Norwich bulletin., 1921-03-21
MEDICAL BILLS INTENT IS
 j TO PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH

Speaking of the substitute nedical1 practice act, this week, introduced in the general assembly after the withdrawal of the original measure, a few,.days ago 1, a prominent medical practitioner in the 1 state said that tine bill recognizes the. fact that the public pays for the state department of health, tine function of which is to protect the. public health. <
 The objects of the recoEimGndatiorsl J made byi. the Connecticut. State Medical society, at the request of the Civil Code commission he said, were to draw the attention of the people ito the. fact that l they have taxed themselves to establish a protection of ine public health; that th. health of tife individual Is his own
 affair until it inenaces the, health Of am
 other and then it becomes 9 public health
 matter; that to, give the protection equal " and to all ti,ey have established and ma intain state department of health.
 Tho state has enacted statutes and l adopted a sanitary code and entrusted the execution of these measures to the de- Dartment of h.altn this medical man. lpoints ou.. It requires the reporting of cer.ain. diseased conditions to the dep2rt- ment of health; it requires that all who l treat or profess to -reat t1,e sick shall i comply. with these pr2*isions.. Iae oun- tent.on e. the special coInnit.e1 of the
 state medical society is that the state ' has not tGseE suequlte measures to de- tterniir :: that ali wno '-cat O. profess 10 ttre;.t the sick are co'aneteat~to recognize ithese diseased con3i.i3'is that :he law re-
 quires shall be reported.
 1 ''Th. proposed law recognizes the fact i that the public pays for the department
 of heath tliat il nl.;y nave tlie res i,ons1t ! bility of supervision in :'ubl;c heakh ma tters. To do this property and .c:fec- tive9y the apartment of health must re- quirt ;l registration of al those W;lo t cat or isro1 esa to treat the sick" thu physi- ai4n said. sEshes duty of the department is csnllleted by q simple registration. but 1t must determine the ability of the regis ttrants to reccaEize. diseased, conditions, and tho intelligence to comply with cer- Ftaia laws Of hysish.: and sanitation, as
 well as the health laws and the Sanitary hcode of the state."~
 Ilio. proposed bill, it is also pointed out, recognizes farther that 10 proteo: the people from ircoin :etent and unscaupu- ! lou; pr&ct. t:onrrs the de.,artm-nt oi hc,eith must deterIli re the indivtual qual- iiscaticrs Of the applicant for regis, itior Ind license to practice in his chosen fieic For branch. To do this it must have some : educational standards for the various branches of practice sss i-,i :. '@rfris is provided for in the proposed board on educational standards, or board of regents" he explained. ->-'
 ,-'.e;;y tlie expenditure of a great tea
 fof effort time and money the Carnegie Foundation and the AniericanI Medical as : fsociation have made a survey of all tn, tn. ;iical colleges of the country So thai ; h cl,ssihcati ton has been made of them 2 i based upon their competence to properly ) stcach. This bilI' proposes that certif l tcs-te Of graduation be recognized as quail l lIfication to practice. only from the Class f l grade.
 i "Becs use a standardizing of some O
 the cults or special systems has not beer
 aecomnlished a bo;trd to pass upon sucl
 ieducational requirements seemed hcces {, t.sary to furnish this information to tn = department of health
 f "T'fis provision was not introduced a t. p: oppressive, measure. but to give ever. Fl sect and cult an opportunity to ,rais t their stancqrds and exclude the inferior : This would give the people of the stat
 l the best that could be obtained in al e branches and would not leave the state s s How in it's standards that the incompeten
 l would, be admitted.
 ] There is no question raised in thi I bill as to what method. of treatmeri h should be adopted by the various schools.