A DIGEST OF THE

CASE LAW

ON THE

STATUTORY REGULATION

OF THE

PRACTICE of MEDICINE

COMPILED BY THE

MEDICO-LEGAL BUREAU

OF THE

AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

FIVE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIVE NORTH DEARBORN STREET

CHICAGO
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COPYRIGHT 1915

BY THE

AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

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1915

CONTENTS

PART I. A DIGEST OF THE CASE LAW ON THE STATU-
TORY REGULATION OF THE PRACTICE

OF MEDICINE

CHAPTER I

THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF MEDICAL PRACTICE ACTS

4. The Practice of Medicine and the Police Power..

6. The Constitutionality of Boards of Medical Examiners; the Power to

Create such Boards....

1. Introduction

PART I. UNDER THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION

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2. The Powers of Government in Relation to Medical Practice Acts.... 3

§ 3. Police Power Defined ....

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5. Medical Practice Acts under the Federal Constitution...

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7. Medical Examining Boards and the Separation of Powers...

8. Medical Boards and the Validity of their Powers..

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9. The Power of a Board to Revoke a License for Cause....

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§ 11. Medical Practice Acts and the Privilege and Immunity Clauses.

§ 10. The Term Unprofessional Conduct is not Void for Uncertainty..

§ 12. (a) The Due Process of Law Clause in Amendment 14. (b) "The

Equal Protection of the Law".

§ 13. Medical Practice Acts and the Ex Post Facto Clause.

§ 14. Medical Practice Acts and the Impairment of the Obligation of

Contract

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§ 15. Medical Practice Acts and Former Acquittal or Conviction - "Autre-
fois Acquit or Convict".....

§ 16. Medical Practice Acts and the So-Called "Schools of Medicine." (a)
Eclectics; (b) Osteopaths; (c) chiropractors; (d) Suggestive
Therapeutics; (e) Magnetic Healing; (f) Healers; (g) Christian
Scientists ...

PART II. UNDER STATE CONSTITUTION

17. Medical Practice Acts Generally....

§ 18. Titles of Medical Practice Acts..

19. Medical Boards .....

§ 20. Various Statutory Provisions.

§ 21. So-Called Schools