physician or surgeon who is called from another State to treat a particular case, and who does not otherwise practice in this State, or to prohibit gratuitous services; nor to clairvoyants, or to persons practicing hypnotism, magnetic healing, mind cure, massage methods, Christian science, cosmopathic or any other method of healing: provided, such persons do not violate any of the provisions of section 10 of this act.

-Laws 1896, Chapter 230.—

Sec. 1. Form of Applications.-All applications for registration as physicians or surgeons under the provisions of chapter 458 of the acts of the year 1894 shall be made upon blanks to be furnished by the board of registration in medicine and shall be signed and sworn to by the applicants.

Sec. 2. Who May be Registered.-Said board shall examine all applicants, and only such as are found qualified and shall give satisfactory proof of being twenty-one years of age and of good moral character shall receive certificates of registration as provided in said act: provided, however, that said board shall register without examination any applicant whom it may find to be of good moral character, of more than sixty years of age, and a graduate of a legally chartered medical college having power to confer degrees in medicine, and who has been a practitioner of medicine in this commonwealth for a period of ten years next prior to the passage of this act, and who otherwise complies with the provisions of this act.

Sec. 3. Revocation of Certificates.-Said board may by a unanimous vote, after a hearing, revoke any certificate issued by it to, and cancel the registration of, any person convicted of any crime in the practice of his professional business or convicted of a felony.

Sec. 4. Practicing Under Assumed Name.-Any person who shall practice medicine or surgery under a false or assumed name, or under a name other than that under which he is registered, or who shall personate another practitioner of a like or different name, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $500 for each offense, or by imprisonment in jail three months, or by both.

Administrative.-A board of registration of seven graduate physicians appointed by the governor. Executive officer, secretary. Registration of certificate by the board. Fee not given.

Licensing. The board issues certificates to practitioners and examinees. Practitioners must be graduates of legally chartered schools, with ten years' practice in the commonwealth next prior to the passage of this act; must be more than sixty years of age, of good moral character. Examinees must pass in anatomy, surgery, physiology, obstetrics, and practice of medicine; must be more than twenty-one years of age, of good moral character. Fee for examination $20, for certificate $1.

MICHIGAN.

The State board of registration comprises ten members, with Malcolm C. Sinclair, M. D., Grand Rapids, for president and Beverley D. Harison, M. D., Sault Ste. Marie, for secretary. The committees for 1899-1900 are

(1) auditing, (2) standards and colleges, (3) examinations, (4) legislation and litigation, (5) supplies, (6) registration, among which (2) and (4) are very important. None of them have reported, but any time after the middle of January the secretary can furnish a full report of the rules and regulations as finally adopted by the board.-Pres. M. C. Sinclair, M. D., Grand Rapids, December 6, 1899.

Sec. 1. Board of Registration; Appointment; Qualifications.-That the governor shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, ten resident electors of the State, who shall constitute a board of registration in medicine. Not more than five of the persons so appointed shall be from the school of medicine known as regular; not more than two of the persons so appointed shall be from the school of medicine known as the homeopathic; not more than two of the persons so appointed shall be from the school of medicine known as eclectic; and not more than one of the persons so appointed shall be from the school of medicine known as physiomedical, and the appointees may be chosen from lists submitted to the governor biennially by each of the four legally incorporated State medical societies of the schools of medicine, as herein mentioned aforesaid, such lists to be certified to under oath of the president and secretary of each society respectively, and filed by them in the office of the secretary of State at Lansing on or before the 15th day of September of the present year and on or before the 1st day of March in each succeeding biennial period. Such lists to contain at least treble the number of names as each society has representatives on the board. But in the event that one or more of the societies above named, through their president or secretaries, shall, from any cause, neglect, omit or refuse to file as aforesaid such list or lists, then and in that case the governor shall appoint or fill the vacancies in said board without reference to such list or lists which the aforesaid society or societies have for any cause neglected, omitted or refused to file with the secretary of State, as herein mentioned aforesaid; but the number of representatives from each of the schools of medicine shall be the same as provided for in this act. All persons so appointed shall be learned in the profession of medicine, shall be graduates of recognized and reputable medical colleges, and shall have been actively engaged in the practice of medicine for at least six years immediately preceding the time of such appointment. The ten persons so appointed shall be appointed in two classes, each class to consist of five persons. The first class shall be appointed to hold office for two years, the second class for four years, beginning with the first day of October of the present year, and until their successors are appointed; and thereafter the governor shall appoint, before the first day of October of each biennial period, five persons qualified as aforesaid, in each class to hold office for four years from the first day of October next ensuing. No member of said board shall belong to the faculty of any medical college or university, or shall be finanically interested in the manufacture of drugs or the practice of pharmacy. The governor shall also fill vacancies occasioned by death or otherwise, and may remove any member for the continued neglect of duties required by this act. Vacancies in said board shall be filled in accordance with the provisions of this act for the establishment of the

