BILL. 
Ail act to amend and consolidate the acts relating to 
the profession of medicine and surgery in the pro- 
vince of Quebec. 
1. Whereas the laws now in force in the province of 
Quebec, for regulating the qualifications and examination 
of candidates for the study of medicine, surgery and mid- 
wifery ; for thr registration of medical practitioners, and 
for the infliction of penalties upon persons infringing the 
provisions of the Medical Act, the practice of medicine, 
surgery and midwifery, require amendment; Be it there- 
fore enacted by the Queen’s most excellent majesty, by 
and with the advice and consent of the legislative coun- 
cil and of the legislative assembly of the province of Que- 
bec, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the 
same, that from and after the passing of this act, the act 
or ordinance of the legislative council of the late province 
of Quebec,passed in the twenty-eighth year of the reign 
of his late majesty king George the third, and intituled, 
An art or ordinance to prevent persons pratising physic and 
surgery within the province of Quebec, or midwifery within 
the t»wn$ of Quebec and Montreal, without licence, and all 
other acts or part of acts in any manner relating to the 
practice of medicine, surgery or midwifery in the pro- 
vince of Quebec, or many manner relating to the mode of 
obtaining licenses to practice medicine, surgery or mid- 
wifery therein, shall be and are hereby repealed, except 
in so far as relates to any olfence committed against the 
same or any of them before the passing of this act, or any 
penalty or forfeiture incurred by reason of such offence. 
*2. And whereas it is expedient that the medical pro- 
fession of the province of Quebec, be empowered under 
certain restrictions to frame its own statutes for the 
regulation of the study of medicine in all its de- 
partments, and by-laws for its own government ; be 
it therefore enacted, That all persons resident in 
Lower-Canada and licensed to practice and actually 
practising medicine, surgery or midwifery therein at 
the time of the passing of the act of amendment in 
184!*, and all persons who have since then become 
members of the college of physicians and surgeons 2 
of Lower-Canada, under the provisions of the act of 1847, 
and all persons who may hereafter become members of 
the aforesaid college shall be and are hereby constituted 
a body politic and corporate by the name of The college of 
physicians and surgeons of the province of Quebec, and shall 
by that name have perpetual succession and a common 
seal, with power to change, alter, break or make new the 
same ; and they and their successors by the name afore- 
said may sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, ans- 
wer and be answered unto in all courts and places what- 
soever, and by the name aforesaid shall be able and capa- 
ble in law to have, hold, receive, enjoy, possess and retain 
for the ends and purposes of this act and for the benefit 
of the said college, all such sums of money as have been 
or shall at any time hereafter be paid, given or bequeathed 
to and for the use of the said college ; and by the name 
aforesaM shall and may at any time hereafter, without any 
letters of mortmain, purchase, take, receive, have, hold, 
possess and enjoy any lands, tenements or hereditaments 
or any estate or interest derived or arising out of any 
lands, tenements or hereditaments for the purposes of the 
said college and for no other purposes whatever ; and 
may sell, grant, lease, demise, alien or dispose of the 
same, and do or execute all and singular the matters 
and things that to them shall or may appertain to do ; 
provided always that the real estate so held by the said 
corporation shall at no time exceed in value the sum of 
$20,000. 
3. And be it enacted, That from and after tho passing 
of this act, the persons who compose the college of phy- 
sicians and surgeons shall be called “ members of the 
college of physicians and surgeons of the province of Que- 
bec.’’ 
4. And be it enacted, That the affairs of the said col- 
lege shall be conducted by a board of governors, thirty- 
six in number ; fifteen of whom shall be elected from 
among the members of the college, resident in the dis- 
trict of Quebec : fifteen from among its members resident 
in the district of Montreal ; three from among its members 
resident in the district of Three-Rivers ; and three from 
among its members resident in the district of St Francis ; 
and of the said board of governors neither more nor 
less than eight shall be resident in the city of Quebec, 
and neither more nor less than eight in the city of Mon- 
treal ; and that at each election of the board of governors, 
every member of the said corporation shall have the 
right of voting by proxy. 
