case of violations of the act. Section 22 disqualifies the board for issuing any license contrary to its provisions, and section 23 repeals former law and amendments contrary to this act. Secretary, state board of medical examiners, Dr. T. J. Hap. pel, Trenton. TEXAS. The new law that went into effect July 9, 1901, provides for the appointment by the governor of three boards of medical examiners, regular, eclectic, and homeopathic, from lists furnished by the respective state societies, and that all persons desiring to practice as physicians or professional midwives and not qualified under earlier laws, must pass an examination. "Section 6. In any case any applicant shall fail to pass a satisfactory examination he or she shall not be permitted to stand any further examination within one year thereafter, and in no event shall an applicant who stands rejected by one of said boards be examined or licensed by either of the other boards. If an applicant desires to practice a system not represented by any of the boards hereby established, he or she may elect for himself or herself the board before which he or she will appear for examination; provided, that no applicant shall be rejected because of his or her adherence to any particular school of medicine or system of practice, nor on account of his or her views as to the method of treatment and cure of disease; and provided, further, when, in the opinion of the presidents of the boards, any applicant had been unavoidably prevented from appearing before the board at their regular meeting, said presidents shall, on notification, appoint a committee of three members to examine such applicant and, if the examination be satisfactory, notify the secretary, who shall issue to him or her a temporary certificate, which shall have the same force and effect as though granted by the full board until the applicant shall have the opportunity to appear before the board at its next regular meeting, when said temporary certificate shall become void. No applicant shall be admitted to examination who can not submit satisfactory evidence that he or she is more than 21 years of age, and is of good moral character. Applications for license must be made in writing and presented to the president or secretary of the board before which the applicant desires to appear, and must be accompanied with a fee of $15; provided, when the applicant desires to practice midwifery alone, the fee shall be $5. "Section 8. All persons who may change their residence to the state of Texas, on filing a true copy of a license granted by the board of medical examiners of another state or territory certified by the affidavits of the president and secretary of said board, with satisfactory proof of the genuineness of the same, and showing that the standard of requirements of the medical laws of said state or territory and that adopted by said board of medical examiners are equal to that provided for in this act, and who, on the payment of the usual fee of $15, may be registered and receive a license from the board of medical examiners of Texas to practice in this state. "Section 9. Any person shall be regarded as practicing medicine or surgery within the meaning of this act who shall profess publicly to be a physician or surgeon and shall offer to practice as such or prescribe for those needing medical and surgical aid, and shall charge or receive therefor money or other compensation. This act shall be so construed as to include persons not pretending to be physicians who offer fo sale publicly on the streets or other public places remedies not manufactured and compounded within this state, which they recommend for the cure of disease. Consultants, government officials acting as such, etc., are exempted. "Section 10. The applicant shall be examined in the following branches: Anatomy, physiology, chemistry, materia medica, therapeutics, histology, pathology, practice of medicine, surgery (including diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat), obstetrics, gynecology, hygiene and medical jurisprudence." Secretary board of medical examiners for state of Texas (Reg.), Dr. M. M. Smith, Austin, Texas. Secretary eclectic board of medical examiners, Dr. L. S. Downs, Galveston Texas. Secretary homeopathic board of medical examiners, Dr. N. O. Brenizer, Austin, Texas. Regular meetings of the examining boards are specified to be held at least twice a year, at places duly advertised. STATES FROM WHICH LICENSE MAY BE ACCEPTED FROM APPLICANTS WITHOUT EXAMINATION BY THE BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS: Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Iowa, Louisana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri (if issued since July 1, 1901), Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Utah, Virginia, Washington (state of). UTAH. AN ACT REGULATING THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE IN THE STATE The following is the Utah law as given in the statute: 1728. STATE BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS. APPOINTMENT. There shall be appointed by the governor at each regular session of the legislature, by and with the consent of the senate, a state board of medical examiners, which shall con sist of seven members, who shall be representatives of the various recognized schools of medicine, and shall hold office until their successors are appointed and qualified. Each person so appointed shall qualify by taking an oath before a judge of the district court that he is a graduate of a legally chartered medical college in good standing and will faithfully perform the duties of his office. Vacancies in the board shall be filled by appointment by the governor within one month from the time the vacancy shall occur. ('92, p. 81*; '94, p. 128*.) 