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 SEVENTIETH C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 352. 1929 . 1327 of the healing art, for a fee, gift, or reward, or in anticipation of any fee, gift, or reward, whether tangible or intangible. (d) " Commission " means the commission on licensure to practice the healing art, created by this Act. (e) " Board " means a board of examiners created by this Act. (f) "Drugless healing" means any system of healing that does not resort to the use of drugs, medicine, or operative surgery for the prevention, relief, or cure of any disease. (g) " School " means any school, college, or university. SEC. 2 . No person shall practice the healing art in the District of Columbia who is not (a) licensed so to do, or (b) if exempted from licensur e under s ections 4 2 or 43 o f this A ct, then duly regi stered. SEC. 3 . No person shall practice the healing art in the District of Columbia otherwise than in accordance with the terms of his license or of his registration, as the case may be. SEC. 4. There is hereby created a commission on licensure to prac- tice the healing art in the District of Columbia, consisting of the presid ent of the B oard o f Comm ission ers of the Di strict of Co lumbia , the United States Commissioner of Education, the United States district attorney for the District of Columbia, the superintendent of public schools of the District of Columbia, and the health officer of the District of Columbia, each ex officio. The commission shall elect a president and a vice president. The health officer shall be the secretary and treasurer of the commission. The commission shall make and from time to time may alter such rules as it deems necessary for the conduct of its business, and for the execution and enforcement of the provisions of this Act. It shall adopt a common seal, and from time to time alter the same as to it seems proper. The courts shall take judicial notice of such seal. SEC. 5. The commission shall establish minimum standards of preprofessional and professional education in the healing art and may establish minimum standards for hospitals for interne training. It may determine whether preprofessional and professional schools, Record of standards and wh ether hospit als, a ttain such s tandard s. It s hall k eep a record of schools, etc .,tobe of its inves tigati ons an d dete rminat ions wi th res pect t o all school s kept. and hospitals and shall approve and enter in a proper register every school and e very h ospita l atta ining the pre scribe d stan dard o r whic h had attained such standard during its existence. The commission may redetermine from time to time the standing of any school or hospital and may revise its register accordingly. The commission shall give no credit for any certificate, diploma, or degree emanating from any school, and it may refuse to give any credit for any cer- tifica te or diplom a eman ating from a ny hosp ital, not du ly reg istere d as provided by this Act : Provided, That this requirement as to registration shall not apply in the case of persons applying for license on years of practice under the provisions of section 24 of this Act. Considera tion of ap- SEC. 6 . The commission shall receive, number consecutively, and plications for license record all applications presented in due form for licenses and for and registration, registration ; but such applications may be classified according to their respective purposes, and numbered consecutively and regis- Issue by virtue of tered according to the several classes thus established. If the outstanding license to commission finds that an applicant is entitled to a license by virtue practice, etc' of an outstanding license to practice medicine and surgery in the District of Columbia or by virtue of years of practice, under the provisio ns of sec tion 24 o f this Ac t, or by virtue o f recipro city, und er the provisions of section 25, it shall issue to him a license accord- Examination subject ingly. If the commission finds that an applicant has submitted to determi nation of pro - satisfactory proof of age, moral character, preprofessional educa- fessional fitness. tion, profes sional educa tion, and, i f requi red by the c ommiss ion, o f " Commission ." "Board." "Drugless healing ." "Sc hool ." Practice without li- cense, or exempt, for. bidden. Post, p. 1339. Prac tice otherwi se than in accordance with terms thereof for. bidden . Commissio n on licen- sure crea ted. Composition. Officers. Rules to be adopted . Seal. General powers . Registration. Proviso. Cases not applicable. Post, p. 1334.

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