2. Of the aforesaid districts, the district of Quebec shall 
comprise the present judicial districts of Quebec, Gaspe, 3 
Saguenay, Chicoutimi, Rimouski, Montmagny, Beauce, 
and Kamouraska ; the district of Montreal, shall comprise 
the present judicial districts of Montreal, Terrebonne, Jo- 
liette, Richelieu, Bedford, St. Hyacinthe, Iberville, Beau- 
harnois and Ottawa, and the district of Three-Rivers shall 
comprise the present judicial districts of Three-Rivers and 
Arthabaska. 
ft. The said board of governors shall be, and are here- 
by constituted “ The provincial medical board, ” in 
which capacity they shall meet to receive the /epuits of the 
“ examiners ” hereinaf er mentioned, and to perform the se- 
veral duties devolving upon them under this act as the board 
of governors of the college, not less than once in each year, 
at such time and place as by them shall be deemed most 
fit, and on which occasions, seveii shall be a quorum, for 
the transaction of business. 
<> And be it enacted, That from and after the passing 
of this act, no person shall practise medicine, or surgery, 
or midwifery, in the province of Quebec, unless he shall 
have obtained a license from the provincial medical board ; 
who are hereby authorized to issue such license. 
7 At the first regular meeting of the said board after 
the passing of this act, there shall be appointed by “ the 
provincial medical board, ” nine examiners, by whom all 
candidates, for a license to practice medicine, surgery, 
and midwifery in this province shall be examined, in ac- 
cordance with the by-laws, rules and regulations of the 
provincial medical board. The examination to be written 
and oral, and as far as possible practical. If a governor 
become an examiner, he must for the time being cease to 
be a governor. 
Of the above examiners, one shall be chosen from each 
of the four m< dical schools, now existing in the province, 
and the remaining five shall be chosen from amongst the 
registered medical practitioners not connected with any 
of the medical schools. 
And be it enacted, That from and after the passing 
of this act, no person shall be admitted as a student of 
medicine, surgery or midwifery, unless he shall have 
obtained a certificate of qualification from the Provincial 
Medical Board. 
4>. At the first regular meeting of said board after the 
passing of this act, there shall be appointed by the pro- 
vincial medical board for three years [subject to the con- 
tinued approval of the board) four persons actually en- 
gaged in the work of general education in the province 4 
of Quebec, to examine all persons about to begin the study 
of medicine, surgery and midwifery, on the subjects of 
general education hereinafter mentioned as belonging to 
the preliminary qualification of medical students, viz; 
one examiner of french and one of english nationality 
for the city of Quebec, and one of french and one of 
english nationality for the city of Montreal. The 
subjects of the preliminary qualification to be english or 
french, laiin, geography, history, arithmetic, algebra, 
geometry and any one of the following subjects, french, 
in the case of english speaking candidates, or english in 
the case of french speaking candidates, greek, natural or 
moral philosophy ; and the candidate to present a certifi- 
cate of good moral character Provided that all medical 
students who before the passing of this act shall have 
passed their preliminary examination before the examiner 
or examiners of any university, or incorporated school, 
or provincial medical board, shall not be required to pass 
before the examiners mentioned in this section. 
lO. Every person wishing to obtain a licence to prac- 
tice medicine, surgery and midwifery in this province, 
and to be registered under this act, and wTho shall not 
have obtained a license to practice medicine, surgery and 
midwifery in the province of Quebec before the expira- 
tion of eighteen months after the passing of this act, shall, 
before being entiled to such lt< ease and to registration in 
this province, possess a degree or diploma in medicine and 
surgery from a british or Canadian university, college, or 
incorporated medical school, approved by the provincial 
medical board, and pass an examination as to his knowledge 
and skill for the efficient practice of medicine, surgery and 
midwifery, before the examiners appointed by this board-, 
and upon passing the examination required, and proving 
to the satisfaction of the examiners that he had complied 
with the rules and regulations made by the provincial 
board, and on payment of such fees as the board may by 
general by-law establish ; such person shall be entitled to 
a licence to practice medicine, surgery and midwifery in 
the province of Quebec. Provided always that any 
student who, prior to the passing of this act, shall have 
passed an examination upon any of the branches of the 
curriculum qualifying for a degree or diploma in any 
british or Canadian university, college, or incorporated 
school of medicine approved by the provincial medical 
board, shall not be required to pass an examination upon 
these branches before the examiners of the provincial 
medical board. Provided, also, that when, and as soon 
as it shall appear that there has been established a cen- 
tral examining board, similar to that constituted by this 
act, or an institution duly recognized by the legislature 
of any of the provinces forming the dominion of Canada, 5 
other than Quebec, as the sole examining body lor the 
purpose of granting ceitificates of qualification, and 
wherein the curriculum shall be equal to thatjjestiblished 
in Quebec, and the holder of such certificate shall upon 
due proof be entitled to registration by the provincial 
medical board of Quebec, if the same privilege be ac- 
corded by such examining board or institution to those 
holding certificates in Quebec. Provided, also, that it 
shall be optional for the provincial medical board to admit 
to registration all such persons as are duly registered in 
the medical register of (Treat Britain or Ireland, or are 
otherwise authorized to practice medicine, surgery and 
inidwitery in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland or of France, upon such terms as the provincial 
medical board may deem expedient. 
