In case a person’s name does not appear on such copy, a certified copy under the hand of the registrar of the entry of the name of such person on the register is evidence that such person is registered (ib., s. 40).
Neglect to Register.—A person neglecting to register is not entitled to the rights or privileges conferred and is liable to all penalties against unqualified or unregistered practitioners (ib., s. 4).
Offences and Penalties.—To practise or profess to practise without registration, for hire or reward, is punishable with a penalty of $100 (ib., s. 42).
To wilfully or falsely pretend to be a physician, doctor of medicine, surgeon, or general practitioner, or assume any title or description not actually possessed and to which the person is not legally entitled under this ordinance, is punishable with a penalty of from $10 to $50 (ib., s. 43, as amended by Ord. 24, 1892, s. 2).
To take or use a name or description implying or calculated to lead people to infer registration or recognition by law as a physician, surgeon, or licentiate in medicine or surgery is punishable with a penalty of from $25 to $100 (ib., s. 44).
Unregistered Persons.—No person is entitled to recover for any medical or surgical advice or attendance or the performance of any operation or medicine which he may have prescribed (ib., s. 45); nor to be appointed as medical officer, physician, or surgeon in any branch of the public service or in any hospital or other charitable institution not supported wholly by voluntary contributions, unless registered (ib., s. 46).
No certificate required from a physician or surgeon or medical practitioner is valid unless the signer is registered (ib., s. 47).
Costs.—In prosecutions, payment of costs may be awarded in addition to the penalty, and in default of payment the offender may be committed to the common jail for not more than one month (ib., s. 48).
Burden of Proof.—In prosecutions, the burden of proof as to registration is upon the person charged (ib., s. 49).
Proof.—The production of a printed or other copy of the register, certified under the hand of the registrar, for the time being is sufficient evidence of all persons [registered]; a certificate on such copy purporting to be signed by any person in the capacity of registrar of the council under this ordinance is prima facie evidence that he is registered without proof of his signature or of his being in fact registrar (ib., s. 50).