said Board, in the manner herein outlined for graduate nurses, within ninety (90) days after their graduation.

SEC. 22. Every person receiving a certificate, or license, from said Board shall have such certificate, or license, recorded in the office of the County Clerk of the county in which such person resides, and shall pay to such clerk the sum of fifty cents for recording the same.

SEC. 23. Any person who shall have complied with the provisions of this Act, and shall have received a certificate, or license, from said Board, shall be styled and known as a registered nurse, and shall be entitled to append the letters "R. N." to his or her name. No other person shall assume or use such title, or use the abbreviation "R. N.," or any other letters to indicate that he or she is a trained, graduate, or registered nurse.

SEC. 24. When any person shall append the letters "R. N." to his or her name, or shall use other letters, figures, or signs to indicate that he or she is a trained, graduate, or registered nurse, it shall be prima facia evidence of practicing the profession as a trained, graduate, or registered nurse within the meaning of this Act.

SEC. 25. It shall be unlawful for any person to practice professional nursing in this State, as a trained, graduate, or registered nurse, without first complying with the provisions of this Act and receiving from said Board of Nurse Examiners for Arkansas the certificate, or license, herein provided for.

SEC. 26. It shall be unlawful for any person, not having the certificate, or license, in this Act mentioned, to advertise to the public as a nurse, or to allow his or her name to be placed on a public record or list in a drug store, or in the office of a physician, or elsewhere, as a nurse, unless such advertisement, or list, or record, shall also state that such nurse, or persons, are not registered.

SEC. 27. It shall be unlawful for any drug store proprietor, physician, or other person to publicly keep a record or list of the names of nurses, not registered and licensed as herein provided, unless such list or record shall also state that such nurses or persons are "not registered."

SEC. 28. The violation of any of the provisions of section 26, 27 or 28 of this Act shall be deemed a misdemeanor, and any person found guilty thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than $25.00 nor more than $250.00, for each offense.

SEC. 29. This Act shall not be construed to affect or apply to or prevent the gratuitous nursing of the sick by friends or members of the family, or to any person nursing the sick for hire who does not in any way advertise, assume, charge, or claim to be a registered, graduate, or trained nurse, or to registered nurses, residents of other States, who visit this State as companions or nurses for residents of other States, temporarily sojourning here, or to registered nurses from other States called to attend cases in this State by physicians of this State.

SEC. 30. In the opinion of the General Assembly an emergency exists. Therefore, this Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

CALIFORNIA

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION I. Within thirty days after this act takes effect the State Board of Health shall establish and maintain a department of examination and registration of graduate nurses, as hereinafter provided. The State Board of Health shall appoint a director, whose salary shall be fixed by the Board, and said director shall have been graduated from an accredited training-school for nurses, as defined in this Act, and shall be duly registered under the provisions of this Act. Said director shall perform all duties required by this Act, and such other duties as may be required by the State Board of Health, in order to carry out the objects and purposes of this Act. Lists of accredited training-schools for nurses and a register of the

names of all nurses duly registered under this Act shall be prepared and kept by the department. An annual report shall be prepared and filed before January first of each year. SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of said Board to meet regularly once in every six months for the purpose of holding examinations under the provisions of this Act. Public notice of such meetings shall be given by publishing the same at least two weeks prior to the date of each meeting in two papers of general circulation, and in one nursing journal. Upon filing application for examination each applicant shall pay an examination fee of ten dollars, which shall in no case be returned to the applicant. No further fee shall be required for registration. At such meetings it shall be the duty of the Board to examine all such applicants for registration under this Act and to issue to each duly qualified applicant who shall have complied with the requisite provisions of this Act and who shall have passed a satisfactory examination, a certificate provided for in this act.

SEC. 3. All applicants for registration shall be registered without examination; provided, they make application prior to July 1, 1914, and have graduated before said date from a reputable training-school connected with a general hospital.

SEC. 4. On and after July 1, 1914, no person shall be eligible for examination or for registration as a registered nurse who shall not furnish satisfactory evidence of having been graduated from an accredited training-school for nurses. An accredited training-school for nurses within the meaning of this Act is hereby defined to be a school for the training of nurses attached to or operated in connection with a hospital or hospitals giving a general training and a systematic, theoretical and practical course of instruction covering a period of at least three years. All applicants for examination must furnish satisfactory evidence of good moral character, and of having complied with the provisions of this Act relative to qualifying. SEC. 5. A nurse who has received his or her certificate according to the provisions of this Act, shall be styled and known as a registered nurse, and shall be entitled to place the initials "R. N." after his or her name.

SEC. 6. This Act shall not be construed to affect or apply to the gratuitous nursing of the sick by friends or members of the family, or to any person nursing the sick for hire who does not in any way assume to be, or practice as a registered

nurse.

SEC. 7. It shall be unlawful for any person not holding a certificate of registration issued by the State Board of Health to use the title "registered nurse" or the letters "R. N.," in connection with, or following his or her name, or to impersonate in any manner, or pretend to be, a "registered nurse."

