200 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Suss. I. Ch. 313. 1896. §¤m*'%‘j_;°,,:; {1**** SEO. 7. That the several boards of medical examiners shall, not less i¤f¤¤:xeii:hpems2r;°` than one week prior to each examination, submit to the board ot medical supervisors of the District of Columbia questions for thorough examinations in anatomy, physiology, chemistry, pathology, materia medica and therapeutics, hygiene, histology, practice of medicine, surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, diseases of the eye and the ear, medical jurisprudence, and such other branches as said board of medical super- .. S•2l°°**°¤ *0* °¤m· visors may direct. From the lists of questions so submitted said board m°°°°' of medical supervisors shall select the questions for each examination, and such questions shall be the same for all candidates, except that in the departments of therapeutics, practice of medicine, and materia medics. the questions shall be in harmony with the system of medicine E¤¤i¤¤¤°¤¤· selected by the candidate. Said examinations shall be conducted orally ami in writing, in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the board of medical supervisors, and shall embrace the subjects as stated in section three of this Act. An official report of the result of each examination, signed by the president and the secretary and each acting member of the board of medical examiners conducting such examination, stating the average attained by each candidate in each branch, the general average, and the result of the examination, whether successful or unsuccessful, shall be transmitted to the board of medical supervisors within fifteen days from the date ofsuch examination. Said report shall embrace all the examination papers, questions, and answers thereto. All such examination papers shall be kept for reference and inspection for a period of not less than five years; Issue or ummm to Sec. 8. That if in the opinion of a majority of the board of medical l"‘°“°°‘ supervisors, after a careful examination of the report of the board of medical examiners by which any applicant was examined, said applicauthas fairly and successfully passed such examination as hereinbefore provided for, the board of medical supervisors of the District of Columbia shall, as soon thereafter as possible, issue to him a license signed by the president and the secretary of said board and attested by the seal of the District of Columbia, which license shall entitle said _ applicant, after it is registered as hereinafter provided, to practice medi-
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,,,gf§$§§,‘§ ,f’,,,£§’€§i,',§. shall be issued upon application, free of cost and without examination, ¤¤¤ f¤>¤· to each physician who is registered at the health office of the District Physicians_ from of Columbia at the time of the passage of this Act, and to physicians §°;‘,Yf° hwg who may change their residence to the District of Columbia trom any State or Territory where medical laws and medical examining boards exist, the presentation of a certificate or license from a medical examining board, if found upon due inquiry to be true and genuine, being sufficient evidence of right to registration and certification under the R¤¤i¤¤¤r¤f¤¤·>¤·¤··· provisions of this Act: Provided, That the medical laws and examining boards of such States and Territories grant equal rights and recognition to the licentiatcs of the board herein created. All licenses issued by said board shall be numbered consecutively, and a register shall be kept by the secretary showing the number of each license, the date of issue, and to whom issued. . d_;:;*‘wif°*F *'°8“*¤· Sec. 9. That the board of medical supervisors of the District of ` Columbia shall make, subject to the approval of the Commissioners of said District, such regulations as may be necessary to determine the qualifications of women desiring hereafter to commence the practice of midwifery in the District of Columbia, and shall issue licenses to such as are, after examination, found qualified; but no fee shall be charged for the examination of any applicant for such licenses, and no applicant _ who has been rejected shall be reexamined within one year from such Igzgzjgiomgutem rejection: Provided, That a license shall be issued upon application, midwives, free of cost and without examination, to each midwife registered at the health office of the District of Columbia at the time of the passage of this Act. ngjfgzggjgigggjud SEV. 10. That the board of medical supervisors of the District of Columbia may, by a vote of four members, refuse to grant or may revoke
