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
No person practising physic or surgery, or both, prohibited by the
above section from testifying in a professional capacity as a physician
or surgeon, shall assume the title of doctor, physician, or surgeon by
means of any abbreviation or by the use of any other word or words,
letters of the alphabet of the English or any other language, or any
device of whatsoever kind, printed, written, or painted, or exhibited
in any advertisement, circular, handbill, letter, or other instrument,
nor on any card, sign, door, or place whatsoever.
PENALTY, EXCEPTIONS.—A violation of this act is a misdemeanor
punishable with a fine of from $25 to $100, or imprisonment in a county
jail from ten days to sixty days for each offence (s. 1, c. 256, 1881,
as amended c. 40, 1882).
On complaint in writing under oath before any magistrate or justice of
the peace charging the commission of an offence against the provisions
of this act in his county, it is the duty of the district attorney to
prosecute the offender, and in all such prosecutions the burden of
proof shall be upon the defendant to establish his right to use such
title under the provisions of this act (_ib._, s. 2).
Any person prohibited by sec. 1 from assuming the title of doctor,
physician, or surgeon who shall practise or pretend to practise
physic or surgery, or both, is not exempted from any, but is liable
to all, of the legal penalties and liabilities of malpractice, and
ignorance shall be no excuse for a failure to perform or for neglect
or unskilfully performing or attempting to perform any of the duties
required by law of practising physicians or surgeons. The act does not
prevent students from practising under the direction of a qualified
preceptor, nor women from practising midwifery, nor veterinarians from
practising in their special department (_ib._, s. 3).
WYOMING.
QUALIFICATION.—No person can lawfully practise medicine, surgery, or
obstetrics who has not received a medical education and diploma from
some regularly chartered medical school having a _bona fide_ existence
when the diploma was granted (R. S., 1887, s. 1,925).
Every physician, surgeon, or obstetrician must file for record with
the register of deeds of the county in which he is about to practise
or where he practises, a copy of his diploma, exhibiting the original,
or a certificate from the dean of the medical school of which he is a
graduate certifying to his graduation (_ib._, s. 1,926).
When filing a copy of his diploma or certificate of graduation, he must
be identified as the person named in the paper about to be filed by the
affidavit of two citizens of the county, or his affidavit taken before
a notary public or commissioner of deeds for the State, which affidavit
must be filed in the office of the register of deeds (_ib._, s. 1,927).
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