CHAP. 70.—An ACT to amend sections 1747 and 1750 of the code
of Virginia, of 1887, in regard to the examination of applicants
for the practice of medicine and surgery.

Approved January 19, 1892.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That sections seventeen hundred and forty-seven and sev-
enteen hundred and fifty, of the code of Virginia, of
eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, be amended and re-
enacted so as to read as follows:

8 1747. Examination of applicants for the practice of
medicine.—Re-examination.—Fees of board. It shall be
the duty of said board, at any of its meetings, to exam-
ine all persons making application to them, who shall de-
sire tocommence the practice of medicine or surgery in
this state, and when an applicant shall have passed an
examination satisfactorily as to proficiency before the
board in session, the president thereof shall grant to such
applicant certificate to that effect. A fee of five dollars
shall be paid to said board, through such officers or mem-
bers as it may designate, by each applicant before such
examination is had. In case any applicant shall fail to
pass a satisfactory examination before the board, he shall
not be permitted to stand any further examination within
the next three months thereafter, nor shall he have again
to pay the fee prescribed as aforesaid: provided, however,
no applicant shall be rejected upon his examination on ac-
count of his adherence to any particular school of medicine
or system of practice, nor on account of his views as to the
method of treatment and cure of diseases; and provided
further, that when in the opinion of the president of the
board, any applicant has been prevented by good cause
from appearing before the board, he shall appoint a com-
mittee of three members, who shall examine such appli-
cant, and may grant him a certificate, which shall have
the same force and effect as though granted him by the
full board, until the applicant shall have an opportunity to
appear before the said board, when, if applicant failing to
appear for examination, the president of the board shall
have authority to revoke said certificate, or in any case
the president shall have authority, at his discretion,
to grant a special permit to any applicant to practice med-
icine, until he shall have an opportunity to appear before
the board in session, for examination, which shall be re.
vokable at the discretion of the president. The said
board shall have, in their discretion, authority to accept
in lieu of examination of an applicant, a certificate from the
medical board of any other state, showing that said appli
cant has passed a satisfactory examination as to his profi-
ciency, and obtain license from said board to practice
medicine and surgery in said state.

1 § 1750. Who prohibited from practicing medicine without

Scertificate—No person who shall have commenced the
practice of medicine or surgery since the first day of Jan-
uary, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, or who shall! here-
after commence the practice of the same, shall practice as
a physician or surgeon, for compensation, without having
first obtained a certificate and caused the same to be re-
corded as aforesaid. Any person violating the provisions
of this section shall be fined not less than fifty nor more
than five hundred dollars for each offence, and be debar-
red from receiving any compensation for services ren-
dered as such physician or surgeon. Any person who
shall have been assessed with a license-tax, as a physi-
clan or surgeon, by any commissioner of the revenue in
this state, at any time prior to the first day of July, eigh-
teen hundred and ninety-two, shall be taken as having
commenced the practice of medicine or surgery, prior to
that date; but any person who shall not have been so as-
sessed, shall be taken as not having commenced such
practice prior to that date.

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.