Montana Code Annotated 2001

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     37-5-305. Limitations on certificate -- prescribing drugs -- surgery. The certificates provided for in this chapter do not authorize the holders thereof to prescribe or use drugs in the practice of osteopathy or to perform major or operative surgery. A person holding a certificate under this chapter who prescribes or uses drugs in the practice of osteopathy or who performs major or operative surgery is guilty of a misdemeanor, provided that nothing in this chapter may be construed to prohibit any legalized osteopath in this state from practicing major or operative surgery after having passed a satisfactory examination in surgery before the Montana board of medical examiners.

     History: En. Sec. 6, p. 50, L. 1901; rep. and re-en. Sec. 6, Ch. 51, L. 1905; re-en. Sec. 1599, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 3130, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3130, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 101, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 66-1406.

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