The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-09-07

ii shall be. otherwise ordered by the
Board of Pardons. (Ch. 2SS5. Acts of
1889. ~23; Oh. GIT, Acts 1911, Al: as
amended by Oh. 6917, Acts 1876, III
Sec. 2. That all laws or parts of
laws in conflict herewith be, and
the same are hereby repealed
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect
Immediately upon its becoming a
law
Approved by the Governor May
80. 1899.
CHAPTER 1918
AN ACT to Amend Sections and
s of Chapter 1871. Acts of 1888,
Laws of Florida Entitled: AN Act
Defining and Regulating the Prac-
tice of ChiropOdy, Providing for the
Exemption from this Act, Creating
a Board of ChiropOdy Examiners.
Providing Penalties for Violation of
this Act. Repeating Laws in Con-
fiict Herewith and Fixing the Date
Upon Which This Act Becomes Eff
fective": and to Further Amend
Said Chapter 1911, by Adding Six
New Sections to Be Known land De
Thereof Providing for: 12) Refusal
to Grant License; Revocation. u3)
Hearing of Charges Against Accus-
ed: From of Notice to Accused. C14)
Boards Power to Revoke License of
Chiropodist. U5) Records to be Kept
by OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of Board.
Q6) Practing Chiropody Without Lii
validity of Chapter.
BE 1t Enacted by the Legislature of
the State of Florida:
Sec. l. That Section 4 of Chapter
1911. Acts of 1893. Laws of Florida
be and the same is hereby amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 4. REGISTRATION BY EX-
AMINATION-Any person not en-
titled to registration as aforesaid,
who shall furnish to the Board of
ChirOpody Examiners, satisfactory
proof that he or she is twenty-One
years of age or more. a bona fide
citizen of the United States and of
good moral character. and shall
make oath that he or she has not
been convicted of any Offense that
would constitute a felony either in
Florida or any other state or coun-
try. shall present a diploma from a
ChirOpody or Podiatry school which
requires for graduation a course of
study of at least three years, said
school to be approved by the Board
of ChirOpOdy Examiners, and to pass
an examination to be conducted by
said Board in the studies of Anat-
OIiiN. Md
terra Medica. Pathology. Physiology,
Surgery and Clinical ond OrthOpedic
Podiatry. limited in scope to the
treatment of the foot and leg, mini
mum requirements for license shall
be a general average in the said
examination of Seventy-live per cent
in all subjects involved and not
less than fifty per cent in any one
subject. and pay an examination
fee of $4,000. which shall accompany
the application to the Secretary
Treasurer of the Board of Chiropody
Examiners. ANY applicant failing to
pass requirements shall be entitled,
within six months. to a reeXamina-
ton upon the payment of an addi-
tional fee of $1,000. but two such re
examinations shall exhaust the priv
1lege under the original application.
Every person who has successfully
passed the examination provided for
herein and to whom a license has
been issued shall not be entitled
to practice the profession of Chiro-
pody in this State until such person
causes his name to be registered at
the office of the State Board of
Health at Jacksonville. Florida, and
by registering with the secretary of
the State Board of Chiropody Exam
inerS: and further that any such per-
son must present Tin person., certif-
icateS from the above officials, show
ing registration aforesaid before an
occupatiOnal license may be applied
for or procured from any City or
State and County Officer having jur-
1sdict1on of the issuance of occupa-
tional licenses. Any person who at
tempts to procure or does procure an
occupational license in violation of
the provisions of this Section shall
be subject to the penalty provided
for in Section 9 of this Act. The def
milton of the word 'Chiropody" in
''Podiatry" and for all such pur-
posse, they shall be considered one
and the same.
Sect 2. That Section of Chap
ter 1871. Acts of 1893. Laws of
Florida. be and the same is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 8. The Governor shall have
the power to remove from Office
members of the Board of Chiropody
Examiners for neglect of duties as
required by this Act. or from NAL
feasance in Office and incompetency,
or for unprOfessional conduct. The
Governor shall have the authority
to I'LL any vacancy caused by re-
moval of any member of the Board
of Chiropody Examiners or by his
resignation. or death. all such APP
lists in the State of Florida The
Board of Chiropody Examiners shalI
within two weeks after their appoint
ment meet at some convenient place
in the State of Florida and shall
then elect a President from their
own members and a Secretary Treas
urer. The SecretaryTreasurer shall
give to the Governor of the State of
Florida a penal bond in the sum
of 100000 with sufficient sureties
to be approved by the Governor for
the faithful discharge of his duties.
The Board of Chiropody Examiners
shall hold one annual examination
in each year; said examination to
be held on the second Monday in
June of each year; said examination
shall be held at such place or places
as NAV be designated by the Board
of ChiropOdy Examiners.
Sec. 3. That said Chapter 1911,
Acts of 1923. Laws of Florida. be
and the same is hereby amended by
the addition thereto of the following
section. designated and known as
Q2): to read as follows:
(12) REFUSAL TO GRANT IL
CENSE; REVOCATION - The Ii
cense or registration of a practi-
toner of Chiropody may be revoked.
suspended or annulled, or such prac-
titioner reprimanded upon the fol-
lowing grounds:
(a) That the Chiropodist is guilty
of fraud in the practice of Chiro-
pody. or fraud or deceit in his adj
mission to the practice of ChirOpOdy.
tb) That the Chiropodist has been
convicted in a court of competent
jurisdiction of a felony. The convic-
ton of felony shall be the conyic-
ton of any offense which if COM
mitted within the State of Florida.
would constitute a felony under the
laws thereof.
(c) That the ChiropOdist is en-
.wouoa .ha nf EhirnnndU