required for the filing of any application, or the issuance of any certificate hereinafter provided for, each licentiate granted a certificate under the provisions of this act, or any preceding medical practice act of the state of California, shall, on or before the first day of January of each year, pay to the secretary-treasurer of the board of medical examiners an annual tax and registration fee of two dollars ($2). Receipt or acknowledgment of payment by the secretary-treasurer shall be evidence that the holder and possessor of such certificate is entitled to practice the particular system for which he was granted such certificate for a period of one year from the first day of January; Revocation of licenses. but notwithstanding the possession by any certificate-holder of such receipt or acknowledgment of payment, the license or certificate issued to such licentiate to practice any system recognized by this or any preceding medical practice act of the state of California, may, at any time, be forfeited or revoked for a violation of the further provisions and requirements of this

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Forfeiture of license for failure to pay fee. Restoration of license. The failure, neglect and refusal of any person holding a license or certificate to practice a system under this or any preceding medical practice act of the state of California, to pay said annual tax of two dollars ($2) during the time his or her license remains in force, shall, after a period of sixty days from the first day of January of each year, ipso facto, work a forfeiture of his or her license or certificate, and it shall not be restored except upon the written application therefor, and the payment to the said board of a fee of ten dollars ($10) except that such licentiate who fails, refuses or neglects to pay such annual tax within a period of sixty days after the first day of January of each year shall not be required to submit to an examination for the reissuance of such certificate.

Mailing copies of addresses to practitioners. It shall be the duty of the executive officer herein designated as the secretary-treasurer of said board of medical examiners to mail to the last known address of each licentiate who has paid said annual tax a copy of the said directory, and all new issues thereof and copies of all supplements thereto.

Disposition of fees. The receipts of the said annual tax referred to herein shall be paid into the contingent fund of the board of medical examiners of California, and after the expenses of issuing said directories have been paid, in the event that there shall be a surplus of such funds, the board may from time to time, in its discretion, apply said surplus for any other expenses incurred by the board under the provisions of this act. [Amendment approved April 11, 1917, Stats. 1917, p. 94.]

This section was also amended in 1915. See Stats. 1915, p. 185. § 3. Location of office. The office of the board shall be in the city of Sacramento. Suboffices may be established in Los Angeles and San Francisco and such records as may be necessary may be transferred temporarily to such suboffices. Legal proceedings against the board may be instituted in any one of said three cities. [Amendment approved April 24, 1915. Stats. 1915, p. 186.]

§ 4. Rules. Persons who may be designated as examiners. Official record. The board may from time to time adopt such rules as may be necessary to enable it to carry into effect the provisions of this act. It shall require the affirmative vote of seven members of said board to carry any motion or resolution, to adopt any rules, to pass any measure, or to authorize the issuance of any certificate as in this act provided. Any member of the board may administer oaths in all matters pertaining to the duties of the board, and the board shall have authority to take evidence in any matter cognizable by it. The board may in its discretion appoint or designate any qualified and competent person or persons to give the whole or any portion of any examination as provided in this act; such person or persons need not be a member of the board of medical examiners and shall be designated as a commissioner on examination and shall be subject to the same rules and regulations and entitled to the same fee and remuneration as if a member of the board. The board shall keep an official record of all its proceedings, a part of which record shall consist of a register of all applicants for certificates under this act, together with the action of the board upon each application. [Amendment approved April 24, 1915. Stats. 1915, p. 186.]

§ 5. Prosecution of violators. Salary of secretary and board members. The board is authorized to prosecute all persons guilty of violation of the provisions of this act. It shall have the power to employ legal counsel for such purpose, and may also employ inspectors, special agents and investigators and such clerical assistance as it may deem necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this act. The board may fix the compensation to be paid for such service and may incur such other expenses as it may deem necessary. It shall also fix the salary of the secretary, and also the sum to be paid to other members of the board, not to exceed ten dollars per diem each, for each and every day of actual service in the discharge of official duties; such service to include the attendance at special meetings of the board and committee meetings of the board and while actively engaged in the review of examination papers, based upon one per diem for each thirty papers or fraction thereof. Each member of the board shall make an affidavit before some duly authorized person in the state of California that such service has been actually performed; and the board may in its discretion, add to said sum necessary traveling expenses. [Amendment approved May 31, 1921; Stats. 1921, p. 1009.]

