South Dakota.
Prohibition.—It is unlawful for any person to practise medicine, surgery, or obstetrics in any of their departments without having received a license to practise medicine from the board of health, and having it recorded in the office of the register of deeds in the county where such person resides (Act February 16th, 1893, s. 1).
Exceptions.—The act does not affect those in the lawful practice of medicine, surgery, or obstetrics in this State at the time of its passage (ib., s. 2).
Nor does it prohibit students from prescribing under the supervision of a preceptor, nor prohibit gratuitous services in case of emergency, nor apply to commissioned surgeons in the United States army and navy (ib., s. 3).
Penalty.—Violation of the act or practising without the license is a misdemeanor punishable with a fine of from $25 to $100 or imprisonment in the county jail not more than thirty days or both (ib., s. 4).
Qualification.—The State board of health is constituted a board of public examiners ex-officio to examine and license physicians to practise medicine. Any person who is a graduate of a lawful medical college, who has attended three full courses of medical lectures of six months each, no two full courses within the same year, and who is of good moral character, and is not an habitual drunkard, shall, upon proof of such facts to the superintendent of the State board of health, as the board shall require, receive from said superintendent a license; which shall be recorded as above. The requirement of three courses of lectures does not apply to those who had graduated prior to the passage of the act (ib., s. 5).
Cancellation of License.—The State board of health, upon complaint made to it on oath by one responsible person, has power to cancel any license that may have been fraudulently obtained or when the person to whom such license was issued is an habitual drunkard, or is guilty of immoral practices or gross unprofessional conduct. Such license shall not be cancelled except after a hearing before such board of health, at which a majority of such board shall be present, and of which the person holding the license to be cancelled shall have had at least ten days’ notice, and only upon due proof of the facts stated in the complaint. An appeal may be taken to the circuit court of the county in which the person whose license is cancelled lives by any person aggrieved, in the same manner as now provided by law in case of appeal from the decisions of the county commissioners (ib., s. 6).
Fee.—To the superintendent of the State board of health, for a license, $5 (ib., s. 5).
Tennessee.
Qualification.—No person can lawfully practise medicine in any of its departments, except dentistry, unless he possesses the qualifications required by the act. If a graduate in medicine, he must present his diploma to the State board of medical examiners for verification as to its genuineness. If found genuine and from a legally chartered allopathic, homœopathic, or eclectic medical college in good standing with the school of medicine in which said college is classed, of which the State board of medical examiners shall be the judge, and the person named therein be the person claiming and presenting it, the board must issue a certificate to that effect, conclusive as to the rights of the lawful holder to practise medicine (Act of 1889, c. 178, s. 1).