062 of the 19O
Revised Statutes of Colorado be re-enacte
wit out change to read follows:
Section 8. Any person wishing to OBJ
tain the right to practice medicine In thi
state, who has not heretofore been license
30 to do. shall before It shall be lawful 10
him to practice medicine in this state max
application TO said State Board OF Medica
Examiners. through the secretary treasur re
thereof. upon such form and In such name
as shall be adopted and prescribed by III
board, and obtain from the board a Iicens