Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-04-23
NO. LIZ



PRACTICE OF CHIROPRACTtC
Il is hereby enacted hy che General
Assembly Of the State Of Vermont
Section l. The governor shall. upon
the passage Of tins act appoint an OK
aiming board consisting of three mem
bcrs. who shall be ChiTopractorS. whose
term Of Office shall expire ono. two and
three years consccutivcly from and
after February I. 1910. and shall annually
thereafter appoint one member for
three years. whose term of office shall
begin on February FIRST 10 all the
vacancy caused by the expiration OF the
term Of office OF the outgoing member
Of the board
Sec. ? Said board when so ap-
pointed shall be designated and known
as the state board of chiropractic exam
nation and registration No person
shall be appointed upon said board who
is not a graduate of reputable school
OF chiropractic and who has not been
a resident OF the state and been en-
gagged in active practice of such chiro-
practic for al least one year Immediately
preceding such appointment.
Sec. 3. Said board forthwith after
the annual appointment thereto has
been made shall elect a president sec
rotary and treasurer, who shall hold
their respective Offices for one year from
the date of election and until their sue
ccssors are chosen Said board shall
meet at 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. At
such meetings said board shall examine
applicants TO practice chiropractic and
shall grant license to such as pass the
prescribed examination. Such appli-
cants shall furnish to said board salts
factory evidence of a high school edu-
cation or its equivalent, shall be at least
twenty-one years of age, OF good moral
character and graduates Of a reputable
school of chiropractic 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
present himself or herself for re-cXam-
ination without payment Of an add
tional fee.
/ Sec + The examination prescribed
/ by said board shall include the follow
! ing subjects: anatomy, physiology,
! symptomatology, hygiene, chiropTactic
orthopety, histology. pathology, neu-
/ rology and principles OF chiroPractic,
and the applicant shall further be re-
{ QulTtu 10 give a clinical bNlllblASll alum
! of vertebral palpatIon, nerve tracing
and adjusting, and such other subjects
as the board may prescribe. Applicants
! shall attain a minimum grade of seventy
per cent in each subject, and a general
average of not less than seventy-fIve
per cent.
Sec. 5. A person who produces salts
/ factory evidence of having practiced
| chiropractic in another state tor at
least five years, and who personally
appears and presents a certified copy OF
| a certificate of registration or license
! issued to him in such other state and a
| diploma from a reputable school OF chirO-
/ practic shall, upon payment of regis
! tration fee of twenty-five dollars, be
| entitled to practice in this state pro-
| vided that the requirements for regIstra-
/ ton of such other state are deemed by
/ the board equivalent to those IN this
/ state.
Sec. 8. Any chiropractor practicing
/ in this state six months prior TO the
| passage Of this act and who shall be
/ graduate OF a chartered school or col
/ lege of chirOpraCtic requiring actual
/ attendance IN the same during his
/ course shall be granted 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 certih-
cate Of registration shall cause the same
/ to be recorded in the office II the secre-
( tary OF the state ~ book kept for that
/ purpose and shall pay a fee II twenty
! FIVE cents for recording the same
Sec. & The treasurer Of the board
/ shall make quarterly reports 10 the
/ state treasurer Of registration ceruh-
Gates granted. and pay - the state
I treasurer all money received BY him for
such examinations and certificates.
Sec 9 Practitioners Of chir0practic
| shall be subject 10 the provision OF the
/ law relating TO contagious and lntcc-
tious diseases and 10 the granting #
certificates Of deaths
/ Sec. 10 A person who practices or
attempts to practice chiropractic with
out complying with the provisions Of
I this act shall be imprisoned not more
than one year or fined not more than
FIVE hundred dollars nor less than fifty
dollars, Or both.
Sec H. This act shall take effect
from its passage
Approved March 70, 1919.