THE COLORADO VETERINARY BILL. 
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viously obtained a certificate from the Board of Veterinary Examiners, or having registered 
as hereinafter provided. & & 
Section 4. Applicants for certificates to practice veterinary surgery, medicine, or den¬ 
tistry or any branch thereof, in the State of Colorado shall file their application with the 
Secretary of the Board of Examiners. If the applicant be a graduate of a recognized col- 
lege of veterinary surgery and medicine, he shall present his diploma to the board or give 
satisfactory evidence of his being a graduate of a recognized college of veterinary surgery 
and medicine. The Board of Examiners shall examine all diplomas or evidences of such 
as to their genuineness. 
Section 5 But it is further expressly provided that any person who shall have gained 
. lve l lh o°d solely from the practice of veterinary surgery and medicine as a profession 
m tns State for the past five years immediately preceding the passage and approval of this 
act, shall be permitted to continue the practice of said veterinary surgery and medicine 
if he shall within ninety days after the passage and approval of this act, register his name 
and address with said Board of Veterinary Examiners, and give satisfactory proof to said 
Board of Examiners that he has practiced in the Mate of Colorado for five years and is 
qualified to register under the provisions of this act. 
Section 6. All persons commencing the practice of veterinary surgery, medicine or 
dentistry or any branch thereof in the State of Colorado after the passage and approval of 
tns act, shall be graduates of a legally authorized and recognized veterinary school col¬ 
lege or university, and shall comply with the provisions of this act. 
. . Section 7. Upon the approval of diploma or satisfactory evidence that applicant is en¬ 
titled to register under the provisions of this act, said Board of Veterinary Examiners shall 
issue to such applicant a certificate to practice veterinary surgery, medicine or dentistry or 
any branch thereof in this State, and said certificate shall be conclusive as to the rights of 
rz-i j loder thereof, to practice veterinary surgery, medicine or dentistry in the State 
ol Colorado, provided that said board shall have power to reject any applicant for regis¬ 
tration who is not fully qualified under the provisions of this act. 
Section 8. There shall be paid to the Treasurer of said Board of Examiners, in ad- 
vance a fee of five dollars for each certificate issued to graduates of veterinary colleges 
and a fee of ten dollars by all applicants for registration under section 5 of this act; and 
in case of failure of approval said fee shall be forfeited to the Board of Veterinary Ex¬ 
aminers. J 
Section 9. It shall be the duty of said Board of Examiners to keep a register of all 
practitioners qualified under the provisions of this act, and to register the name, age, and 
time spent in the study and practice of veterinary surgery, medicine or dentistry, and if a 
graduate, the name and location of the school or college granting his diploma. Such 
record shall b z prima facie evidence of all matters therein recorded, and shall be open to 
public inspection at all times, within reasonable hours, at the office of the secretary of the 
board. Such register shall be turned over to each succeeding Board of Examiners. 
•j u°‘ The president of said board shall have the power to administer oath, and 
said board the authority to take testimony in all matters relating to its duties. 
Section 11 Every person holding a certificate under the Board of Veterinary Ex¬ 
aminers, shall have the same recorded in the office of the clerk of the county wherein he 
resides. 
Section 12 . Any person practicing veterinary surgery, medicine or dentistry or any 
branch thereof in the State of Colorado without complying with the provisions of this act, 
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished 
y a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $300, or by imprisonment in the county jail 
tor not less than ten days nor more than sixty days, or by both fine and imprisonment for 
each and every offense, and all fines collected in accordance herewith shall be paid to the 
treasurer of said Board of Veterinary Examiners. 
Section 13. Any person shall be regarded as practicing veterinary surgery, medicine 
or dentistry or any branch thereof, within the meaning of this act, who shall publicly pro¬ 
fess to be a veterinary surgeon or prescribe for sick and injured animals, and accept fee for 
such services, or attach to his name the title “V.S.” or “Veterinary Surgeon,” or any 
veterinary title in a medical sense. 
But nothing in this act shall be construed to prohibit gratuitous services in a case of 
emergency. 
