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Show -!IT1! I'i'.OIN HUMH OX TH K MKDU'AL BOARD What is prai tically a !onib shell has la-i-n throw n into the camp of til.1 stare board of mediial examiner by t'oulson Smith, special apent of lite 1 oard. Smith, in h:s first report submitted since lie took office, accuses ac-cuses various phvs cians In Salt Lake and other parts of the state of mis-interpret mis-interpret :nc the law acainst illccal pract it loners as b-ing Foley for the purpose of financ-ally protecting tne doctors of niel;coie. instead as was the purpose, of protecting the people from frauds. Accuse! of I.nfencv. That there has frown up as a result re-sult of th's attitude on the part of many doctors a stronc feeling In favor of the hirnprae'ors and acafnst the medic.-1 board is plainly stated In the spe. ial arent's comment! on his report. He explaivs that this Is responsible re-sponsible for the many petitions In favor of Illegal practitioners some of them pipnel and circulated by well kno. n ( i: res. Ptunc by hi" references to members of their profession, some physicians, and at least one ni'-niber of the state hoard. bae accused Smith of "lnylnir dokn on the job." One even hinted that the sfe-inl arent has been too lenient in his prosecution of chlro-rra'- -r and others. Xot (o I'ti.te' t IWtor. "I am statinc nothinc but the plain truth, pen t kmcn ." Smith told the board meml e--p. "It Is a fact that nai v dm tors I have talked with continually con-tinually talk about the amount of money that chiropractors are tnklnc in. ai d o"e pbvsieian even asked me to try Had use my authority to 'Id'jff' an illegal practitioner Into giving back 20 that a patient of the physician physi-cian had paid this practitioner after his (the physician's 1 treatment had proved no good." j In defense of his report. Smith, asserts that the law requiring alii those who practice medicine to secure ; licenses from the state board of me.ii- j cal examiners Is to protect the pnblic from frauds men without knowledge know-ledge or ability to cure who might defraud de-fraud the sick. He declares It Is not as some doctors have assumed assum-ed lo protect the doctors' Hnaneinl Interests and steer more elicits Into tha ofllccH of "regular" physlclam. Bait Lake Evening Telegram |