CHAPTER 211

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 54-805 and 54-306 of the Code of Vir-
ginia, prescribing requirements for admission to examinations given
by the Board of Medical Examiners for the State of Virginia.

[(S 227]

Approved March 7, 1952

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §§ 54-305 and 54-306 of the Code of Virginia be amended and
reenacted as follows:

§ 54-305. Requirements for admission to Part I examination.—The
Board shall admit to Part I examination any candidate who pays a fee of
twelve dollars and fifty cents, and submits evidence verified by affidavits
and satisfactory to the Board that he:

(a) Is nineteen years of age or more, and has not at any time been
guilty of unprofessional conduct as defined in § 54-317;

(b) Is of good moral character;

(c) Has completed successfully at least a two-year academic course
in an accredited college; and

(d) Has studied medicine or another school or branch of the healing
arts at a recognized professional school for not less than two years,
including two satisfactory courses of at least eight months each, * or the
full equivalent of such courses. The candidate must have successfully
completed in such school or schools the subjects embraced in the Part J
examination. The school must be registered with the State Board of
Education of Virginia as maintaining at the time of such study a standard
satisfactory to * that board, which standard shall be based upon the
gradings of the following associations: For medical schools, the American
Medical Association; for homeopathic schools, the American Institute of
Homeopathy; for osteopathic schools, the American Osteopathic Associa-
tion; for chiropractic schools, the International Chiropractors Association
or the National Chiropractic Association, Incorporated; and for naturo-
pathic schools, the American Naturopathic Association.

In the event a candidate has successfully completed the course of
study prescribed in paragraph (d) of this section but the professional
school attended is in a foreign country and at the time of such study had
mot been graded by the association representing the candidate’s branch
of the healing arts, or such grading ts not available to the State Board of
Education, such candidate may be admitted to Part I examination if the
Board of Medical Examiners determines from evidence submitted by the
candidate or from its own investigation that such school maintained at
the time of such attendance a standard equal to that required of other
similar schools for registration with the State Board of Education.

* No medical school having a standard below that found satis-
factory to the State Board of Education for registration of Virginia med-
ical schools shall be registered with the State Board of Education under the
provisions of this section or § 54-306.*.

§ 54-306. Requirements for admission to Part II examination.—The
Board shall admit to Part II examination * any candidate who has suc-
cessfully passed Part I examination, and who meets the further require-
ments of this section. * The Board may, in its discretion, * admit to Part II
examination any candidate who has had five or more years of legal and
reputable practice, in which event such candidate shall not be required to
take and pass the Part I examination. The fee for the Part II examination
shall be twelve dollars and fifty cents. In addition to these requirements
every candidate for Part II examination must be twenty-one years of age
or older, must meet requirements (a) and (b) of § 54-305, and must
submit evidence verified by affidavit and satisfactory to the Board that he:

(1) Has studied that branch of the healing arts in which he desires
a certificate to practice for not less than four school years, including four
satisfactory courses of at least eight months each, * or for not less than
thirty-two months with four equivalent satisfactory courses of at least
eight months each, in a school or schools registered with the State Board
of Education as maintaining at the time of such study a standard satis-
factory to * that board, which standard shall be based upon the gradings
of the respective associations and determined in the same manner as pro-
vided in requirement (d) of § 54-305, or in a school in a foreign country
which was not then registered with the State Board of Education but has
been found by the Board of Medical Examiners in the manner set forth
in § 54-805 to have maintained at the time of such study standards equal
to those required for such registration; and

(2) Is a graduate of and has received a degree or certificate of
graduation from a professional school which at the time of such gradua-
tion was registered with the State Board of Education as provided in *
requirement (d) of § 54-305, or is a graduate of and has received a degree
or certificate of graduation from a professional school in a foreign country
which at the time of such graduation was not registered with the State
Board of Education, but which has been found by the Board of Medical
Examiners in the manner set forth in such requirement (d) to have main-
tained at the time of such graduation standards equal to those required
for such registration.

If the candidate is a graduate of a school of a foreign country which
was registered with the State Board of Education, or is found by the
Board of Medical Examiners to have maintained standards equal to those
of such registered schools, he must, in addition to meeting the other require-
ments of this section, exhibit a diploma, license or certificate conferring
the full right to practice in that country, or, in lieu thereof, a certificate
showing that the holder thereof has completed the course of study and
passed examinations equivalent to those required for a diploma or license
conferring such full right to practice. In the event such candidate is
excused from taking the Part I examination because of five or more years
of legal, reputable practice, all other requirements shall be met, including
the full period of study leading to the professional degree and the passing
of the Part II examination *.