Chap. 309.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4 of an act entitled
an act to regulate the practice of medicine and surgery, approved
January 31, 1884.

Approved March 1, 1888.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That:
section four of an act entitled an act to regulate the practice |
of medicine and surgery, approved January thirty-first, eigh-
teen hundred and eighty-four, be amended and re-enacted so
as to read as follows:

§4. It shall be the duty of said board, at any of its meet- |
ings, to examine all persons making applications to them, |
who shall desire to commence the practice of medicine or
surgery. in this state; and when an applicant shall have
passed an examination satisfactory as to proficiency before
the board in session, the president thereof shall grant to such
applicant certificate to that effect. A fee ot five dollars shall :
be paid to said board, through such officers or members 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 1
upon his examination on account 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 pre-
vented by good cause from appearing béfore the board, he
shall appoint a committee of three members, who shall ex-
amine such applicant, and may grant him a certificate, which
shall have the same force and effect as though granted by the
full board.

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