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Show MEDICAL BOARD ACTS TO SOLVE REFUGEE PHYSICIAN PROBLEM Three resolutions which the board believes will solve the problem prob-lem of European refugee physicians wishing to practice medicine In Utah were adopted Wednesday by the state board of medical examiners, meeting at the state capttoL ' The resolutions are aimed at' tightening of powers oa the Issuing Issu-ing of licenses to physicians. One resolution provides that those who have taken a major portion por-tion of their education in foreign schools shall be required to furnish fur-nish satisfactory evidence of moral and educational qualifications and shall pass an examination given , by the board. The second resolution requires that any applicant coming In by reciprocity may, at the discretion of the board, be refused the license li-cense provided he has not practiced prac-ticed five years In the state from which he desires reciprocity. ine iniro resolution provides that the board will notify the national na-tional board of medical examiners that the Utah body Interprets their right to use their discretion In the broadest sense" In accepting candidates can-didates by either reciprocity or by examination and that all applicants appli-cants must come from schools spe- eificelly approved by the board. Wednesday's action of the board came after fears that the Utah medical field will be overcrowded by European refugee physicians asking for licenses. Last year the. board adopted a regulation providing that only American citizens would be given licenses. This ruling wss declared Illegal by the attorney general. The board approved the applications appli-cations of Dr. Max S. Chlachter and Dr. Robert Greene Weaver to practice. They will practice In Escalante and Loa, respectively. |