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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. II. Cx. 352. 1920 . 1333 to it and report its findings to the commissi on. All reports of Consideration of re- written examinations shall be made under the numbers of the several po rts . examinees and not under their names ; but each board shall report to the commission, under the names of the several examinees, the results of the clinical and laboratory tests and of the oral examina- tion, if any, to which the examinee has been subjected. The written sio Ratings by commis- and the oral examination and the clinical and the laboratory tests shall each be rated on a basis of one hundred, and the reports of the seve ral bo ards o f exam iners shall be made accor dingly. The re lative weight to be given to each, the passing grade, and the weight to be allowed fo r experience, shall be fixed by the commi ssion by regulations. The final standing of each applicant shall be determined by the commission in accordance therewith. SEC. 22 . The commission shall carefully consider the reports of Consideration by commission of reports the board of examiners in the basic sciences and of the examining of board. board by which any applicant has been examined, purporting to sho w the qua lific ation s of the appli cant. If the commi ssion is Issue of license to satisfied that the applicant iss qualified to practice the healing art in qualifi ed applicants. accordance with law and within the limits fixed by his application, the commission shall issue to him a license attesting that fact and authorizing him so to practice in whatever class of practice the commission has found him qualified, so long as that license is unsuspended and unrevoked. All reports of examining boards and spRepoorrts open to in- all questions to and answers by applicants in written examinations shall be open to inspection by any person who shows to the satisfaction of the commission that he has some proper interest in them. All examination papers shall be preserved by the commission mss lon rvationbycom- for a period of not less than two years. The commission shall record all licenses in a book kept for that purpose, which shall be duly indexed. Licenses shall be consecutively numbered, except that liceusumbering, etc ., of licenses of different classes may be numbered and recorded in separate series. Licenses shall show on their faces the class of practice for which they are issued, and licentiates shall display the same prominent ly in the ir office s at all times. SEC. 23. Any person desiring to practice the healing art in the App licat ions forpr ac- yh b g tics bealing art to the District of Columbia shall apply to the commission, in writing, commission. for authority so to do. The application shall be in such form and Form, etc. accompanied by such evidence of the qualifications of the applicant as the commission requires. Each application shall show whether the applicant (a) seeks a license (1) on the basis of a license to practice medicine and surgery in the District of Columbia, under section 24 of this Act ; (2) on the basis of years of practice, under section 24 ; (3) on the basis of reciprocity, under section 25 ; or (4) on the basis of examination under section 26 ; or (b) seeks registra- tion as a person exempted from licensure, under section 42. Each Fees required. application shall be accompanied by a fee, as follows : For a license on the basis of a license to practice medicine and surgery in the District of Columbia, a fee of $1 ; on the basis of years of practice in the District of Columbia, a fee of $25 ; for a license on the basis of reciprocity, a fee of $50 ; for certification of applications for license by reciprocity in other jurisdictions, a fee of $10 ; for a license on the basis of examination, a fee of $25 ; for registration as a person exempted from license, a fee of $1 ; but physicians and Ex cept ions. surgeon s of the United Stat es Army, Navy, and P ublic Health Service, and medical officers in any other branch of the Federal Government whatsoever, and practitioners of the healing art resid- ing within and licensed by States bordering on the District of Columbia, who do not maintain an office or appoint places where patients may be met within the District of Columbia, applying for registration as persons exempted from licensure in the District

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