Show AN OPINION GIVEN the board of medical examiners in a communication addressed drewea ad to the she attorney general asks it there Is any limitation of time la in which applies epp lioa alons tor for licenses to practice mello lue are to be made and if so 0 whether those practicing ine medicine dicine after bob such time lime has expired would be guilty of a misdemeanor meanor and has bai the be board the right to refuse refu licenses to uch such cartiea parti part iea oll following lc Is attorney general le reply after referring to chapter 72 of the laws law of 1892 the statute in question li in entitled an sot act to regulate he practice oi of medicine its if purpose in to prevent the practice of medicine by potent and improper persons and to provide against the effects effect of ignorance of and incapacity aa we well 1 I 1 aa asto to prevent deception and fraud in the practice of medicine by requiring a certain degree of Je arning and nd kill upon the part of the he practitioner so aa upon an examination by competent persons or inferred from a certificate in tho the form of a diploma or license from oil aa institution tor for instruction on the subject and it in a legitimate exercise of the she police power oi of the bbate people to has hae brounk 11 utah Idoo bertlon tion 11 oi of said aid act provider provided all persons not graduate of ei medical colleges who have practiced medicine lon len years yean continuously in this territory prior to the taking of this act shall hall upon propof proper application anu and payment of the lee fee for examination as aa provided tor for in section 3 of this act accompanied by a petition signed by twenty five legal voters living jiving in the city or precinct not where such buell applicant pram practices loes be admitted to examination before the board of medical ers ere it then provides that it if she he examination ami nadon shall ball be satisfactory and it the appi applicant leapt to ta not of immoral obar char i altet or guilty of any AAY or dishonorable honorable dia conduct he ha a receive a certificate to practice meat meal cine provided that such buell application lor for certificate shall be made within six ix months montha alter after the taking effect of this act here in ii a clear limitation of the time in which such applications could have been made do under ibis law jaw and if the party failed to make application within six ix months after alie b taking fleet enact of said aid act to wit june let lat 1892 1 I am of opinion that be h would be clearly prohibited irom from thereafter making such applies tion this seem beema to have been the clear intendment of the legislature iB and that it had bad tho tb right to onset enact such a law there here can be b oo no doubt thin lie le the only limitation of time for applications to be made for certificates certificate that I 1 have been able to discover dla in said ald act section 10 provides any practicing medicine or surgery within we the territory without fint having obtained a certificate as aa herein harein pro hided vided tor for or contrary to the provisions of this act shall ball be doomed deemed guilty of it 1 it therefore follow that parties so 0 o practicing without having first obtained a license to do so 0 o from tho ta board of medical examiner si miners would be guilty of a misdemeanor I 1 am also alao of at the opinion that the board of medical examiners exa would have the right to refuse a license to all persons not graduate of medical colleges coll egea and who bad practiced medicine ten son years year con in this territory prior to we the taking effect of said ald act provi provided dedi that application was wa made within six ix months after the taking onset effect of this lawe law |