ing such certificate of registration, shall record the same with the county clerk of any county in which said person shall practice, and pay said clerk or clerks a fee of fifty (50) cents each for recording the same, and said clerk shall enter a memorandum thereof, giving the date of said license or certificate, the name of the person to whom it was issued, school of practice chosen, and the date of such recording in a book to be provided and kept for that purpose. Any such person who shall fail to record his or her license or registration certificate, as herein provided, shall not exercise any of the rights or privileges conferred by such license or certificates. And any person beginning such practice without having obtained such license, or having obtained such license contrary to law, or any person who, not having such license or certificate of registration herein referred to, shall advertise or hold himself or herself out to the public as a physician, surgeon, osteopathist or specialist in any of the branches of medicine, surgery or osteopathy, or who shall use the title of "Doctor," or shall append to his or her name the letters "M.D." or "M.B.," meaning doctor or bachelor of medicine, or “D.O.," meaning doctor or diplomat of osteopathy, or any other letters of designation meaning any of the titles enumerated in this section, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $100 for each offense, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding three months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Any person practicing medicine, surgery or osteopathy, or without authority assuming the title of "doctor of medicine," "doctor or diplomat of osteopathy," "bachelor of medicine," or "physician," or "surgeon," or "osteopathist," or "osteopath," shall not be exempted from, but shall be liable to all the penalties and liabilities for malpractice, which physicians, surgeons or osteopathists are liable to, and ignorance on the part of any such person shall not lessen such liability for failing to perform, or for negligently or unskilfully performing or attempting to perform any duty assumed, and which is ordinarily performed by physicians, surgeons or osteopathists. If any person licensed or registered by said board shall be convicted of any crime committed in the course of his professional conduct, the court in which such conviction is had, may in addition to any other punishment imposed pursuant to law, revoke such license or certificate. Said board shall have the power to adopt such rules for its government and may require the filling out of such blanks by applicants as it may deem necessary in order to ascertain the true character and qualifications of an applicant for license, and the board may in its discretion refuse to grant license to any person who does not furnish satisfactory proof of good moral and professional character. Section 6. Every person shall be regarded as practicing medicine or osteopathy within the meaning of this act who shall append to his or her name the letters "M.D.," "M.B.,” or "D.O.," Doctor, Dr., or any other letters or designation with intent to represent that he or she is a physician, surgeon or osteopathist, or who shall for a fee prescribe drugs or other medical or surgical treatment or osteopathic manipulation for the cure or relief of any wound, fracture, bodily injury, infirmity or disease, provided, however, that nothing in this act contained shall be construed to apply to any dentist or resident refracting optician engaged in the practice of his or her profession. Section 7. It shall be the duty of the Board of Medical Examiners to investigate all complaints in regard to the violation or disregard of or non-compliance with the provisions of this act, and to bring all such cases to the notice of the proper prosecuting officers, and it shall be the duty of the district attorney of the proper county to prosecute all violations of this act. Section 8. No person practicing medicine, surgery or osteopathy shall have the right to collect, by law, any fees or compensation for the performance of any medical or surgical services, or fees for any service as an osteopathist, or to testify in a professional capacity as a physician, or surgeon, or insanity expert in any case unless he or she holds a license from the Wisconsin Board of Medical Examiners, or the certificate of registration hereinbefore referred to, with a diploma from a reputable medical college or society, or a certificate of membership in a medical society, and has been duly recorded as a practitioner in the state of Wisconsin; provided, that nothing in this act contained shall be construed as restricting any court in a criminal action from receiving the testimony of any person as a witness. Section 9. All acts or parts of acts in any wise conflicting with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. Section 10. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication. Approved May 22, 1903. Secretary of the board of examiners, Dr. Filip A. Forsbeck, Milwaukee. WYOMING. The state board of medical examiners is appointed by the governor. "Every person desiring to practice medicine or surgery, or who may publicly profess to cure or treat disease, injury or deformity in any manner whatever in this state, must be examined by the state board of medical examiners and pay a fee of $25 for such examination; provided, that any person who shall present to said board a diploma from some medical college of recognized merit, said college being a mem ber of the American Association of Medical Colleges, the Homeopathic Institute, or the National Eclectic Medical Association, or any college of similar standing in foreign countries, may receive a certificate from said board without examination, for which a fee of $5 shall be paid by each graduate. The certificate issued by the board must be filed for record in the office of the county clerk of the county in which such person desires to practice." The examination shall be of an elementary and practical character, and shall be upon the following subjects: Anatomy, physiology, chemistry, pathology, materia medica and therapeutics, hygiene, theory and practice of medicine, surgery and obstetrics, and sufficiently strict to test the qualifications of the candidate as a practitioner. Students may prescribe, under immediate supervision of preceptors, and gratuitous service may be offered in case of emergency. Lawfully qualified physicians residing in other states or countries, may hold consultations with physicians in this state, and any physician or surgeon residing upon the border of a neighboring state, in which he is authorized to practice, whose practice extends into this state, may practice without filing a diploma with the board, as before provided. This act does not apply to commissioned surgeons of the United States Army and Navy or medical examiners of relief departments of railroad companies. The state board of medical examiners shall examine all persons on the theory and practice of obstetrics who openly profess to practice obstetrics or midwifery, who do not have authority to practice medicine or surgery; and they may issue to such candidates and person or persons who shall pass a satisfactory examination, certificates which shall authorize and empower them to practice obstetrics or midwifery. No person shall practice obstetrics or midwifery unless either a practicing physician authorized to practice under the provisions of this act, or holding such certificates as are prescribed by this section; provided, that nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit persons from rendering services in case of obstetrics or midwifery in cases of emergency. Unqualified itinerant physicians and nostrum venders are prohibited under penalty. For date and place of meeting of board correspond with secretary. Examinations may be held at any time, by giving ten days' notice to secretary of state board of medical examiners, Dr. G. P. Johnston, Cheyenne. |