The Medical Act : being statutes of the Province of Nova Scotia, to regulate the qualifications of practitioners in medicine and surgery.

  • Nova Scotia.
Date:
1895
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Credit: The Medical Act : being statutes of the Province of Nova Scotia, to regulate the qualifications of practitioners in medicine and surgery. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    (A) The Medical Act, 1872. An Act to regulate the qualifications of Practitioners in Medicine and Surgery. (Passed the 18th day of April, 1872.J Whereas, It is expedient that persons requiring medical aid should be able to distinguish qualified from unqualified practitioners : Be it enacted by the Governor, Council, and Assembly, as follows : 1. This Act shall be known and cited as “The Nova Scotia Medical Act.” 2. As soon as conveniently may be after the passing of this Act, and not later than the first day of fluly in the ])resent year, the Governor-in-Council shall a])point five, and the Xova Scotia Medical Society four, regularly quali- fied medical practitioners of not less than seven years’ standing, who, together, shall be a Board, whereof any five shall be a quorum, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act, which Board shall be known as “The Provincial Medical Board.” * If: >Ke * ^ ^ t The succeeding sections from 3 to 42 inclusive of this Act, amended and revised, are embodied in chap. 24, Rev. Stat. 5th Series. j The concluding sections of the Act are ; 43. Chapter 56 of the Revised Statutes, Third Series, “ Of Practitioners in Medicine and Surgeiy,” and all other portions of the existing law inconsistent with this Act, arc hereby repealed. 44. Except as herein otherwise provided this Act shall take effect upon and after the first day of May, a. d. 1873.