Medical Jurisprudence, Forensic medicine and Toxicology. Vol. 1Witthaus, R. A. (Rudolph August)
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Medical Jurisprudence, Forensic medicine and Toxicology. Vol. 1
Witthaus, R. A. (Rudolph August)
Medical jurisprudence; Poisons; Toxicology
QUALIFICATION.—All persons hereafter commencing the practice of
medicine, surgery, and obstetrics in any of its branches shall apply
to the board for a license, and at the time and place designated
by the board, or at its regular meeting, be examined in anatomy,
physiology, chemistry, histology, materia medica, therapeutics,
preventive medicines, practice of medicine, surgery, obstetrics,
diseases of women and children, of the nervous system, of the eye
and ear, medical jurisprudence, and such other branches as the board
shall deem advisable, and produce evidence of having attended three
courses of lectures of at least six months each; the examination must
be both practical and scientific, but of sufficient severity to test
the candidate’s fitness to practise medicine, surgery, and obstetrics.
When desired, the said examination may be conducted in the presence
of the dean of any medical school or the president of any medical
society of the State. After examination the board must grant a license
to practise medicine, surgery, and obstetrics; seven members must
consent. The board may revoke or refuse a license for unprofessional,
dishonorable, or immoral conduct, chronic or persistent inebriety, the
practice of criminal abortion, or for publicly advertising special
ability to treat or cure diseases which, in the opinion of the board,
it is impossible to cure. In complaints for violating the provisions
of this section, the accused shall be furnished with a copy of the
complaint, and given a hearing before the board in person or by
attorney. Appeal lies from refusal or revocation to the appointing
power (_ib._, s. 3).
The person receiving a license must file it, or a certified copy, with
the register of deeds where he resides. On removal into another county
he must procure from said register a certified copy of his license and
file it with the register of deeds in the county to which he shall
remove (_ib._, s. 4).
EXCEPTIONS.—The act does not apply to commissioned surgeons of the
United States army or navy, to physicians or surgeons in actual
consultation from other States or Territories, or to actual medical
students practising medicine under the direct supervision of a
preceptor (_ib._, s. 5).
PENALTY.—Practising without a license or contrary to the act is a
misdemeanor punishable with a fine of from $50 to $200, or imprisonment
in a county jail from ten to sixty days, or both.
DEFINITION.—Any person is regarded as practising who appends the
letters “M.D.” or “M.B.” to his name, or who for a fee prescribes,
directs, or recommends for the use of any person any drug or medicine
or other agency for the treatment, cure, or relief of any wound,
fracture or bodily injury, infirmity, or disease (_ib._, s. 6).
FORMER LAW.—The former law is repealed only so far as it is
inconsistent with the foregoing act (_ib._, s. 7).
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