CHAPTER 148. STATE BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS Liration, pending to requ the reference of this act. (H. B. No. 178, by Messrs. Thompson and Crist.) AN ACT RELATING TO THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE IN THE STATE OF be of Act amended. Board, how constituted and qualifi cation of members. Be It Enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado: acted. Sec. 2. That section 6059 of the 1908 Revised Act re-enStatutes of Colorado be re-enacted without change to read as follows: Section 2. The Governor shall appoint nine physi- Governor cians, who shall possess the qualifications specified in appoint section 1 of this act, to constitute the members of said board. Said members shall be so classified by the Gov members. Term of office. Act amended. Officers of board. Seal. Rules. Adopt schedule of educational requirements. When license issued without examination. ernor that the term of office of three shall expire in two, three and four and three and six years from the date of appointment. Biennially thereafter the governor shall appoint three members, who shall possess the qualifications as specified in section 1 of this act, each to serve for the term of six years, and he shall fill vacancies in the membership of said board as soon as practicable. Sec. 3. That section 6060 of the 1908 Revised Statutes of Colorado be amended to read as follows: Section 3. Said board shall biennially elect a president, a vice-president, and a secretary-treasurer from their membership, and shall adopt a seal which shall be affixed to all licenses issued by them. They shall, from time to time, adopt such rules and regulations as they deem necessary for the performance of their duties, and a schedule of minimum educational requirements, which shall be without prejudice, partiality or discrimination as to schools or systems of practice of medicine. When an applicant for a license offers to the board satisfactory proof that he has complied with such educational requirements as are specified in said schedule, the board shall accept such proof as sufficient evidence of the educational qualifications of the applicant to entitle him to a license without examination; Provided, however, That any person who shall have been lawfully engaged in the practice of the healing art in the State of Colorado, for not less than three months immediately prior to the date upon which this act takes effect, and is a graduate from an institution chartered, to teach the healing art, by the state wherein it was located which school, in case the practitioner graduated therefrom prior to January 1st. 1908, required such practitioner to be in actual attendance for two years of nine months each of not less than one thousand hours of instruction work in each of those years in order to graduate, and which school, in case the practitioner graduated therefrom subsequent to January 1, 1908, required the practitioner to be in actual attendance for three years of nine months each of not less than one thousand hours of instruction work in each of those years in order to graduate, shall be granted a license to practice medicine in the State of Colorado by the State Board of Medical Examiners without examination as to his skill or knowledge; Provided further, That such practitioner shall make application to the said board of medical examiners for such license within ninety days after the date upon which this law takes effect upon such blank forms as said board shall provide and shall pay the fees herein prescribed and shall furnish evidence satisfactory to the board that he is a person of good moral character and possesses the educational qualifications hereinabove specified. acted. Sec. 4. That section 6061 of the 1908 Revised Stat- Act re-enutes of Colorado be re-enacted without change to read as follows: of board. Section 4. The State Board of Medical Examiners Meetings shall meet as a board of medical examiners in the City of Denver, on the first Tuesday of January, April, July and October of each year, and at such other times and places as may be found necessary for the performance of their duties. acted. Sec. 5. That section 6062 of the 1908 Revised Stat- Act re-enutes of Colorado be re-enacted without change to read as follows: to practice made to board. Section 5. Any person wishing to obtain the right Application to practice medicine in this state, who has not heretofore been licensed so to do, shall before it shall be lawful for him to practice medicine in this state, make application to said State Board of Medical Examiners, through the secretary-treasurer thereof, upon such form and in such manner, as shall be adopted and prescribed by the board, and obtain from the board a license so to do. Unless Unlawful to such person shall have obtained a license as aforesaid practice it shall be unlawful for him to practice medicine in this license. state; and if he shall practice medicine in this state, without first having obtained such a license he shall be deemed to have violated the provisions of this act. All applicants for a license to practice medicine, or for a re- character newal of any such license which has been revoked, shall furnish the board with satisfactory evidence of good moral character. Sec. 6. That section 6063 of the 1908 Revised without Good moral of applicant. Act re-enacted. Powers of board. Issue licenses -when License authority to practise. Board aid in enforcing act. Act re-enacted. Examination fee. Application for license. Contents. Good moral character of applicant. Statutes of Colorado be re-enacted without change to read as follows: Section 6. Said board shall have authority to administer oaths, to summon witnesses and to take testimony in all matters relating to their duties. Said board shall issue licenses to practice medicine to all persons who shall furnish satisfactory evidence of attainments and qualifications under the provisions of this act, and the rules and regulations of the board. Such licenses shall be signed by the president and attested by the secretary-treasurer of the board under its adopted seal, and they shall be absolute authority to the persons to whom they are issued to practice medicine in this state. It shall be the duty of the secretary-treasurer under the direction of the board, personally or by deputy, to aid the several district attorneys of the state in the enforcement of this act and in the prosecution of all persons charged with violating any of its provisions. Sec. 7. That section 6064 of the 1908 Revised Statutes of Colorado be re-enacted without change to read as follows: Section 7. There shall be paid to the secretarytreasurer of the State Board of Medical Examiners by each applicant for a license a fee of twenty-five (25) dollars which shall accompany the application. Twofifths of the fee shall be returned to the applicant in case the board shall refuse to grant him a license. Sec. 8. Exery person who desires to obtain a license to practice medicine in the State of Colorado shall first make application for such license upon such form as the State Board of Medical Examiners shall provide, giving all information called for therein, and pay the license fee herein specified and shall furnish to the board such evidence of good moral character as the board may demand. Thereupon, the board shall investigate the moral character, education and experience of the applicant. The burden of showing a good moral character to the satisfaction of the board of medical examiners shall be upon the applicant, but the board shall make such independent investigation as it shall see fit. No person shall be granted a license upon his credentials nor permitted to Board deterfications of mine quali of applicant. When examined. take an examination for a license until the board is satisfied that he possesses a good moral character. The board shall next determine whether or not the applicant is entitled to a license upon his credentials and in determining this question they shall consider his general reputation, preliminary education, degrees received from educational institutions, licenses to practice in other states, practice and hospital experience, experience as a teacher of medicine and any other matter tending to show his fitness to receive a license without examination. If the applicant is not granted a license upon his credentials, applicant or if he prefers to be licensed by examination instead of upon his credentials, he shall be permitted to take an examination before the board and no person who possesses a good moral character and has made application. for a license upon the form provided by the board and has paid the fees herein specified, shall be denied the right to take the examination. However, no person who elects to take an examination and fails therein shall thereafter be licensed upon credentials which he possessed at the time of the examination, nor shall any person who has been licensed upon credentials, be permitted to take an examination. Every applicant for a license shall be designated by number instead of by name, so that his designated identity shall not be diclosed to the members of the board until after the examination papers are graded, and every applicant whose examination papers grade at least 75% on the average shall be granted a license. The subjects Subjects of examination shall be as follows: Anatomy, physiology, examined. chemistry, symptomatology, toxicology, pathology, surgery and obstetrics, but no question shall be asked of any applicant concerning materia medica, therapeutics or any manner, means or system of treatment or healing. Applicant by number. on which acted. Sec. 9. That section 6066 of the 1908 Revised Act re-enStatutes of Colorado be re-enacted without change to read as follows: be recorded. Section 9. Every person who shall receive a license License must from the State Board of Medical Examiners shall have it recorded in the office of the recorder of deeds of the county in which he resides, and shall likewise have it recorded in the counties to which he shall subsequently |