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§§ 1326-a8-1326-a9. OSTEOPATHY AND SURGERY. Tit. VI, Ch. 7.
18 The board may, notwithstanding the presentation of a diploma
19 from an osteopathic school or college in good standing, as herein
20 defined, subject the applicant to an examination to ascertain whether
21 he has the educational requirements usually possessed by those who
22 have completed an approved course of study in such high school or
23 other equivalent school as is described in this chapter. The fee for
24 making this examination shall be five dollars. But no such examina-
25 tion shall be required where the applicant presents a certificate that
26 he has passed a satisfactory written examination before this board or
27 a like board in another jurisdiction in such studies as are embraced
28 in the curriculum of a reputable average accredited high school.
29 The board, subject to the limitations hereinbefore stated, shall
30 have authority to purchase typewriting machines, stationery and
31 postage, and subject to such limitations it has authority to employ
32 necessary clerical help and to incur and reimburse its members for
33 necessary traveling expenses.
34 The executive council shall furnish the board suitable quarters
35 wherein to perform its functions, and which shall be adequate to
36 accommodate the clerical help employed by the board and the council
37 shall equip such quarters with suitable furniture.
[S., '13, § 2583-a; 39 G. A., ch. 77, § 7.]
SEC. 1326-a8. Qualifications of applicants—college defined.
1 The board shall issue no license to practice as an osteopathic
2 physician or as an osteopathic physician and surgeon unless the appli-
3 cant shall be a graduate of a school or college of osteopathy in good
4 standing. To be such school or college it must be a legally chartered
5 osteopathic school or college. It must, as a condition precedent to
6 admission thereto, require an applicant for admission to have through-
7 out four years pursued a course of study in preliminary education
8 equal to the requirements exacted by an average reputable accredited
9 high school as a condition precedent to graduation. It shall not be
10 deemed to be such school or college in good standing unless it will not
11 grant a degree of doctor of osteopathy or of osteopathy and surgery
12 to one who has not been in actual attendance in such school or college
13 for at least thirty-six months of four terms of nine months each, nor
14 unless the course of study in such osteopathic school or college includes
15 the following : Obstetrics, minor surgery with emphasis on fractures,
16 and dislocations ; and embodying necessary instruction in anesthetics,
17 antiseptics, germicides, parasiticides, narcotics and antidotes, and
18 teaching principles of surgery and surgical diagnosis leading to the
19 degree of osteopathic physician (or doctor of osteopathy).
[S., '13, § 2583-a; 39 G. A., ch. 77, § 8.]
SEC. 1326-a9. Additional osteopathic qualifications for surgery.
1 To practice as an osteopathic physician and surgeon, the appli-
2 cant, in addition to the requirements set forth in the preceding sec-
3 tion, shall:
4 1. Either have completed a two years' post-graduate course in a
5 reputable professional school or college of osteopathy, involving a
6 thorough and intensive study in the subject of surgery, or
7 2. Has completed a one year post-graduate course in a reputable
8 school or college of osteopathy as aforesaid and in addition thereto, a