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and such certificate shall be kept posted in plain view in some conspicuous place in said hotel. The inspectors of the dairy and food commissioner are empowered and authorized to enter any hotel at all reasonable hours to make such inspection, and it is made the duty of every person in the management or control of such hotel to afford free access to every part of the hotel, and render all aid and assistance necessary to enable the inspector to make a full, thorough and complete examination thereof; but no inspector shall violate the privacy of any guest in said rooms without his consent.

(1922, p. 24. In force June 18, 1922.)

Sec. 1591. Fee for inspection; time of inspection.
(Repealed; 1922, p. 24. In force June 18, 1922.)'

Sec. 1592. Commissioner must notify owners, et cetera, of a hotel that it fails to comply with the law.

It shall be the duty of the State dairy and food commissioner, upon ascertaining by inspection or otherwise that any hotel is being carried on contrary to any of the provisions of this chapter, to notify the manager, or proprietor, in writing, in what respect it fails to comply with the law, and requiring such person, within a reasonable time, to be fixed by the said dairy and food commissioner, to do or cause to be done the things necessary to make it comply with the law, whereupon such proprietor or manager shall forthwith comply with such requirements.

(1922, p. 24. In force June 18, 1922.)

Sec. 1593. Obstructing an inspector; punishment.

Any owner, manager, agent or person in charge of a hotel, or any other person who shall willfully obstruct, hinder or interfere with an inspector in the proper discharge of his duty, or who shall willfully fail or neglect to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter after notice as aforesaid, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; and upon conviction thereof be fined not exceeding one hundred dollars. If, upon a return visit of inspection to a hotel that has previously failed to comply with the law and has received one notice thereof, the inspector shall find that the law is still being violated, he shall without further notice prosecute the proprietor, manager or person in charge. In addition thereto, he may in his discretion, order the hotel closed for such length of time as may be necessary to put same in sanitary condition.

(1922, p. 24. In force June 18, 1922.)

Sec. 1595. Hotel to be kept clean; receptacles of water to be protected.

The proprietor of every hotel shall keep the same clean and in a sanitary condition, and all wells, pumps, cisterns, tanks and other sources or receptacles from which water is taken to be drunk by the guests, shall be effectually protected against human, animal or insect contamination.

(1922, p. 24. In force June 18, 1922.)

Sec. 1610. For an act for the prevention of blindness from opthalmia neonatorum, etc., see chapter 423 of Acts 1918, herein.

Sec. 1615. Admission to examination; power of board.

All applications for certificates to practice medicine in this State after the passage of this act must successfully pass an examination before the board of medical examiners established by this act. The said board shall admit to examination any candidate who pays a fee of twenty-five dollars, and submits evidence verified by affidavit and satisfactory to the board, that he or she:

(a) Is twenty-one years of age or more.

(b) Is of good moral character.

(c) Had prior to beginning of his or her first year of medical study the general education required preliminary to receiving the degree of bachelor or doctor of medicine in this State. This preliminary education shall meet the requirements of the board of education of the State of Virginia, and a certified statement from the superintendent of said board shall accompany the candidate's application.

(d) Has studied medicine not less than four school years, including four satisfactory courses of at least eight months each in four different. calendar years in a medical school registered as maintaining a standard satisfactory to the State board of education. Such standard being based upon the grading of the American Medical Association and of the American Institute of Homeopathy, respectively.

Virginia medical schools and Virginia medical students shall not be discriminated against by the registration of any medical school out of the State whose minimum graduation standard is less than that fixed by statute for Virginia medical schools.

The board may, in their discretion, accept as the equivalent of the first year of requirement (d) evidence of graduation from a registered college course; provided, that such college course shall have included not less than the minimum requirements prescribed by the board, and by the State board of education for such admission to advanced standing.

The board may also, at their discretion, admit conditionally to the examination in anatomy and histology, physiology, and embriology and chemistry, applicants nineteen years of age, or more, certified as having studied medicine at some registered medical college not less than two years including two satisfactory courses of at least eight months each, in two different calendar years, and in having passed in all those medical branches at the said college, but the said college must be registered as maintaining at the time a standard satisfactory to the State board of education as above provided, provided, further, that such applicant must meet requirements b and c. The board may also, at their discretion, accept as the equivalent of any part of requirements c and d, five or more years of legal and reputable practice, and such candidate shall be exempted from taking examinations in anatomy and histology, and physiology, embriology and chemistry.

(e) Has either received the degree of bachelor or doctor of medicine from some registered medical school, or a diploma or license conferring full right to practice medicine in some foreign country, unless admitted conditionally to the examinations as specified above, in which case all qualifications, including the full period of study, the medical degree and the final examinations must be met. The degree of bachelor or doctor of medicine shall not be conferred in this State before the candidate has filed with the institution conferring it the certificate of the State board of education that before beginning the first annual medical course counted towards the degree, he had either graduated from a registered college or satisfactorily completed a full course in a registered academy or high school; or had a preliminary education considered and accepted by the State board of education as fully equivalent, or held a State board of education medical student certificate, or passed State board of education examinations securing sufficient academic counts, in accordance with the standard of the association of American medical colleges or the Council on Medical Education of the American Institute of Homeopathy, or their full equivalent, before beginning the first annual medical course counted towards the degree; provided, however, that when an applicant has failed to pass a satisfactory examination, he may appear before the board again once within one year without paying an additional fee; provided, that any person who shall produce before the said examining board a certificate from the judge of the circuit court and the Commonwealth's attorney of the county in which he resides stating that in their opinion, from evidence produced before them he was a practicing physician prior to the first day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, then said examining board shall give to said person a certificate allowing said person to practice medicine in Virginia. (1920, p. 247. In force June 18, 1920.)

