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§§ 1326-al2-1326-al4. OSTEOPATHY AND SURGERY. Tit. VI, Ch. 7.
41 Professional ethics .and efficiency 16
42 Jurisprudence - 16
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44 Total 4,422
45 The number of hours herein prescribed for the study of any sub-
46 ject may be reduced not more than thirty per cent, but the total num-
47 ber of hours prescribed shall not be reduced. The foregoing require-
48 ments shall be published in each catalogue of such osteopathic school
49 or college.
[S., '13, § 2583-a; 39 G. A., ch. 77, § 10.]
SEC. 1326-al2. Examinations—requirements as to surgery.
1 The examination of those who desire to practice as osteopathic
2 physicians shall not include the subject of major surgery but shall
3 include minor surgery.
4 The examination of those who desire to practice as osteopathic
5 physicians and surgeons shall be of the scope defined in the first para-
6 graph of this section and in addition thereto, with respect to the sub-
7 ject matter of surgery, shall be of such character as to thoroughly
8 test the qualifications of the applicant as a practitioner of osteopathy
9 and surgery.
[S., '13, § 2583-a; 39 G. A., ch. 77, § 11.]
SEC. 1326-al3. Kinds of licenses.
1 Each applicant who successfully passes the examination shall be
2 entitled to a license. The following kinds of license shall be issued :
3 1. To practice as an osteopathic physician.
4 2. To practice as an osteopathic physician and surgeon.
[S., '13, § 2583-a; 39 G. A., ch. 77, § 12.]
SEC. 13S6-al4. License without examination.
1 The state board of osteopathy may in its discretion issue a license
2 without examination to a practitioner who has been licensed in any
3 country, state, territory, or province, upon the following conditions:
4 1. That the applicant is of good moral character.
5 2. That the applicant shall designate in application whether
6 applicant desires to practice, (a) as an osteopathic physician, (b) as
7 an osteopathic physician and surgeon.
8 3. That the requirements of registration in the country, state,
9 territory or province in which the applicant is licensed, are deemed
10 by the state board of osteopathy to have been practically equivalent to
11 the requirements of registration in force in this state at the date of
12 such license.
13 The state board of osteopathy may also in its discretion issue a
14 license without examination to an osteopathic physician who is a grad-
15 uate of an osteopathic college in good standing and who has passed
16 an examination for admission into the medical corps of the United
17 States army, United States navy, or the United States public health
18 service.
[39 G. A., ch. 77, § 13.]