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§§ 1326-al-1326-a6. OSTEOPATHY AND SURGERY. Tit. VI, Ch. 7.
SEC. 1326-al. Definitive section.
1 This chapter shall be known and cited as "The Iowa Osteopathic
2 Act".
[39 G. A., ch. 77, § 19.]
SEC. 1326-aS. Practice without license unlawful.
1 It shall be unlawful for any person to practice or attempt to prac-
2 tice osteopathy or osteopathy and surgery as herein defined, without
3 a license so to do, issued by the state board of osteopathic examiners,
4 created by this chapter.
[S., '13, § 2583-a; 39 G. A., ch. 77, § 2.]
SEC. 1326-a3. "Osteopathy" defined.
1 The word "osteopathy" as used in this chapter is the name of that
2 system of the healing art which places the chief emphasis on the struc-
3 tural integrity of the body mechanism as being the most important
4 factor for maintaining the organism in health.
[39 G. A., ch. 77, § 3.]
SEC. 1326-a4. Applicability of chapter.
1 The practice of medicine and surgery by persons authorized under
2 the laws of this state to practice medicine and surgery shall in no way
3 be affected by the provisions of this chapter, nor affect the right to
4 apply for authority to practice medicine and surgery.
[39 G. A., ch. 77, § 4.]
SEC. 1326-a5. Existing licenses.
1 Any license or certificate heretofore issued under the laws of this
2 state authorizing its holder to practice osteopathy shall in no wise be
3 affected by the provisions of this chapter.
[39 G. A., ch. 77, § 5.]
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SEC. 1326-a6. State board of osteopathy—appointment—qualifications
— tenure — records — duties — examinations — compensation
and expenditures.
The administration of the provisions of this chapter and the issuance
of all licenses thereunder, shall be done by a body of three, who
shall constitute the state board of osteopathy, hereinafter referred to
as "the board". The members of the board shall be the examiners of
all applicants under this chapter.
The governor shall appoint three members of said board who
shall each be regularly licensed osteopathic physicians or osteopathic
physicians and surgeons, in good standing and recommended by the
regular osteopathic organization in this state. Neither shall be an
officer or member of any faculty of any osteopathic or medical college.
Each shall have been engaged in the practice of osteopathy for a
period of at least five years immediately preceding the appointment.
One shall be appointed for a term of one year, one for a term of two
years and one for a term of three years, and thereafter it shall be
the duty of the governor to appoint or reappoint one examiner each
year and for a term of three years, the three year appointments being
made as the ones heretofore specified lapse. Each examiner shall
continue in office until his successor has been appointed and has
qualified.