11. And be it enacted, That the said board of gover- 
nors or the college of physicians and surgeons shall have 
power:— 
1. To regulate the study of medicine, surgery and 
midwifery and pharmacy, by making rules with regard 
to the preliminary qualification, duration of study, cur- 
riculum to be followed, and the age of the candidate 
applying for a license to practice: Provided always that 
such rules shall not be contrary to the provisions of this 
act. 
2. To examine all credentials purporting to entitle the 
bearer to a license to practice, and all degrees or qualifi- 
cations sought to be registered in this province, apd to 
oblige the bearer of such credentials, degrees or qualifica- 
tions to attest on oath, to be administered by the chair- 
man for the time being, that he is the person whose name 
is mentioned therein, and that he became possessed 
thereof honestly. 
8 To cause every member of the profession now prac- 
tising, or who may hereafter pratise in the province of 
Quebec, to enregister his name, age, place of residence, 
nativity, the date of his license and the place where he 
obtained it, in the books of the College. 
4. To fix the period of probation which persons must 
undergo before being eligible for election as members of 
the college, which period shall not be less than four 
years, and to make all such rules and regulations for the 
government and proper working of the said corporation 
and the election ot a president and officers thereof, as to 
the board of governors may seem meet and expedient, 
which said rules and regulations shall, before they shall 
come into effect, be sanctioned by the lieutenant-gover- 
nor of this province after the same shall have been sub- 
mitted to him for approval and by him allowed. 
12. The “ provincial medical board ” ; 6 
1. Shall from time to time, as occasion may require, 
make rules and regulations lor the guidance oi the 
“ examiners,” and may prescribe the subjects and mode 
of the. examinations, the time and place of holding the 
same, and generally may make all such rules and regula- 
tions in respect of such examinations not contrary to the 
provisions of this act, as they may deem expedient and 
necessary. 
2. Ii shall ngulate the study of medicine, surgery and 
midwifery by making rules with regard to the prelimi- 
nary qualifications, duration oi study, curriculum of 
studies to be followed by the students. 
Provided always that such rules shall not be contrary 
to the provisions of this act, and that any change in the 
curriculum of studies fixed by the board shall not come 
into effect until one year after such change is made. 
13. The provincial medical board shall have the 
power to fix by by-'aw the salary or fees to be paid to 
the “ officers,” and to the “ examiners ’ appointed by the 
said board ; as well, also, the fees to be paid by all candi- 
dates entering on the study of medicine, as also by all can 
didates for the licence to practice medicine, surgery, and 
midwifery, as well as the fee to be paid for registration; 
and. the said board may dispose of all fees received in 
whatever manner they may think most conducive to the 
interests of the college. 
II. And be it enacted, That the qualifications to be 
required from a candidate for examination to obtain a 
licence to practise shall consist in his not being less than 
twenty-one years of age ; that he has followed his stu- 
dies uninterruptedly during a period of not less than 
four years, commencing from the date of his admission 
to the study of medicine by this board, and that 
during the said four years he shall have attended 
at some university, college or incorporated school of 
medecine, within Her Majesty’s dominions not less 
than two six months’ courses of general anatomy, — of 
practical anatomy - of surgery—of practice of mede- 
cine — of midwifery—or chemistry -of m iteria medico, 
and pharmacy — of the institutes of medicine— of cli- 
nical surgery, — one six months’ course or two three 
months’ courses of medical jurisprudence, — and one 
three months’ course of botany, — one three months’ 
course of practical chemistry one three month’s course 
of hygiene and a course of not less than twenty-live de- 
monstrations upon microscopic anatomy, physiology 
and Patholog ; also, that he shill have attended the 
general practice of an hospital in which are contained 
not less than fifty beds, under the charge of not less than 
two physicians or surgeons for a period of not less than 7 
one year and a half, or three periods of not less than six 
months each ; and that he shall also have attended six ca- 
ses of labour, and compounded medicine for six months ; 
and to remove all doubts with regard to the number of 
lectures which the incorporated schools of medicine of 
the province of Quebec are bound to give : be it enacted 
and declared, that each six month’s course shall consist of 
one hundred lectures, except in case of clinical me- 
dicine clinical surgery, and medical jurispudence. 
