CHAPTER 333

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 54-298 as amended, 54-299 as amend-
ed, and 54-810 as amended, of the Code of Virginia, said sec-
tions relating generally to certification to practice the healing arts
and specifically to Part I and to Part II of the examinations given
to applicants for certificates to practice the healing arts, and to the
issuance of certificates to practice the healing arts to applicants
from without the State.

[S 179]

Approved March 17, 1960

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 54-298 as amended, 54-299 as amended, and 54-310 as
amended, of the Code of Virginia, be amended and reenacted, as fol-
lows:
§ 54-298. Part I of the examination shall be given by the Board
and shall be taken and passed by all applicants, except those desiring
to be examined on chiropody, or physical therapy, irrespective of the
particular school or branch of the healing arts to which they adhere,
and the examination given at any particular time shall be the same
for all candidates, the same subjects being included and the same ques-
tions being asked. Part I of the examination shall embrace the sub-
jects of anatomy, * pathology, physiology, bacteriology, * and biochem-
istry *. No candidate shall be held to have passed Part I of the ex-
amination unless he has made an average grade of seventy-five percent
or more on the several subjects embraced therein, with no grade lower
than seventy per cent on any one subject.

Examinations shall be written or partly written and partly oral
and examination papers shall be preserved for a period of three years,
after which they may be destroyed.

§ 54-299. (1) Generally.—Part II of the examination, except as
hereinafter provided, shall be given by the Board, and shall be taken
by each candidate for admission to practice and successfully passed
with an average grade of seventy-five per cent or more on the several
subjects embraced in the examination, with no grade lower than seventy
per cent on any one subject. No candidate, unless excepted under *
provisions of * this Chapter, shall be permitted to take Part II of the
examination until he has successfully passed Part I thereof.

(2) Medicine.—For candidates applying for certificates to prac-
tice medicine, Part II of the examination shall embrace the subjects of
pharmacology, * medicine, * pediatrics, * surgery, * obstetrics, * and
gynecology, public health and * preventive medicine.

(3) Osteopathy.—For candidates applying for certificates to prac-
tice osteopathy, Part II of the examination shall embrace the same
subjects as for candidates for certificates to practice medicine, except
that * osteopathy shall be substituted for * medicine, but the exam-
ination shall include the subjects of pediatry, neurology and psychiatry.

(4) Chiropractic or naturopathy.—For candidates applying for
certificates to practice chiropractic or naturopathy, Part II of the ex-
amination shall embrace the subjects of philosophy, practice, jurispru-
dence and therapeutics of their particular school or branch of the heal-
ing arts. The questions for the examination on philosophy, practice
and therapeutics of the applicant’s particular school of practice shall
be prepared and the answers thereto shall be graded by the member
or members of the Board representing such school or branch of practice.

§ 54-310. The Board may, in its discretion, arrange for reciprocity
with the authorities of the District of Columbia and other states and
territories having requirements equal to those established by this chap-
ter, and issue certificates to applicants who have met such requirements.
The Board may, in its discretion, issue certificates to applicants upon
endorsement by boards or other appropriate authorities of other states
or territories or the District of Columbia with which reciprocal rela-
tions have not been established and to applicants holding certificates
from the National Board of Medical Examiners, provided * such appli-
cants are graduates of Class A medical schools, their credentials * are
satisfactory * and the examinations and passing grades required by
such aner boards are fully equal to those required by the Virginia
Board.

An applicant for a certificate or license to practice physical therapy
through reciprocity shall be a citizen of the United States, or if not a
citizen, must have filed a declaration of intention to become a citizen of
the United States.
The fee for any such certificate, other than for the practice of
physical therapy, shall be one hundred dollars, and the fee for a certifi-
cate to practice physical therapy shall be thirty dollars. The required
fee shall be paid to the secretary of the Board before the certificate is
granted, but if the Board fails or refuses to grant the certificate after
the credentials of the applicant have been processed, the Board shall
retain the sum of ten dollars and refund the remainder of the fee to the
candidate.

An applicant for a certificate of endorsement from the Board to
another state or territory or the District of Columbia shall pay to the
Board a fee of ten dollars which shall not be refunded.