IOWA VETERINARY PRACTICE ACT. 
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PROPOSED IOWA VETERINARY PRACTICE ACT. 
House File No.* 779 —By Koto. Public Health. 
A BILL FOR AN ACT TO REGULATE THE PRACTICE OF VET¬ 
ERINARY MEDICINE, SURGERY AND DENTISTRY IN THE 
STATE OF IOWA. 
Be it Enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa : 
Section 1. That it shall be unlawful for any person to prac¬ 
tice veterinary medicine, surgery or dentistry in this state, who 
shall not have complied with the provisions of this act. 
Sec. 2. Any person who has practiced the profession of 
veterinary medicine, surgery or dentistry as a livelihood in this 
state, for a period of five years immediately preceding the pas¬ 
sage of this act, may be deemed eligible to registration as an 
existing practitioner, and receive a certificate of registration, 
upon presentation to the secretary of the Board of Veterinary 
Medical Examiners, which shall be hereinafter constituted, his 
sworn affidavit and letters of recommendation from ten reputa¬ 
ble freeholders and stock owners in his locality, all such appli¬ 
cations to be made on or before January 1, 1901. 
Sec. 3. Any person who is a graduate of a legally chartered 
and authorized veterinary college or veterinary department of 
State university, at the time of the passage of this act, or who 
shall hold a diploma from such institutions prior to 1901, shall 
be entitled to registration as. an existing practitioner, upon the 
presentation of his diploma, certified by affidavit. 
Sec. 4. The governor of the state shall appoint a board of 
examiners, within sixty days after the passage of this act, said 
board to be known as the State Board of Veterinary Medical 
Examiners. This board shall consist of three qualified veter¬ 
inarians, residents of the state, each of whom shall be a gradu¬ 
ate of a legally chartered and authorized veterinary college or 
veterinary department of State university, and who shall be of 
good standing in the profession. 
One of these members shall be appointed for one year ; one 
for two years ; and each succeeding appointment shall be for 
three years. 
Each shall hold office until his successor is duly appointed 
and qualified. 
No member of any veterinary college or veterinary depart¬ 
ment of State university, or any person connected therewith 
shall be eligible to appointment upon said board. 