This section was also amended in 1915. See Stats. 1915, p. 186.

§ 6. Report of receipts. Use of contingent fund. Revolving fund. All fees collected on behalf of the board of medical examiners, and all receipts of every kind and nature, shall be reported at the beginning of each month, for the month preceding, to the state controller, and at the same time the entire amount of such collections shall be paid into the state treasury, and shall be credited to a fund to be known as the board of medical examiners' contingent fund, which fund is hereby created. Such contingent fund shall be for the uses of the board of medical examiners and out of it shall be paid all salaries and all other expenses necessarily incurred in carrying into effect the provisions of this act. An amount not to exceed three thousand dollars ($3,000) may be drawn from the contingent fund herein created, to be used as a revolving

fund where cash advances are necessary; but expenditures from such revolving fund must be substantiated by vouchers and itemized statements at the end of each fiscal year, or at any other time when demand therefor is made by the board of control. [Amendment approved May 31, 1921; Stats. 1921, p. 1010.]

§ 7. Fee of applicant for certificate. Every applicant for a certificate shall pay to the secretary of the board a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25), which shall be paid to the treasurer of the board by said secretary. In case the applicant's credentials are insufficient or in case he does not desire to take the examination, the sum of ten dollars ($10) shall be retained, the remainder of the fee being returnable on application.

§ 8. Forms of certificates. Four forms of certificates shall be issued by said board under the seal thereof and signed by the president and secretary; first a certificate authorizing the holder thereof to use drugs or what are known as medical preparations in or upon human beings and to sever or penetrate the tissues of human beings and to use any and all other methods in the treatment of diseases, injuries, deformities, or other physical or mental conditions, which certificate shall be designated "physician and surgeon certificate"; second, a certificate authorizing the holder thereof to treat diseases, injuries, deformities or other physical or mental conditions without the use of drugs or what are known as medical preparations and without in any manner severing or penetrating any of the tissues of human beings except the severing of the umbilical cord, which certificate shall be designated "drugless practitioner's certificate"; third, a certificate authorizing the holder thereof to practice chiropody; for the purpose of this act chiropody shall be held to be the medical, mechanical or surgical treatment of the human feet.

(a) Medical treatment defined. Medical treatment shall be held to be the local application or recommendation of any therapeutic agent or remedy for the relief of foot ailments.

(b) Mechanical treatment defined. Mechanical treatment shall be held to be the employment of any forcible means for the correction of any deformity of the foot or feet and shall not permit the treatment of fractures of the bones of the foot or feet or the application of splints or casts; provided, however, that mechanical treatment shall not include or prohibit the manufacture, the recommendation or sale of either corrective shoes or appliances for human feet.

(c) Surgical treatment defined. Surgical treatment shall be held to mean the surgical treatment of abnormal nails, corns, callosities, bunions, and other minor foot ailments, not involving the bony structure, and does not confer the right of amputation of toes or joints thereof except as hereinbefore specified, or any portion of the foot or the severing of any tendon, or the use of anesthetic other than local; fourth, a certificate to practice midwifery, which shall be in the form designated by the board and in conformity with this act. Such certificate shall entitle the holder thereof to attend cases of childbirth. As used in this act, the practice of midwifery means the furthering or undertaking by any person to assist a woman in normal childbirth, but does not include

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at any childbirth the use of any instrument, except such instrument as is necessary in severing the umbilical cord, nor the assisting of childbirth by any artificial, forcible or mechanical means, nor the performance of any version, nor the removal of adherent placenta, nor the administering, prescribing, advising or employing in childbirth of any drug, ofher than a disinfectant or cathartic. The provisions hereof shall not authorize any midwife to practice medicine and surgery. A "reciprocity certificate" shall also be issued under the provisions hereinafter specified. Any of these certificates on being recorded in the office of the county clerk, as hereinafter provided, shall constitute the holder thereof a duly licensed practitioner in accordance with the provisions of his certificate. [Amendment approved May 31, 1921; Stats. 1921, p. 995.]

