The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-04-05

three months OF said examination. The
act. sctnf 1f training Ing
nurses in the State and shall report to
the board such schools as shall provide
courses of instruction both practical and
theoretical thee in the subjects mentioned n
this act. and such schools shall fulnl
the QUALIFICATIONS herein described.
SECTION A. Section twenty-one OF said
chapter eighteen is hereby amended by
@ox etsr aas T0f the ae
thereof, the words. within one year Of
graduation, SO that said section as
amended shall read as follows:
Section p. Any resident Of the state
good moral character. applying. for reg
istratlon within two years from the
third day Of July in the year nineteen
dan "a aad tssn , %no 4n tb BY .a
faction OF the board that he or she Is a
graduate OF training school for nurses,
which gives at least two years course
IN 9 public or private hospital. where
Or that ne or she was, on said third day
or July, student in such a training
school for nurses, and afterwards was
graduated therefrom, shall be eligible
within one year Of graduation, upon the
payment Of fee of five dollars The
board may register in like manner with
ogt examination. upon payment Of a fec
Deen registered as professional nurse
IN another state under laws, which in
the the =, opinion Of the board, maintain q
maintained in this State, and which ex-
tends similar privilege to nurses reg
istered in this State
Section 8. Section twenty-five of said
chapter eighteen is hereby amended by
striking out the whole Of said section
and inserting In place thereof the fol-
lowing:
;. Section %. Said board. by a major
ity vote of all of its members, may
cancel or suspend the registration Of
any person as a nurse who may be
found guilty of neglect of duty or in
efficiency, or of any act derogatory to
nursing. but before any certificate Of
registration shall be so revoked, the
holder thereof shall be entitled to thir-
tty days notice of the charges against
MN MN . or her. and to full and fair hear
Section 6. Section twenty-three Of
said chapter eighteen Is hereby amend
ed by inserting after the words. fine
in the ninth and tenth lines, the words,
and shall have his or her certificate
revoked so that said section as
amended shall read as follows:
tice professional nursing in this State
as registered nurse without having
certificate Of registration. nurse
who has received such certificate and
pin shall be styled and known as a
Registered Nurse" and no other per-
son shall assume such title. use the pin,
the abbreviation r. N" or any other
words. letters or figures to indicate that
the person using the same is regis
tered nurse. Whoever violates any pro-
vision Of the five preceding sections.
or wilfully makes false representa-
tion to said board in applying for GER
titicate of registration, shall be pun
iShe6 nv fine of NOT than hum
bred dollars, and shall have his or her
certificate revoked; provided. that moth
ing in this section or in the five pre-
ceding sections shall apply to the acts
does not represent himself or herself
to be a registered nurse. The board
shall cause to be presented to the
proper prosecuting officer evidence Of
any violation of this section or of the
five preceding sections, and may incur
any necessary expenses In the perform
ance of this duty, which expenses shall
be paid out of the receipts of said
board.
Section Z. Section fifty-three of chap
ter one hundred seventeen of the Re
yised Statutes is hereby amended by
adding at the end thereof the words.
nurses shall also receive four dollars
a day while actually engaged in his or
her duties as SUCH so that said sec
ton as amended shall read as follows:
Section SO. The members of the
board of registration of nurses shall
receive their actual necessary expenses
incurred in the discharge of their off,
cial duties, and the secretary shall re-
ceive a salary to be fixed by the board.
not exceeding two hundred and fifty
dollars a year. The other members Of
the board shall each receive four dol
lars day while actually engaged IN
The inspector of training schools for
nurses shall also receive four dollars a
day while actually engaged in his or
her duties as sueh.'-(Approved March
81, 1919
CHAPTER 14s.
An Act to define certain terms used in
Section fifty-eight of Chapter sixty
four, of the Revised Statutes, in re-
lation to licensing children's homes
and maternity hospitals.
Section 1. The term boarding house
for children" as used in section fifty
eight Of chapter sixty-four of the Re
vised Statutes, shall be held to mean
a house or other place conducted or
maintained by any one who advertises
himself or holds himself out as con-
Quoting a boarding place for children
under sixteen years of age, or VINO re-
ceives illegitimate children under six
teen years of age, or who has in his
dren under sixteen years of age unat-
tended by parents or guardians, for the
purpose of providing such children with
food or lodging, excepting children re-
lated to him by blood or marriage or
who have been legally adopted by him.
Section 2. The term home for chill
dren" as used in said section fifty-eight.
shall be held to mean any children's
home, orphanage, or other institution.
association. organization or individual
engaged in receiving, caring for and
finding homes for orphaned, dependent
and neglected children.
Section 8. Whoever advertises him
self or holds himself out as placing or
finding homes for, or otherwise dfspos--
ing Of children under sixteen years OF
age, or whoever within period of six
months, actually places or assists In
placing in homes Of persons other than
relatives or causes or assists in caus-
ing the adoption or disposal otherwise
Of more than two children under six
teen years of age. shall be deemed as
engaged or assisting In conducting a
business Of placing out or finding
of said section fifty-eight.
pital" as used in said section fifty-eight
shall be held to mean house or other
place maintained or conducted by any
one who advertises himself or holds
himself out as having or conducting a
maternity hospital or boarding house
as herein defined; or a house or any
: other place in which any person re-
ceives, cares for or treats. within a
period of six months, more than one
woman during pregnancy. or during or
after delivery, except women related to
him by blood or marriage: Provided.
however, that nothing herein shall be
d-