PENALTY.—Practising or attempting to practise medicine in any of its departments or performing or attempting to perform any surgical operation in violation of the foregoing is punishable with a fine of from $50 to $100; and a second violation, in addition to a fine, is punishable with imprisonment in the county jail for thirty days; and in no case wherein the act is violated shall the violator receive a compensation for services rendered (_ib._, s. 2,451). KENTUCKY. QUALIFICATION.—It is unlawful for any person to practise medicine in any of its branches who has not exhibited and registered in the county clerk’s office, in the county in which he resides, his authority to practise, with his age, address, place of birth, and the school or system of medicine to which he proposes to belong. The person registering must subscribe and verify by oath before such clerk an affidavit containing such facts, which, if wilfully false, subjects the affiant to punishment for perjury (Act 1893, April 10th, s. 2). Authority to practise shall be a certificate from the State board of health issued to any reputable physician who is practising, or who desires to begin to practise, who possesses a diploma from a reputable medical college legally chartered under the laws of this State, or a diploma from a reputable and legally chartered medical college of some other State or country, indorsed as such by said board, or satisfactory evidence from the applicant that he was reputably and honorably engaged in the practice of medicine in the State prior to February 23d, 1864. Applicants may present their credentials by mail or proxy (_ib._, s. 3). Nothing in the law authorizes any itinerant doctor to register or practise medicine (_ib._, s. 4). The board may refuse a certificate to any individual guilty of grossly unprofessional conduct of a character likely to deceive or defraud the public, and may, after due notice and hearing, revoke such certificates for like cause. In cases of refusal or revocation the applicant may appeal to the governor, whose decision affirming or overruling the decision of the board shall be final (_ib._, s. 5). SYSTEMS, EXCEPTIONS.—The law does not discriminate against any peculiar school or system of medicine, nor prohibit women from practising midwifery, nor prohibit gratuitous services in case of emergency, nor apply to commissioned surgeons in the United States army, navy, or marine hospital service, nor to a legally qualified physician of another State called to see a particular case or family, but who does not open an office or appoint a place in the State to meet patients or receive calls (_ib._, s. 6).