1729. ORGANIZATION. EXAMINATION AND CERTIFICATES.Said board shall organize immediately after its appointment by selecting from its members a president, a secretary and a treasurer. Four members of the board shall constitute a quorum. The board shall have a seal, with which it shall attest its official acts. Any member of the board shall have authority to administer oaths, and the board shall have authority to take testimony in all matters relating to the duties of the board. The board shall have power to issue cerificates to any person who furnishes satisfactory proof of having received a degree or diploma from a chartered medical college in good standing and who shall pass a satisfactory examination before the board. The board shall issue two forms of certificates or licenses, one for persons holding such a degree or diploma who has been examined and favorably passed on by the board, and another for persons desiring to practice obstetrics under the provisions of section 1737. Certificates and licenses shall be signed by all members of the board granting them. ('92, p. 81*; '94, p. 129*.) The prohibitions of the United States Constitution against state legislation abridging the privilege of citizens are not violated by act, March 10, 1892, applicable alike to citizens of Utah and of other states and territories, which authorizes the licensing, without examination, of medical graduates who were, but not those who were not, in actual practice at its passage, and also of persons who had practiced for ten years in the territory before the taking effect of the act, on passing an examination, although without a diploma, while requiring others to have a diploma, besides passing an examination. People vs. Hasbrouck, 11 U. 291; 39 p. 918. Nor is such act, in authorizing the board to ascertain and determine the qualifications of applicants to practice medicine, unconstitutional, as conferring judicial power on the board. Id. 1730. FEE FOR EXAMINATION.-The fee for the examination provided for in the last preceding section shall be $15, which shall be paid to the treasurer of the board of examiners. ('92, p. 82*; '94, p. 129.) 1731. NON-GRADUATES.-No non-graduate licensed under the provisions of the acts of the territorial legislature shall, in any way, advertise as a doctor, physician or surgeon, but shall, if he advertises at all, do so as a licensed non-graduate practitioner of medicine. The secretary of the board shall enter, without fee, on the register to be kept by him, the names of all persons to whom certificates are issued as physicians and surgeons. ('92, p. 82*; '94, p. 129-30.) 1732. CERTIFICATES TO BE RECORDED.-Every person holding a certificate from the said board shall have it recorded in the office of the recorder of the county in which he resides within three months from the date, and the date of record shall be indorsed thereon. Until each certificate is recorded as herein provided the holder thereof shall not exercise any of the privileges conferred therein to practice medicine. Any person removing to another county to practice medicine shall record the certificate in like manner in the county to which he removes, and the holder of the certificate shall pay the recorder the usual fees for recording such certificates. ('92, p. 82*; '94, p. 130*.) 1733. RECORD.-The county recorder shall keep, in a book provided for that purpose, a complete list of the certificates recorded by him, with the date of the issue of the certificate, and if the certificate be based on a degree and examination, the name of the medical college conferring the degree, and the date thereof. The register of the county recorder shall be open to public inspection during business hours. ('92, p. 82*; '94, p. 130*.) 1734. EXAMINATIONS. REFUSAL AND REVOCATION OF CERTIFICATES.-Examinations may be made wholly or partially in writing. The board of medical examiners may refuse to issue the certificates provided for in this title to individuals convicted by a court of competent jurisdiction of any offense involving immoral or dishonorable conduct, the nature of which shall be stated in writing. The board may revoke such certificates for like causes. ('92, p. 82*; '94, p. 130*.) 1735. "PRACTICE MEDICINE" DEFINED.-Any person shall be regarded as practicing medicine within the meaning of this title who shall treat, operate on or prescribe for any physical ailment of another for a fee, or who shall hold himself out by means of signs, cards, advertisements or otherwise, as a physician, or surgeon; but nothing in this title shall be construed to prohibit services in case of emergenecy, or the administration of family remedies, nor to prevent medical officers of the United States army from the discharge of their official duties, nor to prohibit visiting physicians in the act of consultation. ('92, p. 82-3*; '94, p. 131*.) 1736. PRACTICING WITHOUT LICENSE.-Any person practicing medicine, surgery or obstetrics within this state without holding a lawful certificate or license or otherwise contrary to the provisions of this title, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. ('92, p. 82.-3*; '94, p. 131*.) 1737. OBSTETRICIANS.-Persons desiring to practice obstetrics in this state shall be entitled to a license on satisfactorily passing an examination by the state board of examiners and paying to the treasurer thereof a fee of $5; provided, that this section shall not be construed to prevent physicians holding a certificate from practicing obstetrics, or to prohibit such service or the acceptance of a fee in case of emergency, or persons practicing obstetrics in communities where there are no licensed practitioners. ('92, p. 88*; '94, p. 131*.) 1738. MEETINGS OF BOARD.-The board of medical examiners shall meet on the first Monday in January, April, July and October of each year, at 10 o'clock a. m., and such other times as the president of the board shall deem necessary. The place of meeting shall be at the state capital. ( ('92, p. 84*; '94, p. 132*.) 1739. REMOVAL OF MEMBER OF BOARD.-Any member of said board may be removed for misconduct in office by a twothirds vote of all the members of the board, but no member shall be removed until after he has been given a trial before said board. ('92, p. 82*; '94, p. 132*.) 1740. "MEDICAL COLLEGE" DEFINED.-The term "medical college" in this title shall include colleges in good standing in the states where they exist. ('92, p. 84*; '94, p. 132.) 1741. TERRITORIAL CERTIFICATES.-Nothing in this title shall be deemed to require persons now holding certificates from the territorial board of examiners to make application for license. ('92, p. 82*; '94, p. 132*.) 1742. FEES, HOW EXPENDED.-Money received under this title may be applied in defraying the expenses of the examining board. ('94, p, 132*.) Secretary of board, Dr. R. W. Fisher, Salt Lake City. VERMONT. The board of registration in Vermont consists of the board of censors of the respective state medical societies which are authorized to examine and license practitioners of medicine, surgery and midwifery.. Any one who offers his services as such or who assumes the title of Doctor must obtain a certificate from such board. Pursuant to Act 112, Laws of Vermont, 1898, the board of censors of the Vermont State Medical Society will require graduates in medicine who apply for a license to practice medicine in the state of Vermont, to pass an examination in anatomy, physiology, materia medica and therapeutics, chemistry, practice of medicine, surgery, obstetrics and pathology. Examinations will begin at Burlington on the second Wednesday of January, April, July and the first Wednesday of October of each year. The standard of the college is determined by the board. Fee for examination, |