Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-04-25

one or more years next prior to January
I, 1918, shall upon payment Of fee of
ten dollars, be registered without exam
ination, and shall receive in testimony
thereof certificate signed by the chair
man and secretary of the board. Appli-
cations for registration shall Be made
upon blanks furnished by the board, and
shall be signed and sworn to by the ap.
plicant. All fees received by the board
shall once month be paid by its secre-
tary into the state treasury.
Sec. 4. A person who furnishes the
board with satisfactory proof that he or
she has been registered, or licensed, to
practice chiropody in another state or
territory whose standard of requirements
is substantially. the same as is provided
by this act, shall, Upon payment of a fee
of fifteen dollars, be registered without
examination, and shall receive in testi-
mony thereof certificate signed by the
chairman and secretary of the board;
provided, however, that such nonresident
applicant is duly licensed where he re-.
sides and that the state or territory of
his residence grants the same privilege
to duly licensed practitioners of this
state.
Sec. S. A person not entitled to such
registration who furnishes the board
with satisfactory proof that he or she
is twenty-one years of age or over, and
of good moral character. and has re-
ceived diploma or certificate of grad
uation from recognized school of
chiropody or an equivalent institution,
having a minimum requirement of one
years course of At least eight months,
shall, upon payment Of a fee of fifteen
dollars, be examined, and if found quail
fed, shall be registered, and receive a
certificate signed By the chairman and
secretary of the board. An applicant
who fails to pass an examination salts
factory to the board, and is therefore
refused registration, shall be entitled
within one year after such refusal, to
a reorganization at a meeting of the
board called for the examination of ap-
Plicants, upon payment of an additional
fee of two dollars for each such reexam-
nation; but two such denominations
shall exhaust the applicants privilege
under the original application.
Sec. E. Examination shall be in the
English language, and shall be written
oral or clinical, or combination of one
or more of such methods, as the board
may determine. The examinations shall
embrace the subjects of anatomy, ply.
siology, chemistry. bacteriology, pathol.
ogy, diagnosis and treatment, materia
medica and therapeutics, and clinica
chiropody, but such examinations shall
be so limited in their scope as to cove,
only the minimum requirements fol-
chiropody education as herein provided
and shall not be construed to require Of
the applicant medical or surgical edu
cation. The minimum requirement fol
registration of applicants under section.
FIVE and six of this act, shall be basec
on general average Of seventy-ive pei
cent of the subjects involved, and no
less than fifty per cent in any one sub
ject.
Sec. ?. The board may revoke or re-
fuse to issue the certificate provided fol
under the provisions of this act to per
sons who have been convicted of felon,
or who have by false or fraudulent rep
Presentations obtained or sought to Obtain
practice in such profession, Or by falls
or fraudulent representation of such pro
fession have obtained or sought to obtail
money or any other thing of value o.
who assume names other than their owl
or who advertise other business unde
any other title or description than a
prescribed by this act, or for any i'm
moral, unprofessional or dishonorabl
conduct, provided that no certificate shall
be revoked or refused until the holde
or applicant is given a hearing befor
the board.
Sec. g. The board may subsequently
but not earlier than one year thereafter
by unanimous vote, reissue any certifi
cate, and register anew any chiropodis
whose certificate was revoked and who's
Registration was cancelled by the board
except as hereinafter provided.
Sec. 9. The board shall investigat
all complaints or violations of this &C
and shall report all such violations t
the proper prosecuting officer
Sec. 10. A person receiving a certifi
cate of registration shall cause the sam
to be recorded in the Office of the sec
rotary of state, in book kept for tina
purpose, and shall pay him twenty-fv
cents for recording the same.
Sec. II. The word board" whercve
used in this act shall mean the board Q
medical registration of the State of Ver
mont.
Sec. Ia. This act shall not apply t
the commissioned surgical officers OF tn
United States army, navy, or marine hos
pital service when in the actual pei
Torrance of their official duties, nor t
a physician duly registered under char
ter 22I of the Public Statutes nor to
legally registered chiropodist of anothe
state taking charge temporarily of tn
practice of legally registered chiropot
list of this state; provided said chiropoe
. list of foreign state has before begir
ming practice received the written cor
sent of the board.
Sec IS. A person violating the pre-
visions of this act shall be fined M
more than one hundred dollars for til
first offerse and not more than FIVE hur
dred dollars for each subsequent offens
Sec. ID. This act shall take effe'
!, from its passage.
Approved March 80, 1917.
Public Health.