An Act to consolidate and amend the laws relating to medical practitioners chemists and druggists.

  • Queensland.
Date:
1867
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An Act to consolidate and amend the laws relating to medical practitioners chemists and druggists. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    registered as aforesaid who shall practise profess to practise or act under any qualification other than that for which he has been registered shall not be entitled to recover any charge made by him in respect thereof and no person registered as a chemist and druggist only shall recover any charge as a medical practitioner. 11. No certificate required by any Act now in force or that may here- after be passed from any medical practitioner shall be valid unless the person signing the same be registered under this Act or some former Act made in the like behalf. Medical Witnesses. 12. AVhenever upon the summoning or holding of any coroner’s inquest or upon the holding of any inquiry by a justice or justices of the peace touching the death of any person it shall appear to the coroner justice or justices (as the case may be) that the deceased person was not at or immediately before his death attended by any legally qualified medical practitioner it shall be lawful for such coroner justice or justices to issue a summons for the attendance as a witness at such inquest or inquiry of some legally qualified medical practitioner in actual ]n-actice who shall reside near to the place where such inquest or inquiry is holden but where the deceased person was attended by any such practitioner the coroner justice or justices shall issue a summons for his attendance only or if the deceased was attended by more than one such practitioner the coroner justice or justices may cause all or any of them to be summoned at his or their discretion. No certificate valid unless signed by a person registered. Coroner or Justice may summon any qualified medical witnesses. Deceased having been attended before or at the time of death coroner or Justice to summon the party who gave such attendance. 13. It shall be lawful for the coroner justice or justices either in such summons as aforesaid or by an order in writing at any time before the termination of the inquest or inquiry to direct any legally qualified medical practitioner to perform a post mortem examination of the body of the deceased either with or without an analysis of the contents of the stomach or intestines Provided that if in any case it appear to the coroner justice or justices (as the case may be) that the death of such deceased person was probably caused partly or entirely by the improper or negligent treatment of any medical practitioner or other person then such practitioner or other person shall not be allowed to perform or assist at any such examination or analysis although he shall in every such case be allowed to be present thereat. Coroner or Justices may order a poH til or tern examination. Ill case of death by improper or negiigent treatment of medical practitioner ho shall not be allowed to assist at any such examination. 14. Whenever it shall appear to the coroner or to a majority of the Additional jury at any such inquest or to the justice or justices or a majority of them ovIdeMoincases at any such inquiry that the cause of death has not been satisfactorily where^thecaiwo explained by the practitioner or practitioners examined in the fir.st satisfactorily instance at such inquest or inquiry the coroner justice or justices shall forthwith cause any other legally qualified practitioner or practitioners examination, to be summoned as a witness or witnesses at such inquest or inquiry and shall direct him or them to perform a post mortem examination with or without such analysis as aforesaid whether such an examination shall have been previously performed or not Provided that where such additional evidence is at the instance- of a Majority of jury majority of the jury it shall be lawful for such majority to name to the paniouiaparty coroner any particular practitioner or practitioners whom they wish to attend and in that case such practitioner or practitioners shall be sum- summoned, moned and no other. 15. When any legally qualified medical practitioner has attended at an Remuneration inquest or inquiry in obedience to any such summons as aforesaid he shall witne^es. for such attendance and for giving evidence at such inquest or inquiry be For evidence one entitled to receive the remuneration of one guinea and (in addition thereto) for the making of any such post mortem examination the remuneration of two guineas and if the place of his residence shall be more than two miles two guineas.