HEALTH. 1593

An. Code, sec. 125. 1904, sec. 96. 1894, ch. 217, sec. 56. 1896, ch. 194.

133. Physicians and surgeons of good moral and professional stand-
ing who shall hereafter come into this State with intent to follow the prac-
tice of medicine and surgery within this State, being graduates of a medi-
cal college or university of good standing, or having a certificate or license
from a board of medical examiners of any State where the requirements
for practice are equal to those required by the board named in this sub-
title, may make application to the president of either board of medical
examiners of this State, which application shall be made under oath, and
shall state when and how long such applicant has been engaged in the prac-
tice of medicine and surgery, and from what medical college, university
or other institution of learning he or she has graduated. And thereupon,
the board of medical examiners shall have the authority and discretion to
require applicants to undergo an examination, in accordance with pro-
visions of sections 118 to 124, inclusive, or may require said applicant
to submit to a special examination, the terms and methods of which shall
be prescribed by the board of medical examiners, and upon paying the fee
for examination, as set out in section 123. After the examination and
determination of said board, thereupon, that said applicant is qualified to
practice medicine and surgery and that he is entitled to a license, a license
shall be issued to him to the same effect as the form of license set out in
section 125, which license shall be filed and recorded as provided by sec-
tion 126, and it shall then be the duty of the clerk of the court to register
the name of the person so licensed as physician or surgeon, or both, in
accordance with the provisions of this sub-title.

An. Code, sec. 126. 1904, sec. 97. 1894, ch. 217, sec. 57.

134. All persons whose licenses have been heretofore filed and recorded
in accordance with section 126 shall be held to be duly registered phy-
sicians and surgeons within the provisions of section 131, and all persons
who shall hereafter receive and file licenses, to be recorded in accordance
with said section 126, shall be registered as physicians and surgeons under
said section, and the fee to be paid for such registration and for the regis-
tration of the application to the clerk or the license therewith, as the case
may require, shall be one dollar.

An. Code, sec. 127. 1904, sec. 98. 1894, ch. 217, sec. 58.

135. If any person shall unlawfully obtain and procure himself to
be registered as physician or surgeon, either by false and untrue statement
contained in his application to the clerk of the court, as required by this
sub-title, or by presenting to said clerk a false or untrue license, or one
fraudulently obtained by false and fraudulent statements made to one of
said boards of medical examiners, he or she shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and shall be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than
five hundred dollars, and shall forfeit all rights and immunities obtained
or conferred upon him by virtue of such registration as physician or
surgeon.