This section was also amended in 1915. See Stats. 1915, p. 187; 1917. See Stats. 1917, p. 94.

§ 9. Applicants must file testimonials, diplomas, etc. Application. Preliminary education. Every applicant must file with the board, at least two weeks prior to the regular meeting thereof, satisfactory testimonials of good moral character, and a diploma or diplomas issued by some legally chartered school or schools approved by the board, the requirements of which school or schools shall have been at the time of granting such diploma or diplomas in no degree less than those required under this act, or satisfactory evidence of having possessed such diploma or diplomas, and must file an affidavit stating that he is the person named in said diploma or diplomas, and that he is the lawful holder thereof, and that the same was procured in the regular course of instruction and examination without fraud or misrepresentation;

Provided, that in addition thereto, each applicant for a "physician and surgeon certificate" must show that he has attended four courses of study, each such course to have been of not less than thirty-two weeks duration, but not necessarily pursued continuously, or consecutively;

Provided, further, that an applicant for a "drugless practitioner certificate" must show that he has attended two courses of study, each such course to have been of not less than thirty-two weeks duration, but not necessarily pursued continuously or consecutively; the course in chiropody is to consist of not less than thirty-nine weeks consisting of not less than six hundred sixty-four hours;

Provided, further, that an applicant for a certificate to practice midwifery must show that the applicant has attended a one-year course in a hospital recognized as reputable by the board, and that a course of instruction in anatomy, physiology, obstetrics and hygiene and sanitation as set forth in section ten hereof has been taken, covering a period of one year;

Provided, further, that in lieu thereof, an applicant who can submit satisfactory proof of the possession of a diploma from a recognized reputable hospital, and who in addition thereto has attended a course of instruction in the subjects enumerated in section ten hereof and satisfactory proof that such instruction has been taken covering a period of at least three months;

And provided, further, that in lieu thereof an applicant may present proof satisfactory to the board that the applicant has taken a course of instruction with the minimum requirements as designated in section ten of any school or schools approved by the board as giving a course of instruction in said subjects for a certificate to practice medicine and surgery;

Provided, also, that before July 1, 1918, in lieu of the diploma or diplomas and preliminary requirements herein referred to where the applicant can show to the satisfaction of the board of medical examiners that he has taken courses hereinafter required in a school or schools approved by the board totaling for applicants for "drugless practitioner certificate" not less than sixty-four weeks consisting of not less than two thousand hours and for "physician and surgeon certificate" totaling not less than one hundred twenty-eight weeks consisting of not less than four thousand hours, it being required that all applicants shall have received passing grades in all such courses, that the applicant or applicants shall be admitted to examination for their respective form of certificates.

Application. Preliminary education. The said application shall be made upon a blank furnished by said board and it shall contain such information concerning the medical instruction and the preliminary education of the applicant as the board may by rule prescribe. In addition to the requirements hereinabove provided for, applicants for any form of certificate hereunder shall present to said board at the time of making such application a diploma from a California high school or other school in the state of California requiring and giving a full four years' course of same grade, or other schools elsewhere, requiring and giving a full four years' standard high school course, or its equivalent, approved by the board, together with satisfactory proof that he is the lawful holder of such diploma, and that the same was procured in the regular course of instruction. The passing of an examination before the entrance examining board for the entrance to the academic department of the University of California, or Stanford University or the University of Southern California, or the possession of documentary evidence of admission to the academic department of such institutions as a regular student or in full standing shall be sufficient basic or preliminary educational qualifications.

In lieu of such diploma, the applicant may present: (1) a certificate from the college entrance examination board, or the college examining board of any state or territory showing that such applicant has successfully passed the examination of said board; or (2) if such applicant be thirty years or more of age he may show to the satisfaction of the board of medical examiners proof of preliminary education equivalent in training power to the foregoing requirement.

Every applicant for a "physician and surgeon certificate" graduating after January 1, 1919, shall, in addition to the foregoing requirements, present to the board satisfactory evidence that before beginning the last half of the second year in the study of medicine, he has completed a one year course of college grade in the subjects of physics, chemistry and biology;

Provided, that after January 1, 1924, the applicant shall present to the board satisfactory evidence of the completion of a one-year course