Medical Practitioners Act 1844 (SA)

By I .& Excelle~wy ~ E O R ~ E GREY Esqu&? Governor a d Commander-in-

Chief qf Her Afujcsty'z Prouiucs of Xoutlz Australin and its Depaxdsncies

njzd Vice-Admiral of the s n m Ay a9:d with the advice a d consent of the

L~gis ln t ice Cous~cil.

HEREAS by a certain Ordinnucc of the Governor, with the Preamble,

present, not being less than t h e e of a Medical Board to be ap- pointed in manner hereinafter i.r~entionecl, that he is a Doctor or Raellelor of Medicine of some Uuiversity, or a Pliysiciai~, or Sur- geon, licexisecl or admitted :is such by some College of Physicians or

advice and colisent of t l ~ e Legislative Cauucil of South

,4ustrslia, heretofore passed, mci~tion is made of legally qualified Medical Practitioners, and it is iiecessary to declare who shall, for the purposes of soeh bw, be doclnod legally qualified Medical Practitioners:

Be it therefore Enacted, by his Excelleilcy the Governor of South Australia, with the advice and consent of' the Legislative Council thereof, that no person, from and after the First day of January next. shall. for the nurDoses of anv such law as aforesaid. be deemed

a le$ally dualified hebical ~r:x&tio~rnr, unless such ierson shall Who ahall be deemed

have proved to the sntisfactioii of the majority of the members BledicJPractitioner. a legal1 qualified

or Surgeons in Great Britain or Ireland, or a Member of the

Ctmprtny of Apothecaries of London or Dublin, or a regular Graduate in Medicine of some Foreign University which sliall

apptLar to the said Medical Board to be of sufficient credit and

antlluritv, o r who is, or has been, s Mrdical Officer, duly appointed

and cordfirmed, of Her Majesty's sea or laud service.

11. And be it further Enactccl, that it shall and may be lawful

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B Medical Board, and

remove an or all the for the Governor to appoint a Bard, consisti~ig of not less than

membera tfereof, three Members, being d the Medical Profession, one of whom shall

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think fit. be nominated President, together with a Secrctary, under the style

- and description of L' The S o d 1 Auatralim Medical Board ;" and it shall be lawful for the said Governor to remove the said Members, or Secretary, or any of tii~ein; and ~ ~ p o n the rcinoval, dcath, or rcsig-

Pemns aeaimus	nation, of the said &~;lembers	and Sccrctary, or any of them, to appoint
being declared legally

qualifiedpractitlonera. such other persons as he shall think fit, and any perso11 desirous of	to submit their dlplo-
m~ or other certifi- beiug declared a. legally qualified Medical Practitioner, as aforesaid,

for appmd of shall submit his degree, diploma, certificate, or other proof, for the

Board	examination and approval of the said Medical Board, and shall obtain from the said Medical Board a, certificate of his being a legally qualified Medical Practitioner according to the terms of this Ordinance,
"fe*Certitloate*	m. Provided always, and it is hereby Enacted, that for every such certificate there shall be paid to the President of the said Medical Board the sum of One Guinea; and every such sum shall be by him accounted for and paid over to the Colonial Treasurer, on behalf of Her Majesty, for the Public uses of the Province, and snpport of the Government thereof.
Bdmunerrrtion to
medical witneasr.	W. And be it Enacted, that whevl any legally qualified Medical Practitfoner has attended at any inquest, inquiry, or trial in obedience to any summons or subpcena, he shall, for such at- t e n h c c, and for giving evidence at such inquest, inquiry, or trial,
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guinea.	be entitled to receive the rernuneratidn of One Guinea, and (in ad-
dition thereto) for the making of any post mortem examination, the

fid examha. remuneration of Two Guineas, and if the place of his residence be

tiwtwo p u i n e a s mwe khan ten miles distant from the place where the inquest, in- quiry, or trial is holden, then such Practitioner slid1 be entitled to

one rhillin~ for evev a sum of One Shilling for every mile of sncll extra distance, in ad-

*	dition: And until funds shall be otherwise spcciolly provided for that purpose, it shall be lnwf~~l for the Governor to order payment
of every such sum by the Colonial Treasurer from the public

No	mauthorieed exami-	for	moneys of the Province: Provided that no remuneration shall be
.pstion.	pdd for the performance of m y post mortewz examination instituted without the previous direction of the Coroner, Justice, or Court

Death happening in	(as the case may be) Provided also, that where the death sball
public building8	have happened in any public hospital, gaol or other public building,

medid oawr attend- no medical officer, appointed with salary to attend such hospital,	ing not entituled to
rmwmtim. gaol, or public building, shall be entitled to any such remuneration.

V. And

V. And be it farther Enacted, that the said Medical Board shall, Mediaal Bard shall cause to be entered

on or before the First day of January next, cause the names of all

in a book the namee

of all legally quali5ed

Legally Qualified ~ e d h a l Practitioners" as aforesaid to be regis- Medical Practitionerer,

tered in a book to be kept by the said Board for that purpose, and	&c,, ond hall also
cause all names so
shall also cause all the names, so registered, to be published in the	re 'stcred to be pub-
Government Gazette, on or about the First day of January next,	hr ed in the ffollern-
m s ~ Qwtw onw t a
and the same to be repeated annually for the information of	year.
Coroners, Magistrates, and the Public.

G. GREY,

Governor and Commander-in-Chief,

Passed ilz the Legislative Council, this

Third day of Neptember, 1844.

Clerk of Council.

Adelaide: Printed by authority, by W. C. COX, Government Printer, North-terrace.