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 62 STAT.] 80TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CH. 216 -APR. 20, 1948 District of Columbia" is hereby amended to read as follows: "If the commission finds that an applicant is entitled to a license by virtue of an outstanding license to practice medicine and surgery in the District of Columbia or by virtue of years of practice, under the pro- visions of section 24 of this Act or by virtue of reciprocity, under the provisions of section 25, or by virtue of a certificate or diploma by a national examining board as provided in section 25 (a) of this Act, it shall issue to him a license accordingly." SEC. 2 . The penultimate sentence of section 11 of the said Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "An applicant who is reported by the board as qualified in said sciences and who is entitled to a license by reciprocity, without examination, or by virtue of a certificate or diploma issued by a national examining board, shall thereupon be given such a license." SEa. 3 . (a) The third sentence of section 23 is hereby amended to read as follows: "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 of this Act; (4) by virtue of a certifi- cate or diploma issued by a national examining board, as provided in section 25 (a) of this Act; or (5) on the basis of examination, under section 26; or (b) seeks registration as a person exempted from licen- sure, under section 42." SEa. 3 . (b) The fourth sentence of section 23 is hereby amended to read as follows: "Each 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 a license on the basis of a certificate or diploma from a national examining board, a fee of $25; for certification of applications for license by reciprocity in other jurisdictions, a fee of $10; for a license on the basis of exami- nation, a fee of $25; for registration as a person exempted from license, a fee of $1; but physicians and surgeons of the United States Army, Navy, and Public Health Service, and medical officers in any other branch of the Federal Government whatsoever, and practitioners of the healing art residing 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 of Columbia, shall not be required to pay any fee in connec- tion with any such application." SEC. 4 . The said Act is further amended by inserting after section 25 a new section designated "SEC. 25. (a)" to read as follows: "SEc. 25. (a) The commission may issue a license, without exami- nation, to anyone holding a certificate or diploma from a national examining board: Provided, That the examination given by the national examining board was as comprehensive and as exhaustive as that required in the District of Columbia. The applicant for license on this basis shall submit with his application proof satisfactory to the commission that he is not less than twenty-one years of age; that he is of good moral character; that he has had not less than two years of preprofessional education and training in a college or university acceptable to the commission before entering on the study of the heal- ing art; that he has studied the healing art through not less than four graded courses of not less than nine months each, in a professional school or schools registered under this Act, and has been graduated by such school with the degree of doctor of medicine, doctor of 175 Issuance of license. 45 Stat. 1334, 1335. D. C. Code § 2-120, Supp. VI, § 2-121. 45 Stat. 1329. D. C. Code §2-108. 45 Stat. 1333 . D. C. Code §2-119. Basis. D. C. Code §2-120. D. C. Code, Supp. VI, § 2-121. Infra. D. C. Code §§2-122 , 2-133. 45 Stat. 1333. D. C. Code§2-119. Fees. 45 Stat. 1335 . D. C. Code, Supp. VI, §2-121. Certificate or di- ploma from national examining board. Proof required.

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