A consideration of the legal aspects of chiropractic : and more particularly of the question whether or not chiropractic is included within the terms of the Michigan Medical Act-Act. No. 237, Public Laws of 1899, as amended-and is subject to the provisions of that act. Brief, argument and authorities for the affirmative / by Loesch, Scofield & Loesch, Counsel for American Medical Association.
- Loesch, Scofield & Loesch, Chicago.
- Date:
- [1911]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A consideration of the legal aspects of chiropractic : and more particularly of the question whether or not chiropractic is included within the terms of the Michigan Medical Act-Act. No. 237, Public Laws of 1899, as amended-and is subject to the provisions of that act. Brief, argument and authorities for the affirmative / by Loesch, Scofield & Loesch, Counsel for American Medical Association. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.
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![in the certificate. If the facts thus set forth, and to which the applicant shall be required to make affidavit, shall meet the requirements of the board, as laid down in its rules, then the board shall require the applicant to submit to an examination as to his qualifications for the practice of osteopathy, which shall include the subjects of anatomy, physiology, physiological cheniistr}^ toxicology, pathology, bacteriology,, histology, neu- rology, physical diagnosis, obstetrics, gynecology, minor sur- gery, h3'giene, medical* jurisprudence, principles and practice of osteopathy, and such other subjects as the board may require. If such an examination be passed in a manner satisfactory to the board, then the board shall issue its cer- tificate granting him the right to practice osteopathy in the state of Michigan. Any person failing to pass such examina- tion may be re-examined at any regular meeting of the board within a year from the time of such failure, without additional fee. Any person engaged in the practice of osteopathy in this state at the time of passage of this act, who holcis a diploma from a regular college of osteopathy as determined by the board, and who makes application to the State Board of Osteopathic Eegistration and Examination before January first, nineteen hundred four, upon the payment of a fee of five dollars, shall receive a certificate from the board without ex- amination, which, when filed with the county clerk in the county where he resides, shall authorize the holder thereof to practice osteopathy in the state of Michigan, but shall not permit him to practice medicine within the meaning of act number two hundred thirty-seven of the public acts of eighteen hundred ninety-nine or acts amendatory thereto: Provided further. That the board may, in its discretion, dispense with an examination of the case, first, of an osteopathic practitioner duly authorized to practice osteopathy in any other state or territory, or the District of Columbia, who presents a certificate or license issued after an examination by the legally con- stituted board of such state, territory or District of Columbia, accorded only to applicants of equal grade with those required in Michigan, or second, an osteopathic practitioner who has been in the actual practice of osteopathy for five years, who is a graduate of a reputable school of osteopathy, who may desire to change his residence to Michigan, and who makes applica- tion on a form to be prescribed by the board, accompanied by a fee of twenty-five dollars. The Board of Osteopathic Eegistration and Examination shall refuse to issue a certificate of registration provided for in this section to any person guilty of grossly unprofessional and dishonest conduct. Section ;] provides Coi' Fees and for salaries of l)oai'(l mem- bers and officers.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21171609_0029.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