For act regulating practice of poropathy and manipulative surgery, see chapter 212 of Acts 1918, herein.

Sec. 1616. Disposition of funds; compensation of members of the board; how paid.

The funds realized from all fees collected by the board shall be accounted for and shall be paid into the State treasury. Each member of the board, except the secretary, shall receive eight dollars for each day actually employed in the discharge of his official duties, together with all necessary expenses incurred. The secretary of the board shall receive, in addition to necessary expenses, an annual salary, to be fixed by the board, not exceeding one thousand dollars. The compensation expenses of the members, and the necessary expenses of the board shall be paid out of the State treasury, on a requisition signed by the president and secretary of the board, and upon the warrant of the auditor of public accounts.

and

(1922, p. 416. In force June 18, 1922.

Sec. 1618. The exemption by this of "any non-itinerant person or manufacturer who mechanically fits or sells lenses, artificial eyes... or is engaged in the mechanical examination of eyes for the purpose of adjusting spectacles, eye glasses or lenses; . . . includes a non-itinerant optician engaged in the practice of optometry who has not practiced or offered to practice medicine or surgery. Martin v. Commonwealth, 121 Va. 808, 93 S. E. 623.

Sec. 1636. Prohibited acts.

No person not a holder of a certificate duly issued to him and filed as provided shall practice optometry in this State. No person shall falsely personate a registered optometrist of a like or different name, nor buy, or sell, or fraudulently obtain a certificate issued to another. Practicing or offering to practice optometry, or the public representation of being qualified to practice the same by any person not authorized to practice optometry, shall be sufficient evidence of a violation of law; but employers of practitioners of optometry in connection with their optical business, may, in case of a vacancy in such position, fill the same by the employment of some person deemed competent, and the said person shall at once announce to the board his readiness for examination, and may continue in his work until examined by the board, and his fitness so determined.

(1920, p. 11. In force February 4, 1920.)

This section was apparently enacted to remedy the defect in this section pointed out by the revisors in their note to this section.

For act prohibiting advertising concerning certain venereal diseases, see chapter 373 of Acts 1918, herein.

Sec. 1646. Examinations for licenses; temporary certificates.

No person, unless previously licensed or registered to practice dentistry in this State shall begin the practice of dentistry, or any branch thereof, without first applying for and obtaining a license for such purpose from the Virginia State board of dental examiners.

Applications shall be made to the said board in writing, and shall be accompanied by the examination fee of ten dollars.

The applicant must be of good moral character and twenty-one years of age, or over, at the time of making the application. Application from a candidate who desires to procure a license from said board to practice dentistry in this State shall be accompanied by satisfactory proof that the applicant so applying for license is a graduate of, and has a diploma from, the faculty of a reputable dental college, school or dental department of a reputable dental college, school or dental department of a reputable university or college, or has been engaged in the actual legal and ethical practice of dentistry in some other State or country for five consecutive years just prior to application. Examinations may be made orally or in writing, in whole or in part, at the discretion of the board, and shall be of such character as to test the qualifications of the applicant to practice dentistry. The said board shall, within thirty days from the beginning of the examination, notify each applicant of the action of the board of his examination. The board may, at its discretion, arrange for reciprocity with the authorities of other States and territories having requirements equal to those

established by this chapter. If the candidate who desires to procure a license from said board to practice dentistry in this State has been engaged in the actual and ethical practice of dentistry in such other State or territory for five consecutive years just prior to his application, certificates may be granted applicants to practice under such reciprocity on payment of a fee of ten dollars to the secretary of the board. The Virginia State board of dental examiners shall have authority to issue temporary certificates between sessions of the board to persons to practice dentistry, said certificates to expire within five days after the date of the next succeeding examination held by the board. But no such temporary certificate shall be granted unless the application for the same be accompanied by satisfactory evidence that the applicant is of good moral character, above the age of twenty-one years, and is a graduate of, and has a diploma from the faculty of a reputable dental college, school or dental department of a reputable university or college, approved by the board, and shall have appeared before a designated member of the board and successfully passed an examination testing his qualifications for a temporary certificate. Furthermore, no temporary certificate granted under this section shall be subject to renewal by the board, but in every case in which the board grants such certificate, unless the applicant satisfactory passes the next succeeding examination of the board, he shall not be entitled again to practice dentistry in this State until after he has complied with the provisions of the preceding paragraphs of this section. The examination fee for a temporary certificate shall be ten dollars. (1920, p. 233. In force March 10, 1920.)

Sec. 1693. See chapter 250 of Acts 1918, herein.

Sec. 1697. Under this section, which makes the possession of cocaine, with certain exceptions, prima facie evidence of an intent to sell, etc., constructive possession by the accused is not sufficient evidence of intent to sell. Henderson v. Commonwealth, 130 Va. 761, 107 S. E. 700.

Sec. 1704. Oaths; officers of the board; powers thereof; duties; inspector of training schools; salaries; expenses.

The members of the State board of examiners of graduate nurses shall, before entering on the discharge of their duties, make and file with the secretary of the Commonwealth the constitutional oath of office. They shall annually, in the month of January, elect from their number a president and a secretary, who shall be the treasurer. The treasurer, before entering upon his or her duties, shall file a bond with the secretary of the Commonwealth for such sum as shall be required of him or her by said secretary of the Commonwealth. The board shall adopt rules and regulations not inconsistent with this chapter to govern its proceedings, and also a seal, and the secretary shall have the care and custody thereof, and he or she shall keep a record of all proceedings of the board, including a register of the names of all nurses duly registered under this chapter, which shall be open at all reasonable times to public inspection, and the board shall cause the prosecution of all persons violating any of the provisions of this

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