The Delta independent., 1916-10-20

HOUSE BILL NO. 17s, LAWS OF
1915.
Referred to the People of the State
Of Colorado by Petition Of Refer
endum.
Notice is hereby given, That at the Cen
eral Election to be held on the Seventh day
of November. A. ID. 1916. there will be sub
mitted to the qualified electors of the state
of Colorado. for their approval or 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. ID. 1913.
at 2 :O1 o'clock =. 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:
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.
ID. 1915. at IL $50 O'Clock A. NJ.
The authority for submitting such Act is
found in Section 1 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 IT Enacted by the General Assembly of
the State of Colorado:
Section 1. That Section 605s OF the JOS
Revised Statutes of Colorado be amended to
read follows:
Section 1. A board is hereby established
to be known by the name and style OF the
State Board of Medical Examiners. Said
board shall be composed of nine practictng
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 ac-
tive 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 public health
and the control and regulation of the prac-
tice of medicine in this state as shall be In
this act prescribed and conferred upon it.
Section 2. That Section 6o59 of the 1908
Revised Statutes of Colorado be re-enacte'
without change to read as follows:
Section .. The governor shall appoint
nine physicians. who shall possess the qualfi-
cations specified in Section 1 OF this act. to
constitute the members of said board. Said
members shall be classified by the
governor that the term OF office OF
three shall expire in two. three
the date of appointment. Biennially there
after the governor shall appoint three mem
bers. who shall possess the qualifications a
serve for the term of six years. and he shall
fill vacancies in the membership Of sale
board soon practicable.
Section 5. That Section 5000 of the 1905
Revised Statutes of Colorado be amended Il
read as follows:
Section 8. Said board shall Biennial,
elect a president. vice president. and
secretary treasurer from their membership
and shall adopt u seal which shall b.
affixed to all licenses issued by them. The,
shall from time to time. adopt such rule
and regulations as they deem necessary FOL
the performance of their duties. and
schedule of minimum educational require
merts which shall be without prejudice, par
TALLY discrimination as to schools o.
systems of practice of medicine. When al
applicant for license offers to the boar,
satisfactory proof that he has complied witt
such educational requirements are speci
fled in said schedule. the board shall accep
such proof sufficient evidence of the edu
cational qualifications of the applicant I
entitle him TO a license without examina
ton Provided. however. that any perso
who shall have been lawfully engaged in tn
practice of the healing art in the State o
Immediately prior to the date upon whic
this act takes effect. and is a graduate fror
institution chartered, to teach the heal
ing art by the state wherein II was locate
which school. in case the practitioner grad
uated therefrom prior to January LIST. 190'
required such practitioner to be in actual nj
tendance for two years of nine months eac
of not less than one thousand hours of II
struction work in each of those years
order to graduate. and which school, in cas-
the practitioner graduated therefrom suOs,
quent to January LIST, 1908. required Ii
practitioner to be in actual attendance Il
three years OF nine months each of not LEI
than one thousand hours of instruction wor
in each OF those years in order to grad
ate, shall be granted a license to practi'
medicine In the State of Colorado by Il
State Board OF Medical Examiners wltho'
examination as to his skill or knowledg,
provided further that such practitioner sha
make application to the said Board of Med
cal Examiners for such license within nine
days after the date upon which this In
takes effect upon such blank forms sa
board shall provide and shall pay the fe
herein prescribed and shall furnish eviden
satisfactory to the board that he II n perss
OF good moral character and possesses Il
educational qualifications hereinaboye spec
fled
Section L. That Section 6oGt of the 1916
Revised Statutes of Colorado be rc-enact'
without change to read as follows:
Section 4. The State Board OF Medic
Examiners shall meet as board of medic
examiners in the City of Denver, on the fir
Tuesday OF January. April. July and octob
of each year and at such other times nj
places as may be found necessary for Il
performance OF their duties.
Revised Statutes OF Colorado be re- enact.
without change to read as follows:
Section o. Any person wishing to o.
tain the right to practice medicine in tn
state. who has not heretofore been license
so to do. shnil before II shall be lawful 4
him TO practice medicine In this state. NAL
application to said State Board Of Medic
Examiners, through the secretary -treasur
thereof, upon such form and in such mann
ms shall be adopted md prescribed by u
board and obtain from the board licen
30 to do. Unless such person shall have ol