Minnesota.
Board of Examiners.—The governor appoints a board of medical examiners of nine members, no one of whom can be a member of a college or university having a medical department, and two of whom must be homœopathic physicians (Act 1887, c. 9, s. 1).
Qualification.—Persons commencing the practice of medicine and surgery in any of its branches must apply to the board for a license, and at the time and place designated by the board, or at a regular meeting, submit to an examination in anatomy, physiology, chemistry, histology, materia medica, therapeutics, preventive medicines, practice of medicine, surgery, obstetrics, diseases of women and children, of the nervous system, of the eye and ear, medical jurisprudence, and such other branches as the board deems advisable, and present evidence of having attended three courses of lectures of at least six months each; the examination must be scientific and practical, but of sufficient severity to test the candidate’s fitness to practise medicine and surgery. When desired, the examination may be conducted in the presence of the dean of any medical school or the president of any medical society of this State. After examination, the board must grant, with the consent of at least seven members, a license to practise medicine and surgery, which may be refused or revoked for unprofessional, dishonorable, or immoral conduct; and in case of refusal or revocation, the applicant may appeal to the governor (ib., s. 3).
The license must be recorded with the clerk of the district court in the county in which the licensee resides; if he moves into another county he must procure a certified copy of his license from the said clerk and file it with the clerk of the district court in the latter county (ib., s. 4).
Penalty.—To practise without a license is a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of from $50 to $100, or imprisonment in county jail from ten to ninety days, or both. Appending “M.D.” or “M.B.” to name, or prescribing, directing, or recommending for use any drug or medicine or other agency for the treatment, care, or relief of any wound, fracture, or bodily injury, infirmity, or disease, is regarded as practising medicine.
Exceptions.—The act is not applicable to dentists (ib., s. 6), nor to commissioned surgeons of the United States army or navy, nor to physicians or surgeons in actual consultation from other States or Territories, nor to actual medical students practising medicine under the direct supervision of a preceptor (ib., s. 5).
All persons licensed under the Act of 1883, c. 125, are regarded as licensed under this act (ib., s. 7).
Fees.—To treasurer of board, for examination, $10.
Mississippi.
Qualification.—A practitioner of medicine must obtain a license from the State board of health (Code 1892, s. 3,243).