All applicants for a license to practice medicine in this State must pass an examination before one of the boards mentioned. Each board at any of its meetings will examine only persons making application to it, who are graduates of an incorporated medical college, school or university, that requires not less than three full courses of study of six months each, who desire to commence the practice of medicine or surgery in the state, and who shall not be exempt from the examination; but any person from any other state who has graduated prior to April 1, 1895, at a lawfully chartered medical college requiring two full courses of study, is eligible for examination and license: Provided, that the applicant for such examination holds a lawfully conferred diploma from an incorporated medical college which conforms to the system of practice represented by the board to which the application is made, unless the applicant desires to practice a different system from that recognized in his diploma; then he shall appear before the board which represents the system that he proposes to practice. In no event shall an applicant who stands rejected by one of said boards be examined or licensed by either of the said boards. If the applicant desires to practice a system not represented by any of the boards, he may elect for himself that before which he will appear for examination. Each board holds two regular meetings in each year, one at such time on or just before graduation day of each medical college in this State. The board of examiners, after consultation with the faculty, fixes a time for each meeting to suit a majority of the students graduating; the other on the second Tuesday in October. The meetings. of each board are held in such city as each board determines for itself. Special meetings may be held upon the call of the president and two members of each board; but there can not be less than two regular meetings a year. A fee of $10.00 must be paid to the board by each applicant before an examination is had. In case an applicant fails to pass a satisfactory examination before any board. he will not be permitted to stand any further examination before any of the boards within the next three months. The fee prescribed shall not be paid for any subsequent examination. When, in the opinion of the president of any board, an applicant has been prevented by good cause from appearing before the board, the president and two members of the board designated by him will constitute a committee to examine the applicant, and, if they see fit, grant him a certificate, which shall have the same force and effect as though granted by a full board, until the next regular meeting of the board, when, if the applicant fails to appear for examination, the certificate becomes void. Midwives are exempted from the provisions of the law. HAWAII. It is probable that in this territory a Board of health will be appointed, which, in addition to the other duties devolving upon it, will issue certificates to graduates of reputable medical colleges, entitling them to practice. Under the laws of the Republic of Hawaii, graduates of "good colleges in the United States" were issued certificates after passing an examination before the Board of Health. IDAHO. State Board of Medical Examiners. George Collister. M. D..... President.... Boise... The law regulating the practice of medicine and surgery passed by the fourth Legislature and approved March 12, 1997, created a Board of Medical Examiners consisting of three regular, two eclectic and one homeopathic physicians. Under this act all persons desiring to commence the practice of medicine or surgery in this State must make a written application to the State Medical Examining Board. If the board be not in session at the time the applicant should transmit to the secretary with the application his diploma, together with an affidavit showing that it is genuine and that he is the rightful possessor and the identical person named in the diploma, and that the same was obtained by pursuing a regular course of study or examination in the institution named, and setting forth that he is a citizen of the United States or has declared his intention of becoming such. The president and secretary of the board can issue to the applicant a temporary license, which remains in force until the next meeting of the board, when the applicant must appear in person and present the affidavit and other credentials required and be examined in the following branches: Anatomy, physiology, pathology, chemistry, histology, materia medica, therapeutics, preventive medicine, surgery, theory and practice of medicine, obstetrics, diseases of women and children, disease of the nervous system, disease of the eye and ear, hygiene, toxicology and medical jurisprudence. Candidates of the homeopathic and eclectic -D schools are examined and rated by the homeopathic and eclectic members of the board, as the case might be, in the special tenets of their respective schools. The fee for an examination is placed at $15.00; for a temporary license, $5.00. Prior to the passage of this act it was simply necessary to file for record with the county recorder of the county in which one was about to practice a diploma from a bona fide medical school. An interesting decision relative to this Act was rendered by the Supreme Court of Idaho on December 5, 1897. There are no laws regulating midwifery. L. Adelsberger, M. D.. * ILLINOIS. State Board of Health. President.. Waterloo.. Proposed Medical Examiner's Bill. A BILL for an act to establish a State Board of Medical Examiners, prescribing its powers and duties, to provide for the licensing of practitioners of medicine and midwifery, and to regulate the practice of medicine and midwifery in the State of Illinois, and imposing penalties and to repeal all acts or parts of acts in conflict therewith. