If investigation of the diploma and affidavit proves the applicant entitled to practise, the board issues its certificate, which must be filed in the office of the county clerk of the county where he resides, or intends to practise (ib., s. 10).
The act gave physicians entitled to practise at the time of its enactment six months in which to comply with its provisions with reference to them (ib., s. 11).
The secretaries of the board may issue certificates, without a vote of the board, when the proof upon which certificates are granted may have been on file in its office for ten days without a vote of the board, when no protest has been filed, and if, in their opinion, the proof complies with the act (ib., s. 12).
When the holder of a certificate removes to another county, he must file and record it in the office of the county clerk in the county to which he removes (ib., s. 13).
The board may refuse certificates to persons guilty of unprofessional or dishonorable conduct, and may revoke for like causes provided they give the person an opportunity to be heard (ib., s. 14).
Penalty.—No person is entitled to receive any sum of money for medical, surgical, or obstetrical service unless he shall have complied with the act (ib., s. 15).
Violation of the act is a misdemeanor, punishable with a fine of from $50 to $300 and costs of prosecution, and a person convicted shall stand committed till the fine and costs are paid (ib., s. 16).
Definition, Exceptions.—To operate on, profess to heal, prescribe for, or otherwise treat any physical or mental ailment of another, is to practise medicine under this act. But it does not prohibit gratuitous services in cases of emergency, nor apply to commissioned surgeons in the United States army or navy, nor to nurses in their legal occupation, nor to the administration of ordinary household remedies (ib., s. 17).
Itinerant Vender.—To be an itinerant vender of any drug, nostrum, ointment, or appliance for the treatment of disease or injury, or for such an one to publicly profess to cure or to treat disease or injury or deformity by any drug, nostrum, manipulation, or other expedient, is a misdemeanor punishable with a fine of from $50 to $100, or imprisonment in the county jail from thirty days to three months, or both, for each offence (ib., s. 18).
Fees.—To the secretaries of the board of health, for certificate at time of application, $5.