bet upon a football or baseball game, or upon any element there- not more than one year in jail, or both, for any subsequent of- SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved May 10, 1915. CHAP. 204 [House Bill No. 502.] CHAPTER 204. An Act amending an Act concerning the Sale of Adulterated, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in when. Section four of chapter 255 of the public acts of 1907 as Drugs are amended by chapter 178 of the public acts of 1909 is hereby "misbranded," amended to read as follows: The term "misbranded" as used in this act shall apply to all drugs or articles of food, or articles which enter into the composition of food, the package or label of which shall bear any statement, design, or device regarding such article, or the ingredients or substances contained therein which shall be false or misleading in any particular, and to any food or drug product which is falsely branded as to the state, territory, or country in which it is manufactured or produced. For the purposes of this act an article shall be deemed to be misbranded: In the case of drugs: First, if it be an imitation of or offered for sale under the name of another article: Second, if the contents of the package as originally put up shall have been removed, in whole or in part, and other contents shall have been placed in such package, or, except when dispensed by a registered physician or veterinary, or by a licensed pharmacist in filling the prescription of a registered physician or veterinary, or in case of drugs for external use only, or, except when a drug is sold under or by a name recognized in the United States pharmacopoeia, the package fails to bear a statement on the label of the quantity or proportion of alcohol, morphine, opium, cocaine, heroin, alpha or beta eucaine, chloroform, cannabis indica, chloral hydrate, or acetanilid, or any derivative or preparation of any of said substances contained therein: Third, if the package or label shall bear or contain any statement, design, or device regarding the curative or therapeutic effect of such article or any of the ingredients or substances contained therein, which is false. In the case of foods: First, if it be an imitation of or offered for sale under the distinctive name of another article: Second, if it be labeled or branded so as to deceive or mislead the purchaser, or purport to be a foreign product when not in CHAP. 205 fact a foreign product, or if the contents of the package as originally put up shall have been removed in whole or in part and other contents shall have been placed in such package, or if it fails to bear a statement on the label of the quantity or proportion of morphine, opium, cocaine, alpha or beta eucaine, heroin, chloroform, cannabis indica, chloral hydrate, or acetanilid, or any derivative or preparation of any of said substances contained therein: Third, if, when in package form and the contents are stated in terms of weight or measure, the weight or measure is not plainly and correctly stated on the outside of the package: Fourth, if the package containing it, or the label of such package, shall bear any statement, design, or device regarding the ingredients or the substances contained therein, which statement, design, or device shall be false or misleading in any particular; provided, that an article of food which does not contain any added poisonous or deleterious ingredients shall not be deemed to be adulterated or misbranded in the following cases: First, in the case of any mixture or compound which may be known as an article of food under its distinctive name, and not an imitation of or offered for sale under the distinctive name of another article, if the name be accompanied, on the same label or brand, with a statement of the place where such article has been manufactured or produced: Second, in the case of an article labeled, branded, or tagged so as to plainly indicate that it is a compound, imitation, or blend, and the word "compound," "imitation," or, "blend," as the case may be, is plainly stated on the package in which it is offered for sale; provided, that the term "blend" as used herein shall be construed to mean a mixture of like substances, not excluding harmless coloring or flavoring ingredients used for the purpose of coloring and flavoring only; and provided, that nothing in this act shall be construed to require proprietors or manufacturers of proprietary foods which contain no unwholesome added ingredients to disclose their trade formulae except so far as the provisions of this act may require to secure freedom from adulteration or misbranding. Approved May 7, 1915. Requirements for [Senate Bill No. 527.] CHAPTER 205. An Act amending an Act concerning the Practice of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in as SECTION 1. Section 4715 of the general statutes. obtaining certifi- amended by chapter 71 of the public acts of 1903 and section two of chapter 82 of the public acts of 1907 as amended by cate of registra tion. chapter 130 of the public acts of 1909, is hereby amended to read as follows: No person shall obtain a certificate of registration as in section 4714 required until he has passed a satisfactory examination before one of the examining committees appointed for the purpose by the state board of health, except as hereinafter provided, nor until he has filed with said board duplicate certificates signed by a majority of said examining committee, stating that they have found him qualified to practice either medicine, surgery, or midwifery, nor until he has filed with said board duplicate statements subscribed and