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly: That a board of examiners to be known as the "State Board of Medical Examiners" shall be appointed as follows: Within sixty days after this act shall take effect, the Governor shall appoint seven (7) physicians of recognized professional ability and standing, who have received the degree of Doctor of Medicine from some recognized college in good standing with the State Board of Health, as members of said Board, no one school of practice to have a majority, who shall hold their office until their successors are appointed and qualified. The members of said Board so first appointed, shall determine by lot, their respective terms of office, so that the term of one member shall expire on December 31, 1899, and the term of one member on December 31st in each year thereafter. And at the expiration of the term of office of each of the members of the Board, the Governor shall appoint his or their successor or successsrs, whose term of office shall be for the period of seven (7) years; and all vacancies occurring in the membership of the Board, by resignation or otherwise, shall be filled by the Governor, and all appointments on said Board shall be made from * For the requirements now in force see pages XIII-XXIV ante. physicians having the qualifications prescribed herein for members. of the first Board: Provided, however, that all appointments shall be made with the advice and consent of the Senate, but appointments made when the Senate is not in session may be confirmed at the next ensuing session thereof. § 2. The said Board shall, within thirty days after its appointment, meet and organize by electing a president, vice-president and treasurer from among its members, and a secretary, who shall be a legally qualified physician, not a member of the Board. Such officers shall hold office until the next annual meeting of the Board, or until their successors are elected and qualified. The Board shall prescribe the duties of its officers, and shall require the treasurer to give a satisfactory bond. The Board shall adopt and have a common seal, and the president or presiding member and the secretary shall be empowered to administer oaths in taking testimony, or in any matter pertaining to the duties of the Board. A majority of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business. It shall adopt such rules, regulations and by-laws not inconsistent with the laws of this State and of the United States, as it may deem necessary or proper, to enable it to properly perform its duties and transact its business. 3. The annual meeting of the Board for the election of officers shall be held in the State Capitol on the second Tuesday of January, in each year. The Board shall also hold regular meetings on the second Tuesdays in April, July and October in each year, at such places as it may determine, and may hold other meetings at such times and places as it may deem necessary, or its duties may require. It shall keep an official record of all its proceedings and a complete file of all applications for licenses, together with the correspondence pertaining thereto, and of all examination papers, and shall make a report of its transactions, annually, to the Governor, which shall include a statement of all moneys received and disbursed by it, and an official list of all physicians and midwives authorized to practice in this State. § 4. No person shall hereafter begin the practice of medicine or any of the branches thereof, in this State, without first applying for and obtaining a license from said Board so to do. Applications shall be in writing, and in the form prescribed by the Board, and shall be accompanied by the examination fees hereinafter specified, and with proof that the applicant is of good moral character and has received a diploma conferring upon the applicant the degree of Doctor of Medicine from some legally incorporated medical institution in good standing, as may be determined by the Board, at the time of issuing said diploma. When the application and diploma aforesaid have been inspected by the Board, and found to comply with the foregoing provisions, the Board shall notify the applicant to appear before it for examination, at the time and place mentioned in such notice. Such examination shall be in the English language, and embrace those general subjects and topics, a knowledge of which is commonly and generally required of candidates for the degree of Doctor of Medicine by reputable medical colleges in the United States. No person shall hereafter begin the practice of midwifery in this State without first applying for and obtaining a license from said Board so to do. Applications shall be in writing, and in the form prescribed by the Board, and shall be accompanied by examination fee hereinafter specified and with proof that applicant is of good moral character, and has received a diploma from a school of midwifery, complying with the requirements of the Board. When the application and proofs aforesaid have been inspected by the Board, and found to comply with the foregoing provisions, the Board shall notify the applicant to appear before it for examination, at the time and place mentioned in such notice. Such examination shall be in the English language, and of such character as to determine the qualifications of the applicant to practice midwifery. All examinations provided for in this act, shall be conducted under rules and regulations prescribed by the Board, which shall provide for a fair and wholly impartial method of examination. If the applicant successfully passes his or her examination, the Board shall issue to such applicant a license authorizing him or her to practice medicine or midwifery, as the case may be, in this State. Such license shall be in such form as may be determined by the Board, and in accordance with the provisions of this act: Provided, however, any willful violation, on the part of an applicant, of any of the rules and regulations of the Board governing examination, shall be sufficient cause for the Board to refuse to issue a license to such applicant. § 5. The examination fee for those desiring to begin the practice of medicine under the foregoing section shall be $20.00 and for those desiring to begin the practice of midwifery the examination fee shall be $15.00, and in all cases the examination fee must accompany the application. § 6. That all persons who, at the date of taking effect of this act, are qualified to practice medicine or midwifery, under the laws of this State, in force at the time of the passage of this act, and who desire to continue in practice, shall, within six months after the appointment and organization of the Board of Examiners, provided for in this act, apply to such Board for a license, which shall be issued by the Board on payment of a fee not to exceed fifty cents: Provided, the Board may refuse to issue such license to any such applicant for cause as hereinafter provided. All licenses issued under the provisions of this and the foregoing sections shall expire on a date to be named therein, not more than one year from the date of issue, so that all licenses outstanding at one time shall, as nearly as may be, expire on the same date. § 7. That all licenses issued under the provisions of this act, at the date of their expiration, be renewed for a period of one year, upon payment to the Board of a renewal fee not to exceed fifty cents, which renewal shall be evidenced by a new license: Provided, however, the Board may refuse such license for cause as hereinafter provided. The failure of a licentiate to obtain a renewal of license at the date of its expiration shall render such practitioner liable to the penalties |