No person practising either of the branches of medicine or surgery shall be permitted to enforce, in the courts, the collection of a fee in the practice of any of the branches for which he has not a certificate as provided in this chapter.

VIRGINIA.

[The law first became operative January 1, 1885.]

The Medical Examining Board of Virginia consists of 3 physicians from each Congressional district in the State and 2 from the State at large, making 32 members, and in addition also 5 homœopathic physicians, members of the board, except homœopaths are nominated by the State Medical Society and appointed by the Governor. Every applicant for the practice of medicine in Virginia is required to pass a satis factory examination before the Medical Examining Board before he can commence practice. Graduates and non-graduates are subjected to the same examination.

Any person wishing to be examined, with the view of practising medicine in Virginia, is required to fill out and file with the secretary of the board a form of application, stating age, residence, college where graduated, and date of graduation. The application must be accompanied by a recommendation from 2 citizens of the county in which applicant resides and a fee of $5.

Examinations may be held by the board in session, which is held regularly twice each year, or during the recess of the board by any 3 individual members thereof whom the applicant may select. When before 3 individual examiners a separate and distinct examination on all the branches before each examiner is required.

The examinations are in chemistry, anatomy, physiology, hygiene, medical jurisprudence, materia medica and therapeutics, obstetrics, gynecology, practice of medicine and surgery.

The examiners report to the president, who issues the license.

WEST VIRGINIA.

[Act approved March 25, 1882.]

The State Board of Health of this State shall consist of 2 physicians from each Congressional district, who shall be graduates of reputable medical colleges, and who shall have practised medicine not less than 12 years. They are appointed by the Governor, and hold their office for 4 years.

The following persons, and no others, shall hereafter be permitted to practise medicine in this State:

First. All persons who are graduates of a reputable medical college. Every such person shall present his diploma to the State Board of Health; if it is found to be genuine the said board shall issue and deliver to him a certificate to that effect, and such diploma and certificate shall entitle the person named in it to practise medicine in all its departments in this State.

Second. All persons who have practised medicine in this State for a period of 10 years prior to the 8th day of March, 1881.

Third. A person who is not a graduate, and has not so practised, desiring to practise shall present himself before the State Board of Health, who shall examine him in anatomy, physiology, chemistry, materia medica, pathological anatomy, surgery, and obstetrics.

If he is found qualified to practise medicine they shall grant him a certificate to that effect, and he shall thereafter have a right to practise medicine in the State. Every person holding any such certificate shall have it recorded in the office of the secretary of the State Board of Health.

An itinerant physician, desiring to practise medicine in this State, shall pay to the sheriff of every county in which he desires to practise a special tax of $50 for each month he shall so practise in such county.

WISCONSIN.

There is no law regulating the practice of medicine in this State.

ALASKA.

There is no law regulating the practice of medicine in this Territory.

ARIZONA.

It shall not be lawful for any person to practise medicine, surgery, or obstetrics in this Territory unless such person shall have obtained a diploma regularly issued by a medical college in good standing, or unless such person shall have obtained a license from a board of medical examiners legally existing at the time, and properly qualified

to issue such license.

Every person engaged in the practice of medicine, surgery, or obstetrics shall register in the county recorder's office of the county where he intends to practise his name, residence, and place of birth, together with a true and correct copy of his diploma or license.

DAKOTA.

There is no law regulating the practice of medicine in this Territory.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

Section 5, of "Act to incorporate the Medical Society of the District of Columbia," contains the following:

"After the appointment of the aforesaid medical board no person not heretofore a practitioner of medicine or surgery within the District shall be allowed to practise within the said District without having obtained a license, or the production of a diploma from a respectable medical college, or from a board of examiners established by law."

Dr. G. L. Magruder, treasurer of the society, writes: "The only law that exists in this District in regard to the practice of medicine and surgery is contained in the act incorporating the medical society. It seems to have been inefficient from the fact that no one has been designated to enforce it."

IDAHO.

There are no laws governing the practice of physic in this Territory.

MONTANA.

There are no laws regulating the practice of medicine in this Territory.

NEW MEXICO.

[Act approved March 2, 1882.]

A Territorial board of medical examiners is established, which shall be composed of 7 practising physicians of known ability and integrity, who are graduates of some medical school, college, or university duly established by law, giving each of the 3 schools of medicine the following representation: The allopathic school, 4 members; the homeopathic school, 2 members; the eclectic school, 1 member. They shall hold office for 2 years from and after their appointment.

The board shall issue certificates to all who furnish satisfactory proof of having received diplomas or licenses from legally chartered medical institutions.

All examinations of persons not graduates or licentiates shall be made directly by the board, and the certificates given by a majority of the board shall authorize the possessor to practice medicine and surgery in the Territory of New Mexico.

Every person holding a certificate from a board of examiners shall have it recorded in the county clerk's office in every county in which he practises medicine or surgery.

UTAH.

There is no law regulating the practice of medicine in this Territory.

WASHINGTON TERRITORY.

There is a law requiring the registration of physicians in this Territory.

WYOMING TERRITORY.

No person shall practise medicine, surgery, or obstetrics in this Territory who has not received a medical education and a diploma from some regularly chartered med-i cal school.

Every physician, surgeon, or obstetrician in this Territory shall file for record with the registrar of deeds of the county in which he or she is about to practise his or her profession a copy of his or her diploma.

Every physician, surgeon, or obstetrician, when filing a copy of his or her diploma or certificate of graduation, shall be identified as the person named in the papers about to be filed, by affidavit of 2 citizens of the county, or by his or her affidavit, taken before a notary public, which affidavit shall be filed in the office of the regis trar of deeds.