15.— And be it enacted, That all persons obtaining 
the license to practice from the college of physicians and 
surgeons ot the province of Quebec, shall be styled li- 
centiates of the said college, and be consequently in due 
course of time eligible to be elected members of the 
same, and such persons so elected shall be at once eligi- 
ble for election as governors, and the said election either 
as member of the said college or as governor thereof as 
aforesaid, shall be made under such rules and regulations 
therefor, and in such manner as the said board of gover- 
nors shall make therefor, to be sanctioned by the gover- 
nor ol the province in manner aforesaid 
1«. — The provincial medical board shall have the 
power to make rules and regulations respecting the ad- 
mission of females to the practice of midwifery in this 
province. 
17.—The provincial medical board shall cause to be 
kept by the registrar, a book, or register, to be called the 
Register, in which shall be entered, from time to time, 
the names of all persons who have complied with the 
enactments hereinafter contained, and with the rules or 
regulations made or to be made by the provincial medi- 
cal board respecting the qualifications to be required 
from practitioners of medicine, surgery, and midwifery 
in the province of Quebec ; and those persons only whose 
names have been or shall hereafter be inscribed in the 
register above mentioned, shall be deemed to be quali- 
fied and licenced to practice medecine, surgery, and mid- 
wifery in the province of Quebec ; and such register 
shail at all times be open and subject to inspection by 
any duly registered practitioner in the province, or by 
any other person. 
1H.—It shall be the duty of the registrar to keep the 
register correct in accordance with the provisions of 
this act and the orders and regulations of the provincial 
medical board, and he shall from time to time make the 
necessary alterations in the addresses, or qualifications of 
the persons registered under this act ; and the said re- 
gistrar shall perform such other duties as shall be impo- 
sed upon him by the provincial medical board. 8 
IS*. If the registrar shall wilfully make or cause to be 
made, any falsification in any matters relating to the 
register he shall incur a penalty of one hundred dollars, 
and shall be disqualitied from again holding that position. 
20. —Every member of the medical profession who, at 
the time of the passing of this act, may be po-sessed of a 
licen e to ; ractice medicine, surgery and midwifery in 
the province of Quebec, shall, on the payment of the fee 
of one dollar, be entitled to be registered on producing 
to the registrar the document conferring or evidencing 
the qualification, or each of the qualifications in respect 
whereof he seeks to be so registered, or upon transmitting 
by post to such registrar, information of his name and 
address, and evidence of the qualifications in respect 
whereof he seeks to be registered and of the time or ti- 
mes at which the same was or were respectively obtain- 
ed, prnvi ed he register wi'hin o-.e year after the final 
passing of this act, and every member of the medical 
profession, who, within the period of eighteen months 
after the final passing of this act, shall have become pos- 
sessed of such qualification or qualifications as would have 
entitled him at the time of passing this act, to practice 
medecine, surgery and midwifery, in the province of 
Quebec, shall on complying with the requirements in 
this section mentioned, and on the payment of a fee to 
be fied by a by-law of the provincial medical board, but 
to not exceed ten dollars, be entitled to be registefbd. 
21. —Any person entitled to be registered under this 
act, but who shall neglect or omit to be so registered, 
sha l not be entitled to any of the rights or privileges 
conferred by the provisions of this act so long as such 
neglect or omission continues, and he shall be liable to 
all the penalties imposed by this act, or by any other 
act which may now be in force against unqualified or 
unregistered practitioners, and he shall pay a fine of ten 
dollars payable every year until he is registered. 
