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 888 rirrymmrn couennss. sms. 11. cn. 913. 1907. ‘ within thirty days after said nominations are submitted to them, a A*’¥’°*“"“°““· nurses’ examining board to be composed of five members. All appointments shall be made so that the term of one member shall expire on the thirtieth day of June of each year, and upon the expiration of the V"°*"°’ · term of office of any examiner the said Commissioners shall likewise till the vacanc for a term of live years from a list of three nominees submitted to them each year by the Graduate Nurses’ Association of the District of Columbia. An unexpired term shall be filled by said Commissioners from three additional names furnished by the Graduate °““‘· Nurses’ Association upon request of the said Conunissioners. No mem ber of said board shall enter upon the discharge of her duties until she has taken oath to faithfully and impartially perform the same; and the said Commissioners may remove any mem er of said board for _ neglect of duty or for any ust cause. m‘g;,{'“*“"°“ °’ Sec. 3 That the nurses’ examining board shall meet in the District Mwinss- · of Columbia within ten days after their appointment and organize the board, and annually thereafter shall meet in the month of April and shall elect from its members a president, and also a secretary who B>‘·*·"¤· shall be treasurer. It shall frame all such by—laws as it shall deem necessary for carrying into effect the provisions of this Act, and may Hmm- amend such rules from time to time at discretion of said board. The secretary shall be required to keep a record of all meetings of the board, and also a register of the names of all nurses duly registered under this Act, and to furnish a certificate of registration to all such E¤¤¤i¤¤“°“*'— nurses. The said board shall hold examinations not less frequently than once a year, and the notice of each examination shall be given in one daily newspaper published in Washington City and in one nursing journal at least thirty days prior to said examination. m;g{’gf1{f’“‘ *°’ Sec. 4. That every nurse desiring to style herself "a registered nurse " in the District of Columbia shall make application to the nurses’ F°°· examining board for registration, and at the time of making such appli- R°¤“*'*’”*°““· cation shall pay to the treasurer of said board five dollars. Said applicant must furnish satisfactory evidence that she is over twenty- three years of age, of good moral character, and free from habits liable to interfere with her services as a nurse, and, furthe1·, that she holds a di loma from a training school for nurses which has been registered ,f’9n?l!j1€°¤hscb00,_ by tihe nurses’ examining board of the District of Columbia: Pmvfdea',. however, That no training school shall be registered which does not maintain proper educational standards and give not less than two years’ training in a general hospital, or instruction of the same kind, and, to at least the same extent, as that given in the general hospital, all of which shall be determined by the nurses’ examining board. ,,e;§g,°:{f°,ff'**"°“ "‘ Sec. 5. That any person possessing the qualifications required in section four of this Act who has been engaged in nursing in the District of Columbia five years after graduation immediately preceding the passage of this Act, or shall have graduated from any training sc ool in the District of Columbia within the live years immediately preceding the passage of this Act, shall be entitled to registration thelrwricui ¤¤¤¤¤i¤¤~ without examination upon gayment of the registration fee. And, ‘ further, that any person w o has been engaged in nursing in the District of Columbia for four years immediately preceding the passage of this Act and shall have spent, in addition, one year in a hospital or sanatorium, shall be permitted to register aftcr assing a ractical gggghon Bxtulumltioni Przofvided, That such certificates shalll not declare that ’ the persons holding them have fulfilled all the requirements expressed in section four. m{};j;§***°¤ °* °°" Sec. 6. That the registration of any personas a nurse in the District ‘ of Columbia may be revoked and the certificate of such person canceled if she be found to have obtained the same by fraud, or be found guilty by the nurses’ examining board of any act derogatory to the standing