SEC. 8. The Board, upon written application, and upon the receipt of ten dollars as registration fee, shall issue a certificate of registration without examination to any applicant who has been duly registered as a registered nurse under the laws of another state or foreign country having requirements equivalent to those provided for by this act.

SEC. 9. The Board shall have the power to revoke any certificate of registration for dishonesty, intemperance, immorality, unprofessional conduct, or any habit rendering a nurse unfit or unsafe to care for the sick, after a full and fair investigation of the charges preferred against the accused.

SEC. 10. Any person violating any of the provisions of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall upon conviction be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for the first offense and not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars for each subsequent offense.

SEC. II. Within ten days after the beginning of each month the secretary of the State Board of Health shall report to the controller the amount and source of all collections made under the provisions of this Act, and at the same time all such amounts shall be paid into the State treasury, and shall be placed to the credit of the special fund to be known as the fund for examination and registration of nurses.

All amounts paid into this fund shall be held subject to the order of the State Board of Health, to be used only for the purpose of meeting necessary expenses in the performance of the special duties imposed by this Act. Claims against the fund shall be audited by the State Board of Health and by the Board of Control, and shall be paid by the State Treasurer upon warrants drawn by the State Controller.

COLORADO

AN ACT RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL NURSING

Be It Enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:

SECTION I. That within sixty days after the taking effect of this Act, the Governor of the State shall appoint a State Board of Nurse Examiners, to be composed of five members. Each of the members of said Board so appointed by the Governor shall be a trained nurse of at least twenty-three (23) years of age, of good moral character, who is a graduate from a training-school, connected with a general hospital or sanitarium of good standing, where a three years' training with a systematic course of instruction is given in the wards; one of the members of said Board shall be designated by the Governor to hold office for one year, one for two years, one for three years, one for four years, and one for five years, and thereafter upon the expiration of the term of office of the person so appointed, the Governor shall appoint a successor to each person to hold office for five years, each of whom shall be a registered nurse under the provisions of this Act, and shall fulfil the requirements in this section set forth.

SEC. 2. That the members of said Board shall, as soon as organized, annually in the month of April, elect from their members a president and a secretary, who shall also be the treasurer. Three members of this Board shall constitute a quorum, and special meetings of said Board shall be called by the secretary upon the written request of any two members. The Board is authorized to make such by-laws and rules as shall be necessary to govern its proceedings and to carry into effect the purpose of this Act. The secretary shall be required to keep a record of all the meetings of said Board, including a register of the names of all nurses duly registered under this Act, which shall at all reasonable times be open to public scrutiny, and said Board shall cause the prosecution of all persons violating any of the provisions of this Act, and may incur necessary expenses on that behalf. That the president and secretary shall make a biennial report to the Governor on the second Monday of December, immediately preceding the convening of the Legislature, together with a statement of the receipts and disbursements of said Board.

SEC. 3. That after April, 1907, it shall be the duty of said Board to meet regularly once in every six (6) months, notice of which meeting shall be given to the public press and in one nursing journal one month previous to the meeting. At every regular meeting, namely, every six months, it shall be the duty of the Board to examine all applicants for registration under this Act. Upon filing application for examination, each applicant shall pay an examination fee of ten ($10.00) dollars, which shall in no case be returned to the applicant, whether the examination be passed or not, but in case the applicant pass the examination, then no further fee shall be required for registration. The examination shall be of such a character as to determine the fitness of the applicant to practice professional nursing as contemplated by this Act. If the result of the examination shall be satisfactory to a majority of the Board, the Board shall sign and issue a certificate to the applicant to that effect, which certificate shall be attested by the secretary; whereupon, the person named in the certificate shall be duly qualified to practice professional nursing in this state. Any registered nurse from any other state, where the laws with reference to professional nursing are up to the standard of the laws of the state of Colorado, who shall show to the satisfaction of the Board that he or she is a trained, graduate

nurse of a hospital or sanitarium, the standard of instruction and training of which shall meet the requirements of the rules prescribed by the said Board, and who shall be otherwise properly qualified, may receive a certificate and be registered as a nurse of this state, without examination.

SEC. 4. That all nurses who are engaged in nursing at the time of the passage of this Act, and who shall show to the satisfaction of said Board that they are of good moral character and were graduated prior to April, 1906, from a trainingschool connected with a hospital or sanitarium, giving two years' general training, or prior to the year 1901, having given eighteen months' general training, and who maintain in other respects proper standards, shall be entitled to registration without examination. All persons who are in training in the wards of a general hospital or sanitarium in this State, where a two years' training with a systematic course of instruction is given at the time of the passage of this Act, and shall graduate hereafter, and possess the above qualifications, shall be entitled to registration without examination, provided such application be made to this Board before April, 1909. All nurses who have served in the army or navy of the United States, and have been honorably discharged, shall be entitled to be registered without examination. It shall be unlawful hereafter for any person to practice nursing as a trained, graduate, or registered nurse without a certificate from the State Board of Nurse Examiners. A nurse who has received his or her certificate according to the provisions of this Act shall be styled and known as a "Registered Nurse." No other person shall assume such title nor use the abbreviation "R. N.," or any other letters to indicate that he or she is a trained, graduate, or registered nurse. The Board in each instance shall require a registration fee of ten (10) dollars.

