The Glenwood post., 1916-10-07
House Bill No. 178
Laws of 1915
Referred to the People of the State of
Colorado by Petition of Refer
endum


the Seventh day of November, A. D.
qualified electors of the State of Colo
RADIO, for their approval or rejection,
House Bill No. IFS, which House Bill
was filed in the office of the Secretary
of State on the Twelfth day of April,
A. d. 1915, at 2:Ol o clock p. M, and
referred to the People of the State of
Colorado by Petition of Referendum,
containing more than the requisite
number of signatures (to-wit: 5%) of
the legal voters of the State of Colo
RADIO, duly verified, in accordance with
law and filed in the office of the Sec
retary of State on the Twenty-sixth
day of June, A. D. 1915, at 11:5O
o. 'clock a. m.
The authority for submitting such
Act is found in Section | of ArticleV
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.
Be It Enacted by the General Assem-
bly, of the State of Colorado:
Section |. That Section 605S of the
1908 Revised Statutes of Colorado be
amended to read as follows:
Section |. A, board is hereby estab-
tablished to be known by the name and
style of the State Board of Medical
Examiners. Said board shall be COM
posed of nine practicing physicians Of
integrity and ability, who shall be resi-
dents of, and have been licensed to
practice medicine in this state, and
who shall have been graduated from
medical schools Of high educational re-
auirements and standing, and have
been engaged in the active practice OF
their profession within this state. Said
board shall perform such duties, and
possess and exercise such powers. rela-
tive to the protection of the pnnhe
health and the control and regulation
of the practice of medicine in tins
state as shall be in this act prescribed
and conferred upon it.
Section 3 That Section 6O59 of the
1908 Revised Statutes of Colorado be
re-enacted without change to read as
follows:
Section 9 The governor shall ap-
point nine physicians, who shall pos
sess the qualifications specified in Sec
tion | of this act, to constitute the
members Of said board. Said members
shall be So classified by the governor
that the term of office of three shall
expire in two, three and four and three
in six years from the date of appoint
ment. Biennially thereafter the gov
ernor shall appoint three members, VINO
shall possess the qualifications as spec
flied in Section l 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 3. That Section 6O6O of the
1908 Revised Statutes of Colorado be
amended to read as follows:
Section 3 Said board shall biennial
" elect a 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
to time, adopt such rules and regula-
tions "a they deem necessary for thf
performanie of tacir duties, and
schedule of mirimurl educational re-
duirements which shall be without
prejudice Dartiality or Dissemination
as 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 as are speci-
fled in said schedule, the board shall
accept such proof as sufficient evidence
of the educational qualifications of the
applicant to entitle him to license
without examinations; Provided, how
ever, that any person who snail nave
been lawfully engaged in the practice
of the healing art in the State OF Col"-
RADIO, for not less than three months
Immediately prior to the date upon
which this act takes effect, and is
graduate from an institution chartered,
to teach the healing art by the state
wherein it was located which school,
in case the practitioner graduated
therefrom prior to January LIST, 1905,
required such practitioner to be in ac-
tual attendance for two years of nine
months each of not less than one thous-
and hours Of instruction work in each
of those years in order to graduate. and
W0lcn SCuUOl, Ill ChsS thc Pi",sAo">-
graduated therefrom subsequent to Jan
uary 1, 1908, required the practitioner
to be in actual attendance for three
wears of nine months each of not less
than one thousand hours of instruction
work in each Of those years in order to
graduate, shall be granted license to
practice medicine in the State Of Colo
rado by tho State Board Of Medical
Examiners without examination as to
his skill or knowledge; provided fur
ther that such practitioner shall make
application to the said Board OF Med
ical Examiners for such license within
ninety days after the date upon which
this law takes effect upon such blank
forms as said board shall provide and
shall pay the fees herein prescribed
and shall furnish evidence satisfactory
to the board that he is person of good
lie