original board and a person appointed to fill a vacancy shall hold office during the unexpired term of the member whose place he fills. The business of this board shall be transacted by and receive the concurrent vote from at least seven members.

Sec. 2. Meetings of Board; Organization.--The members of said board shall meet on the second Tuesday of October, 1899, at the State capitol at Lansing, and shall then elect a president from their own number, and a secretary who need not be of their number, but each of whom shall hold their respective offices for two years, and shall have the power to administer oaths. Not less than seven members shall constitute a quorum of said board for transaction of business. The secretary shall give to the treasurer of the State a bond in the penal sum of $5,000, with sufficient sureites, to be approved by the governor, for the faithful discharge of his duties. The said board shall hold two regular meetings in each year, beginning with the year 1899; one on the second Tuesday of October, 1899, and one on the second Tuesday of June, 1900, and so on, and such additional meetings at such times and places as it may determine.

Sec. 3. Registration; on Prior Registration; on Foreign Registration; on Examination; Licentiates of Other States; Registration on Diplomas.— On and after the second Tuesday of October, 1899, all men and women engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery in any of its branches, and all who wish to begin the same in the State, except as hereinafter provided, shall make application to said board to be registered and for a certificate of such registration. This registration and certificate shall be granted to such applicants as shall give satisfactory proofs of being twenty-one years of age and of good moral character, but only upon compliance with at least one of the following conditions:

1. The applicant shall be registered and given a certificate of registration if he shall present sufficient proof within six months after the passage of this act of his having already been legally registered under act number 167 of 1883, as amended in 1887, entitled "An act to promote public health." The fee for applicants of this class shall be $1.

2. The applicant shall be registered and given a certificate of registration if he shall present a certified copy or certificate of registration or license which has been issued to said applicant in any foreign nation where the requirements for registration shall be deemed by said board to be equivalent to those of this act: provided, such country shall accord a like privilege to holders of certificates from this board. The fee for registration from applicants of this class shall be $25.

3. The applicant shall be registered and given a certificate of registration if he shall satisfactorily pass an examination before the board upon the following subjects: anatomy, physiology, chemistry, pathology, therapeutics, toxicology, histology, hygiene, public health laws of Michigan, practice of medicine, surgery, obstetrics, gynecology, diseases of the eye and ear, bacteriology, and medical jurisprudence; said examination to be conducted as follows:

(a) The applicant shall pay a fee of $10 prior to examination. (b) The examination shall be in writing, oral or both.

(c) The questions on all subjects except in therapeutics and practice of medicine shall be such as may be answered alike by all schools of medicine.

(d) The applicant shall, if possible, be examined in therapeutics and practice of medicine by those members of the board belonging to the same school as the applicant; and no applicant shall be rejected because of his adherence to any particular system of medicine.

(e) An average percentage of at least 75 per cent. of correct answers shall be required from every candidate. No additional fee shall be charged by this board for the registration of those who successfully pass such an examination.

4. The applicant shall be registered and given a certificate of registration if he shall present a certified copy or certificate of registration or license which has been issued to said applicant in another State of the Union where the requirements for registration shall be deemed by said board to be equivalent to those of this act: provided, such State shall accord a like privilege to holders of certificates from this board. fee for registration from applicants of this class shall be $10.

