Medical Society.—The members of the medical profession constitute a body corporate under the name of the “Medical Society of Prince Edward Island” (Act 1892, c. 42, s. 1).
Persons registered under the act 34 Vict., c. 25, or 37 Vict., or the Prince Edward Island Medical Act of 1890, are members of the society and entitled to register under this act without a fee (ib., s. 2).
All persons registered under this act are members of the said society (ib., s. 3).
Registration.—There is a council of said society, composed of seven members of the society elected by the society (ib., s. 4), which is required to appoint a registrar among other officers (ib., s. 6); and to cause him to keep a register of the name of every person registered under this act, or the acts mentioned in sec. 2, and from time to time of the names of all persons who have complied with this act and the rules and regulations made by the council respecting the qualifications of practitioners of medicine, surgery, or midwifery, which is called the Prince Edward Island Medical Register; and only those persons whose names are inscribed therein are qualified and licensed to practise medicine, surgery, or midwifery, except as hereinafter provided (ib., s. 8).
The registrar is required to keep his register correct, and to make the necessary alterations in the addresses and qualifications of persons registered (ib., s. 9).
The council is required to admit to registration, on the payment of the registration fee, all persons duly registered by the medical council of Great Britain or otherwise authorized to practise medicine, surgery, or midwifery in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (ib., s. 10).
Every person who holds a medical or surgical degree or diploma dated prior to January 1st, 1880, from any university, college, or school of medicine in Great Britain, Ireland, or Canada, or any of the universities or colleges in the United States mentioned in Schedule A, is entitled to register on producing to the registrar such diploma or satisfactory evidence of the qualification in respect whereof he seeks to be registered (ib., s. 11).
Every person desirous of being registered, not registered under the acts mentioned in sec. 2, and who had not become possessed of a diploma as provided in sec. 11, must, before being entitled to register, be examined as to his knowledge and skill for the efficient practice of his profession before the medical council, and on passing the examination required and producing proof of study in medicine, surgery, and midwifery four years, one of which may be with a registered medical practitioner, shall, subject to the next section, be entitled to register and by virtue of such registration to practise medicine, surgery, and midwifery; provided, the council may, if it see fit, dispense with the examination in any case (ib., s. 12).
No person commencing the study of medicine on or after September 1st, 1892, shall be entitled to register unless he has passed a matriculation examination equivalent to that of the College of Surgeons of London, or shall hold a license as a first-class teacher in this province, or shall have obtained from the council a certificate that he has satisfactorily passed a matriculation examination in the subjects specified in Schedule B.