The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-04-24
NO. LID
AN ACT To REGULATE THR
PRACTICE or CHlROPRkCTiC


/ Il q hereby enacted =, the General
| Assembly ~ The State ~ Vernon,
| Section The governor sball. upon
/ the passage Of this act. appoint an cN
aiming board consisting ~ three mem
hers, who shall he chifoprac,nr,. whose
term Of Office shall expire one. two and
three years cunsccntvcly from and
after February !, 1910, and shall annually
thereafter appotn, ono member toy
three years, whose term of Office shall
begin on February first, 10 hl tho
vacancy caused hy the expiration ~ the
term Of office OF the outgoing member
OF the board
Sec Said board when 50 ar.
pointed shall be designated and known
as the state board OF chiroptaetic exam
nation and registration M person
shall be appointed upon said board whn
is not \ graduate Of reputable school
OF chiropraciic and who has not been
resident OF the state and been en-
gagged in active practice OF such chro-
practic for AT least one year Immediately
preceding such appointment
Sec, I. Said board forthwith after
the annual appointment thereto has
been made shall elect a president. sec
retary and treasurer, who shall hold
their respective Offices for ono year from
the date OF election and until their sue
ceSSors arc chosen Said board shall
meet al least semi-annually and At
least thirty days notice Of the time and
place shall be given in the chiropractic
journals circulating IN this state AZ
such meetings said board shall examine
applicants 10 practice chlroprac'lc and
shall grant license 10 such as pass the
prescribed examination Such appli
Giants shall furnish 20 said board salts
factory evidence OF high school edu
cation or its equivalent, shall be az least
twenty-one years of age, OF good moral
character and graduates of a reputable
school OF chropfac,ic requiring three
years course as a resident student
therein Applicants shall pay twenty
FIVE dollars to the treasurer Of said
board before examination; but any per-
son failing to pass such examination
may, at any time within one year,
present himself or herself for re-exam-
inaion without paymen, OF an add.
tional fee
Sec. The examination prescribed
by said board shall include the follow
ing subjects anatomy, physiology
symptomatology, hygiene, chiropractic
orthopety histology, pathology neu-
rolog and principles of chiropractlc
and the applicant shall further be re
quired to give clinical demonstration
of vertebral palpation, nerve tracing
and adjusting, and such other subjects
as the board may prescribe Applicants
shall attain minimum grade OF seventy
per cent in each subject, and a general
average Of not less than seventy-hve
per cent
Sec S. A person who produces salts
factory evidence OF having practiced
chiropfactic In another state for at
least five years, and who personally
appears and presents certified copy OF
a certificate Of registration or license
issued TO him in such other state and
diploma from reputable school of chiro-
praetic shall, upon payment OF regis
tration fee OF twenty-five dollars, bc
entitled to practice in this state pro-
vided that the requirements for registra-
tion Of such other state are deemed bs
the board equivalent to those in thin
state
Sec. 6 Any ohiropractor practicing
in this state six months prior TO the
passage of this act and who shall be a
graduate of a chartered school or col
lege Of chiropractic requiring actual
attendance in the same during his
course shall be granted a license by
said board upon presentation OF his
diploma provided that application be
made within sixty days after the taking
effect Of this act and accompanied by
fee Of ten dollars
Sec. ?. A person receiving cert'h-
cate Of registration shall cause the same
10 be recorded in the office OF the secre
tary of the state in book kept for that
purpose and shall pay fee OF twenty
Eve cents for recording the same,
Sec. 8. The treasurer Of the board
shall make quarterly reports TO the
state treasurer of registration certih-
Gates granted, and pay TO the. state
treasurer all money received by him tor
such examinations and certificates
Sec. 0. Practitioners OF chiroprache
shall be subject to the provisions OF the
aw relating to contagious and mice.
.ious diseases and TO the granting OF
certificates of deaths
Sec. 10. A person who practices or
attempts to practice chiropractic with.
nj complying with the provisions OF
his act shall be imprisoned not more
han one year or fined not more than
i've hundred dollars nor less than fifty
IoIlars, or both.
Sec. II. This act shall take effect
rom its passage.