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 FIFTY-NINTH corzeanss. sms. 11. cus. 913,91-l. ism. 889 and morals of the lprofession of nursing. But before any certificate N°‘*°° °‘°'”“¥°¤· shall be revoked the holder thereof shall be entitled to thirty days’ ` notice of the charges against her, and after a full and fair hearing the H°°"l°¥°- certiiicate can be revoked by a majority vote of the whole board. Sec. 7. That all expenses incident to the execution of the provisions E¤1>¤¤¤¤¤.¤w- of this Act shall be paid from the fees collected from applicants for registration as nurses, and if any balance remains on hand on the thirtieth day of June of any year the secretary and treasurer of the nurses’ examining board shal receive of such balance the sum of one hundred dollars, and each other member of the said board shall receive five dollars for each day actually spent in the dischar e of official duties. All moneys shall be paid to the treasurer of tliie board and shall be paid out under the orders of the board. Sec. 8. That any rson who shall violate any of the provisions of ,.,l,°,‘Q§‘,{,‘§f‘“°“* f"' . this Act shall beguiiiy ofamisdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the workhouse fora period not exceeding sixty days. Sec. 9. That the nurses’ examining board shall have power to reg- ;l,,§‘,§‘,§’,§f ister, in like manner,.without examination, any person who has been registered as a rofessional nurse in another State or Territory under ‘ laws which in the opinion of said board maintains a standard substantially equivalent to that provided for by this Act. Sec. 10. That nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent any wm ,’§,§’{,,,f°"*" _ person from nursing any other person in the District of Columbia either gratuitously or for hire, provided that such person so nursing shall not re resent herself as being a registered nurse. Nothing in R°““°°°“· this Act shah be construed as authorizin any person to practice medicine or surgery, or midwifery, in  District otherwise than in accordance with an Act entitle "An Act to regulate the practice of v°"°*’·*°°· medicine and surgery, to license physicians and surgeons, and to punish persons violating the provisions thereof,” approved June third, eighteen hundred and ninety-six. __ H Sec. 11. That the word ‘“she" and the derivatives thereof, wherever JQ? ‘“° °°“‘ they occur in this Act, shall be construed so as to include the word " he " and derivatives. Approved, February 9, 1907. CHAP. 914.-—An fict For the] preventiolp of scarilet fevexytdiphgiprisi, rnpgsles, F‘;';,‘i‘;§"l'6,2;,,l°;’7· w in h, chic en x,e i emiccere ro-s ina meningi is, an yp ion ever -_._-.,.-.ihA‘ .. inh3i0epD£f2dl;gof Colurnbds P P {Pnblic.Nc.s1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House ofRqn·esentaztive.¢ of the Ohited Seam; of America in clmgress assembled, That every_ person in charge llgggggpggxggxg _ of any patient in the District of Columbra who is suffering from contagious diseases diphthema, scarlet fever, measles, whooping_ cough, chicken _ pox. *2 _ _ _ e idemic cerebrospinal meningitis, or typhoid fever, immediately ,,é,,‘;,§‘0Q,$j,‘rf'°“ ‘° after becoming aware of the existence of such disease. shall send to _ the health officer of said District a certificate, written `in ink, signed F°"" °’ °°’“”°’“°· by such person, stating the name of the disease, the name, agp, sex, and color of the person suffering therefrom, and the school w ich he or she has attended, if any, and setting forth by street and number, or by other sufficient designation, the ocation of the house, room, or _ _ _ other place in which said patient can be found. \Vhen said patient wQ*;}*j,*;8tgf*** m recovers, or dies, said person ln ¢*lm1‘ge.. as SQOD as possible thereafter, shall send to the health officer of said District a certmcate, written in _ ink, certifying to that fact. Bill? H0 person shall certify knowingly or u_$f*m6°*“° 0* "*°°V· negligently that any patient has recovered from any disease aforesaid until such patient is in such condition as_to be free from danger of communicating the disease from which he is suifernngto other persons.