SEC. 5. That State Board of Nurse Examiners shall have the power to revoke any certificate issued in accordance with this Act by unanimous vote of said Board for gross incompetence, dishonesty, habitual intemperance, or any act derogatory to the morals or standing of the profession of nursing, as may be determined by the Board; but before any certificate shall be revoked the holder thereof shall be entitled to at least thirty days' notice in writing of the charge against him or her, and of the time and place of hearing and determining of such charges, at which time and place he or she shall be entitled to be heard. Upon the revocation of any certificate, it shall be the duty of the secretary of the Board to strike the name of the holder thereof from the roll of registered nurses.

SEC. 6. All fees received by the State Board of Nurse Examiners, and all fines collected under this Act, shall be paid to the treasurer of said Board, who shall, at the end of each and every month, deposit the same with the State Treasurer, and the said State Treasurer shall place said money so received in a special fund, to be known as the fund of the State Board of Nurse Examiners, and shall pay the same out on vouchers issued and signed by the president and secretary of said Board, upon warrants drawn by the Auditor of the State therefor. All moneys so received and placed in said fund may be used by the State Board of Nurse Examiners in defraying its expenses in carrying out the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 7. This Act shall not be construed to affect or apply to the gratuitous nursing of the sick by friends or members of the family, or to any person nursing the sick for hire who does not in any way assume the practice as a trained, graduate, or registered nurse.

SEC. 8. That any person violating the provisions of this Act, or who shall make any false representations to said Board in applying for a certificate, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction be punished by a fine of not more than three hundred ($300.00) dollars.

SEC. 9. In the opinion of the General Assembly an emergency exists; therefore, this Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

CONNECTICUT

AN ACT REGULATING THE PRACTICE OF PROFESSIONAL NURSING OF THE SICK

Be It Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly Convened:

SECTION 1. From and after July 1, 1905, there shall be a Board of Examination and Registration of Nurses, composed of five members, appointed by the Governor, and all vacancies in said Board shall be filled by the Governor in like manner. The members of said Board shall be residents of the state of Connecticut and shall be practical nurses, each of whom shall be a graduate of a training-school for nurses which gives a two years' course in a general hospital, and shall have had at least eight years' experience in professional nursing of the sick. Each member shall be appointed for a term of three years from the date when appointment shall take effect, except those first appointed, who shall serve as follows: one for one year, two for two years, and two for three years from the date their appointments take effect, respectively, and except a person appointed to fill a vacancy, who shall be appointed for the unexpired term.

SEC. 2. Said Board shall, at the first meeting thereof, and at the annual meeting which shall be held on the first Wednesday in June, 1906, and on the first Wednesday in June in each year thereafter, elect from its own number a president and a secretary, who shall also be treasurer. Said Board may adopt a seal, and may adopt such by-laws, rules, and regulations for the transaction of the business of the Board and the government and management of its affairs, not inconsistent with the laws of this state and of the United States, as it may deem expedient. Three members of said Board shall constitute a quorum, and special meetings shall be called upon request of any two members. On request of said Board the comptroller shall provide a suitable room in the Capitol for its meetings.

SEC. 3. The members of said Board shall receive their actual necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties, and the secretary shall receive a salary to be fixed by the Board, not to exceed one hundred dollars per year. Said expenses and said salary shall be paid out of the receipts of said Board as hereinafter specified.

SEC. 4. At a meeting of said Board to be held within sixty days after the appointment of the members thereof, and at the annual meeting in each year thereafter, and at such special meetings as said Board may deem necessary to hold for that purpose, notice of each of which meetings shall be given by publication in such newspapers as the Board may determine at least one month previous to such meetings, said Board shall examine all applicants for registration under the provisions of this Act to determine their qualifications for the efficient nursing of the sick, and shall decide upon the qualifications of every such applicant and give notice of such decision within three months from the date of such examination. Any person twenty-one years of age or over, and of good moral character, who shall show to the satisfaction of the Board that he or she is a graduate of a training-school for nurses which gives a two years' course in a public or private hospital where medical, surgical, and obstetrical cases are received and treated, or has had such experience as said Board shall find to be equivalent thereto, shall be eligible for such examination upon payment of a fee of five dollars, to be deposited upon the filing of the application for examination. Said examination shall include the subjects of elementary anatomy and physiology, medical, surgical, and obstetrical nursing, dietetics, and home sanitation. If such applicant shall pass said examination to the satisfaction of the Board, said Board shall issue a certificate of registration to said applicant.

SEC. 5. Any person twenty-one years of age or over, and of good moral character, applying for registration within two years from the passage of this Act, and