CHAPTER 88

AN ACT to amend and reenact § 54-274 of the Code of 1950 to pro-
vide borderline reciprocity for physicians.
[S 115]

Approved March 3, 1950

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 54-274 of the Code of 1950 be amended and reenacted as
follows: ,

§ 54-274. Unlawful to practice without certificate or license;
erception.—Except as otherwise provided in §§ 54-276 to 54-276.7,
it shall be unlawful for any person to practice medicine, homeo-
pathy, osteopathy, chiropractic, naturopathy or chiropody, or any
other school or branch of the healing arts in the State without a
valid unrevoked certificate or license authorizing such practice

issued by the Board of Medical Examiners pursuant to the pro-
visions of this chapter and duly recorded as hereinafter provided ;
and it shall be unlawful for any person who holds a valid un-
revoked certificate or license permitting him to practice in Vir-
ginia to practice the school or branch of the healing arts for which
he holds such certificate or license except within the scope of the
definition of such practice contained in § 54-273.

The provisions of this section shall not be construed to pre-
vent or prohibit any person entitled to practice his profession
under any prior law on June twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred and
forty-four, from continuing such practice within the scope of the
definition of his particular school of practice contained herein, but
in all other respects the provisions of this chapter shall be
applicable; nor shall the provisions of this sectton be construed
to prevent or prohibit any person, residing on the border of a
neighboring State or the District of Columbia and entitled to
practice his profession under the laws of that State, from practtc-
ing within Virginia, provided that in Virginia he does not open an
office or appoint places to meet his patients or receive calls, and
provided that the other State or district extends a similar privilege
to the citizens of Virginia; and provided that each practitioner
claiming exemption under the provisions of this section shall file
with the Board of Medical Examiners in such manner as tt pre-
scribes evidence of his right to such exemption. Upon proof of
such right to the satisfaction of the Board and payment of one
dollar license fee to the Board it shall enter the name of the applt-
cant in a register kept for that purpose and shall issue to the
applicant a certificate in evidence of such registration, and the
registration and certification shall be renewed annually on pay-
ment of the license fee, under conditions prescribed by the Board.