TY  - JOUR
T1  - "A registration fee for physicians"
AU  - Shepardson FW
Y1  - 1919/02/01
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1919.02610050048022
JO  - Journal of the American Medical Association
SP  - 366
EP  - 366
VL  - 72
IS  - 5
N2  - To the Editor: 
    —Dr. Blair Kelly's protest (The Journal, Jan. 25, 1918, p. 298) against the proposition of an annual registration fee for physicians ascribes to me an attitude which is far removed from my thought. One of the responsibilities placed on the director of registration and education in Illinois is the enforcement of the medical practice act. This act represents the cumulative effort of years of work by members of the medical profession. It is an excellent law and is much in advance of any previous similar statute of Illinois. The civil administrative code, which established the department of registration and education, provides that in all professional matters relating to medicine the officers of the department shall be advised by a committee of five physicians, men who are licensed to practice medicine and surgery in all their branches. Under the law no one can be admitted to practice medicine
SN  - 0002-9955
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1919.02610050048022
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1919.02610050048022
ER  -