OCR Text |
Show uu PHYSOCUNS TO LOSE LICENSE In an effort to placo tho work of ,. gathering vital statistics for the state i. of Utah on a substantial basis as soon as possible, T. B Beatty, secretary secre-tary of the state board of health, is mjilllng letters to the various health boards of the state, calling attention to the provisions of the new medical law enacted by the last legislature, which provides for the revoking of a physician's license for a failure to render the required reports regarding deathB, births and contagious diseases. dis-eases. Tho letter of the state board of health also contains an opinion rendered rend-ered by the office of the attorney general gen-eral outlining the duty of the board of health and local registrars In the enforcement of the law. Tho opinion, rendered by E. V Hoggins, Hog-gins, deputy attorney general, advlsea the board as follows: "I am of the opinion that it is the duty of the state board of health, through its state and local registrars, to seo that the provisions of the new s law, so far as relates to reports oc nl births and deaths and infectious di3- ,, eases, be enforced and If v.olated dl- j: rect tho commencement of legal pro- j ccedings in tho name of the state J board of medicnl examiners for the cancellation of the license of the ot . fending physician." |