Medical education and the regulation of the practice of medicine in the United States and Canada / prepared by the Illinois State Board of Health, and published by permission of the Board ; revised and corrected to March 1, 1884.
- Illinois State Board of Health
- Date:
- 1884
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Medical education and the regulation of the practice of medicine in the United States and Canada / prepared by the Illinois State Board of Health, and published by permission of the Board ; revised and corrected to March 1, 1884. 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.
27/292 (page 9)
![which the regular board licensed 1,440, the eclectic board, 266, and the homoeopathic board 189. An Act to Regulate the Practice of Medicine in the State of California. [The following sections of two acts to regulate the practice of medicine—the original act, approved April 3, 1876; the act of amendment, approved April 1, 1878 —are still in force.] [Section 1—Amendatory Act.] Every person in this State practicing medi- cine or surgery in any of its departments, shall possess the qualifications required by this act. Every such person shall present his diploma to one of the boards of examiners herein named, together with the affidavit mentioned in this act. If the board shall find all the facts required to be stated in said affidavit to be true, the board of examiners shall issue its certificate to that effect, signed by all the mem- bers thereof, and sealed with the seal of the board, and such certificate shall be conclusive as to the rights of the person named therein, to practice medicine and surgery in any part of this State. [§ 2—Amendatory Act] The Medical Society of the State of California, the Eclectic Medical Society of the State of California, and the California State Homoeopathic Medical Society, corporations organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of this State, and no other corporation, society, persons or per- son, shall appoint annually a board of examiners, consisting of seven members, who shall hold their office for one year, and until their successors shall be chosen. The examiners so appointed shall go before a district or county judge and make oath that they are regular graduates, and that they will faithfully perform the duties of their office. Vacancies occurring in a board of examiners shall be filled by the society appointing it, by the selection of alternates or otherwise. The boards of examiners now organized or existing under and by virtue of their appointments by the aforesaid societies, shall continue to act as such boards until their successors are appointed at the next annual election. [§ 3—Original Act.] The board of examiners shall organize within three months after the passage of this act. They shall procure a seal, and shall receive, through their secretary, applications for certificates and examinations. The presi- dent of each board shall have authority to administer oaths, and the board take testimony in all meetings relating to their duties. They shall issue certificates to all who furnish satisfactory proof of having received diplomas or licenses from legally chartered medical institutions in good standing. They shall prepare two forms of certificates, one for persons in possession of diplomas or licenses, the other for candidates examined by the board. They shall furnish to the county clerks of the several counties a list of all persons receiving certificates. In select- ing places to hold their meetings, they shall, as far as reasonable, accommodate applicants residing in different sections of the State, and due notice shall be published of all their meetings. Certificates shall be signed by all the members of the board granting them, and shall indicate the medical society to which the examining board is attached. [§ 3—Amendatory Act.] Said board of examiners shall examine diplomas as to their genuineness, and if the diploma shall be found genuine as represented, the secretary of the board of examiners shall receive a fee of five dollars from each graduate or licentiate, and no further charge shall be made to the applicant; but if it be found to be fraudulent, or not lawfully owned by the possessor, the board shall be entitled to charge and collect twenty dollars of the applicant presenting](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21069748_0027.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