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5. The applicant shall be registered and given a certificate of registration, if he shall have a diploma from any legally incorporated, regularly established and reputable college of medicine in this State, having at least a three years course of eight months in each year, or a course of four years of six months in each year, or within the United States, except as heretofore provided, as shall be approved and designated by the board of registration, upon payment of $10, and upon complying with all other requirements of this act, such certificates conferring upon the holders of such diploma all the rights and privileges conferred by this act, without examination.

6. The board of registration shall not register any person by reason of a diploma from any college which sells, or advertises to sell diplomas "without attendance," nor from any other than a regularly established and reputable college.

Sec. 4. Filing Certificate; Removal to Another County.-The person receiving a certificate of registration shall file the same, or a certified copy thereof, with the county clerk in the county where he resides, and said clerk shall file said certificate or the certified copy thereof, and enter a proper memorandum thereof in a book to be provided and kept for that purpose, and may collect therefor a fee of 50 cents for each certificate or copy thus filed. And said county clerk shall, on the first day of each month, furnish to the secretary of said board a list of all certificates filed in his office during the preceding month on a blank provided for that purpose, and upon notice to him of the change of location or death of a person granted a certificate, or upon the revocation of the certificate granted such person, said county clerk shall enter at the appropriate places in the record so kept by him a memorandum of said facts; so that the record so kept by said county clerk shall correspond with the records of said board, so kept by the secretary thereof. In case a person having thus filed a certificate shall move into another county of the State, he shall procure from said county clerk a certified copy of said certificate, and file the same with the said county clerk of the county to which he shall so remove. Said county clerk shall file and enter the same with like effect as if the same was the original certificate.

Sec. 5. Moneys Received; Compensation and Expenses of Board.--All moneys received by said board shall be paid to the State treasurer

monthly, and shall be credited to the general fund of the State, and a receipt for the same shall be filed by the secretary of the said board in the office of the auditor general. The incidental and traveling expenses of said board, and such salary to the secretary as said board may fix, shall be paid from such fund only. The members of said board, except the secretary, shall receive no compensation for their services, except necessary traveling and hotel expenses in attending meetings of said board; and in no case shall any more be paid than was actually expended. Such incidental and traveling expenses shall be approved by said board and sent to the auditor general of the State, who shall draw his warrant upon the State treasurer for the amounts due, as in case of other bills and accounts under the provisions of law: provided, that the amount so paid shall not exceed the amount received by the treasurer of the State from said board in fees, as herein specified, and as much of said receipts as may be necessary is hereby appropriated for the compensation and expenses of said board as aforesaid.

Sec. 6. Monthly Report of Registrations; Annual Report of Board.Said board shall collect from the various county clerks of the State, each month, a report of all registrations made. Said board shall also keep a record of all moneys received and disbursed by it each month, and said record shall always be open to inspection at the office of the secretary of State. Said board shall annually report to the governor, on or before the first day of January of each year, the condition of medicine and surgery in this State, which report shall contain a full and complete record of all its official acts during the year, and shall also contain a statement of its receipts and disbursements.

Sec. 7. Penalty for Violation; Prosecuting Officers.-Any person who shall practice medicine or surgery in this State, without first complying with the provisions of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than $100, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not more than ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, for each offense. It shall be the duty of the respective prosecuting attorneys of the counties of this State to prosecute violations of the provisions of this act, upon information furnished by the records of the county clerk, or a member or members of said registration board, or by any other person entitled to credit.

Sec. 8. Application of Act. This act shall not apply to the commissioned surgeons of the United States army, navy, or marine hospital service, in actual performance of their official duties, nor to regularly licensed physicians or surgeons from out of this State, in actual consultation with physicians of this State, nor to dentists in the legitimate practice of ther profession, nor to temporary assistants in cases of emergency, mor to the domestic administration of family medicines, nor any legally qualified osteopath engaged in the practice of osteopathy under the provisions of act number 78 of the public acts of the State of Michigan of 1897, regulating and licensing the practice of osteopathy in the State of Michigan.

Sec. 9. Evidence of Practice.--When any person shall append the letters M. B. or M. D. or prefix the title "Dr." or Doctor or any other sign or appellation in a medical sense to his name, it shall be prima facie evidence of practicing medicine and surgery within the meaning of this act.