22. No person shall be entitled to recover any charge 
in any court of law for any medical or surgical [advice, 
or for attendance, or for the performance of any operation, 
or for any medicine which he shall have prescribed or 
supplied, nor be entitled to any of the rights or privileges 
conferred by the provisions of this act, unless he shall 
prove upon trial that he is registered under this act 
2».—1. No person shall be appointed as medical offi- 
cer, physician, or surgeon in any branch of the public 
service of the province of Quebec, or in any hospital or 
other charitable institution,, receiving government sub- 
sidies, unless he be registered under the provisions of 
this act. 9 
2, And, no certificate required by any act now in force 
or that may hereafter be passed in this province from any 
physician or surgeon or medical practitioner, shall be 
valid unless the person signing the same be registered 
under this act, 
21—Any registered member of the medical profes- 
sion who shall have been convicted of any felony in any 
court shall thereby forfeit his right to registration, and, 
by the direction of the provincial medical board, his 
name shall be erased from the register ; or in case a per- 
son known to have been convicted of felony, shall pre- 
sent himself for registration, the registrar shall have 
power to refuse such registration. 
2.V—1. Any person not entitled to be registered in 
this province, who sha'l be convicted of having practised 
medecine, surgery or midwifery in the province of 
Quebec, for hire, gain, or hope of reward shall, upon 
summary conviction before a sheriff, or district magis- 
trate or recorder, or judge of the sessions of the peace be 
condemned to pay a fine of notless than $25, nor exceed- 
ing $100. 
2. The same penalty shall be incurred by every person 
assuming the title of doctor, physician or surgeon, or 
any other name implying that he is legally authorized to 
practice medicine, surgery or midwifery in this province 
if unable to establish the fact by legal proof,—and by 
every person offering his or her services as physician, 
surgeon or midwife, if not duly licensed and registered 
in this province. 
3. In every prosecution under this act, the proof of 
registration shall be incumbent upon the prosecuted. 
4. All prosecution shall take place under this act, 
before any sheriff, or district magistrate, or recorder, or 
judire of special sessions of the peace having jurisdiction 
in th • locality where the offence was committed, 
such sheriff, or district magistrate, or recorder or judge 
of specia sessions of the peace, besides the penalty above 
mentioned, shall have power to condemn in costs ; and 
in the event of the costs or the penalty not being paid, to 
order an imprisonment for a term not exceeding thirty 
days, unless the penalty or costs be sooner paid. 
6. No writ of certiorari shall be allowed to be sued out 
to set aside any judgment or conviction rendered by vir- 
tue of this act, nor shall any appeal from any such judg- 
ment or conviction, be allowed to or by any tribunal 
whatsoever. 
2d.— All penalties recoverable under this act, shall 
be paid over to the court convicting, and by the latter, 
to the treasurer of the board. Any person may prosecute 10 
ill his own name, or submit a complaint before the court, 
and the provincial medical board shall have power to 
allow the prosecutor the whole or a portion of the penla- 
ties recovered, provided the said board have tile right to 
stop the proceedings by an order signed by the president. 
27.—In all cases where proof of registration under 
this act is required, the production of a printed or other 
copy of the register,certified under the hand of the registrar 
of the college of physicians and surgeons of the province of 
Quebec, for the time being, shall be sufficient evidence of 
all persons who are registered practitioners, in lieu of 
the production of the original register ; and any certificate 
upon such printed or other copy of the register, purport- 
ing to be signed by any person in his capacity of registrar 
of the college under this act, shall be primafa ie evidence 
that such person is such registrar, without any proof of 
his signature, or of his being in fact such registrar. 
28 The present board of governors elected under 
the provisions of the acts repealed shall be continued 
and shall act until after the next triennial election, but 
subject in all other respects to the provisions of this act; 
and all by-laws, rules and regulations heretofore made 
by the said college of physicians and surgeons of Lower 
Canada shall remain in force until repealed or modified 
under the provisions of this act. 
29. The officers appointed under the provisions of the 
acts repealed, shall retain their respective offices, and 
perform their respective duties under the provisions of 
this act, and all books and registers heretofore kept by 
them in conformity with the acts hereby repealed, shall 
be continued in use for their respective purposes under 
this act. 
30. And be it enacted, that the present act shall be a 
public act, and that it shall be taken and accepted as 
such ijj all courts of justice and by all persons in this 
province. Printed at the Quebec Daily Evening Mercury Office 
Second reading. 
First reading, 
An act to amend and consolidate the acts 
relating- to the profession of medicine 
and inthiin^pfinceofDuebec. 
2nd Session, 3rd Parliament, 4 ) Viet., 1876. 
BILL. 
[No. 16. j 
Mb: Lorai^eI 
1876.