Section 268.3 - Issuance of new licenses to persons licensed by state board of osteopathic examinersAll persons licensed by the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners on or before February 2, 1956, shall be licensed to practice osteopathy and surgery upon application to that board within five years thereof, payment of a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25) and compliance with the requirements set forth in this section.
(a) He shall have the following pre-professional education:(1) If licensed on or before July 1, 1941, two years of college credits, including one year's credit in chemistry, one in biology and one in physics; or(2) If licensed between August 1, 1928, and June 30, 1941, one year of college credit in chemistry, biology and physics, or ten years of practice.(b) An applicant shall have completed a four year course of study and training in an approved osteopathic college.(c) An applicant shall prove that he has-- (1) Completed, since his graduation from an approved osteopathic college, a hospital internship of one year or the minimum requirements for internship as provided in the act of May 21, 1943 (P.L. 491, No. 217), entitled "An act reducing, for a limited period of time, the training period of internship in osteopathic hospitals, in order to qualify for examination for license by the Osteopathic Surgeons' Examining Board to practice major surgery, and suspending inconsistent laws", as reenacted and amended May 8, 1947 (P.L. 171), or its equivalent, as determined by the board, or in lieu thereof;(2) Completed five hundred hours of post-graduate study given by or under the direction of a college, university or hospital approved by the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners. The post-graduate study shall include the subjects of principles and practice of surgery, pathology, biochemistry, pharmacology, materia medica and therapeutics, and public health and preventive medicine. The State Board of Osteopathic Examiners, in its discretion and upon investigation of the credentials submitted, may accept post-graduate study of the standard herein required in an approved college, university or hospital completed subsequent to 1945. The applicant shall pass a written examination in the above subjects given by the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners.1956, Feb. 2, P.L. (1955) 997, § 6. Amended 1957, May 31, P.L. 213, § 8.