Unregistered Persons.—No person is entitled to recover a charge for medical or surgical advice or attendance or for the performance of a surgical operation unless registered, licensed, or otherwise authorized under this act (ib., s. 32).
No person is to be appointed as a medical officer, physician, or surgeon in any branch of the public service, or any hospital or other charitable institution unless registered (ib., s. 33).
Costs.—On prosecution, costs may be awarded and the offender may be committed to a common jail in default of paying the penalty and costs, for not exceeding one month (ib., s. 34).
Appeal from Conviction.—A person appealing from conviction is required to give satisfactory security for the penalty, costs of conviction, and appeal before released from custody (ib., s. 35).
Limitation of Prosecutions.—Prosecutions are required to be commenced within six months from the date of the offence (ib., s. 36).
Prosecutor.—Any person may be prosecutor or complainant (ib., s. 37).
Appeal from Registrar’s Decision.—A person aggrieved by the decision of the registrar may appeal to the council, and persons aggrieved by the decision of the council may appeal to the supreme court of the province, which decision shall be final. The act prescribes the procedure on appeal (ib., s. 38, 39).
Powers of Council.—The council may make by-laws for carrying out the act, to be approved by the lieutenant-governor in council, but nothing shall prevent any registered medical practitioner from giving medical treatment or advice to any person by reason of such person having previously engaged the services of any other physician (ib., s. 40).
The council is authorized to make regulations regarding the holding of examinations and the subjects of examinations (ib., s. 41)
Exceptions.—The act does not prevent any person from giving necessary medical or surgical aid or attendance to any one in urgent need of it provided it be not for hire or gain, nor the giving of it be made a business or means of livelihood; nor does it prevent women from practising midwifery, or any person from practising dentistry or treating cases of cancer by external application, and charging for such service and suing for and recovering reasonable charges; nor does it prevent a druggist, apothecary, or storekeeper from suing for and recovering the price of drugs or chemicals supplied or sold by him (ib., s. 42).