sworn to by him upon blanks furnished by said board, giving his name, age, place of birth, and present residence, stating of what medical college he is a graduate, and the date of such graduation, with such other information as shall be required by said blanks. No person shall be eligible to said examination until he presents to the committee, by whom he is to be examined, satisfactory evidence that he has received a diploma from some legally incorporated and reputable medical college as determined by the provisions of section 4718 of the general statutes, nor until he has presented to said committee a certificate of good moral character signed by two reputable citizens of this state, and also satisfactory evidence that, before beginning the study of medicine, he was graduated from a college, high school, or preparatory school whose standing shall be approved by said committee, or that his preliminary education is equivalent thereto. After January 1, 1914, no person shall be eligible to examination under the provisions of this act until he shall, in addition to the foregoing requirements, present to said committee satisfactory evidence that, before beginning the study of medicine, he has completed a course of study of at least nine months' duration which included. chemistry, physics, and general biology, but this provision shall not apply to applicants who have been graduated from a recog nized medical college prior to January 1, 1915, or to persons who were eligible to examinations before said date and who have failed to pass successfully such examinations. Any one of the examining committees appointed under the provisions of section 4716 may accept the license of any state board of medical examiners of any state in the United States or in the District of Columbia in lieu of said examination, provided the applicant shall present such license to the examining committee before whom he appears, with satisfactory evidence that such license has been issued after a state examination of as high a grade and of the same kind as that required by said examining committee, that he is a resident of this state or that he intends in good faith to permanently reside herein, that he has been in actual practice for a period of at least six months in the year immediately preceding the date of his application, and that he is of good moral character and professional standing; and upon the payment to said committee of the sum of fifteen dollars he may receive a cer CHAP. 205 CHAP. 206 tificate of the approval of such license by said examining com- SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from its passage. Construction to be approved by the state board of health. [Substitute for Senate Bill No. 319.] CHAPTER 206. An Act concerning Public Vaults, Crypts, or Mausoleums. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: SECTION 1. No person shall construct any vault, crypt, or mausoleum for public use, wholly or partially above the surface of the ground, to be used to contain the body of any dead person until plans and specifications thereof shall be approved by the state board of health. Such plans and specifications shall provide: (a) That such structure be so arranged that the cell or crypt may be readily examined at any time by any person authorized by law to examine the same. (b) That suitable provision be made for hermetically and permanently sealing each crypt or cell after the placing of any body therein, and in such manner that no odor or effluvium may escape therefrom. (c) That the materials of which such structure is to be constructed are to be of the best quality and of a character best suited for the purposes intended. Upon approval of such plans and speci fications said board shall file a certificate of such approval signed by the president or secretary of said board, or both, with a copy of such plans and specifications in the office of the town clerk of the town or city wherein such structure is to be erected, and said clerk shall retain the same on file. CHAP. 207 certificate obtained SEC. 2. Such structure shall be erected under the super- Burial prohibited vision of an inspector to be appointed by said board, which shall in vault until determine the amount of his compensation which shall be paid from state board by the person erecting the same. No vault, crypt, mausoleum, of health. or structure erected as aforesaid shall be used for the purpose of interring therein any body until the person interring the same shall have obtained from said board a certificate signed by the president or secretary, or both, certifying that the plans and specifications filed pursuant to the provisions of this act have been complied with, which certificate shall be filed in the office of the town clerk. SEC. 3. Any person or any officer, manager, or agent of Penalty. any corporation or association, violating any provision of this act, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than six months, provided the provisions of this act shall not be construed so as to prohibit or apply to the construction of temporary receiving vaults. Approved May 7, 1915. [Substitute for House Bill No. 485.] CHAPTER 207. An Act amending an Act concerning the Certificates of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: agents. Section 3625 of the general statutes as amended by chapter Certificate 161 of the public acts of 1913 is hereby amended to read as fol- required by lows: No person shall act in this state as agent of any company, corporation, association, partnership, or combination of persons directly or indirectly taking risks or transacting any kind of insurance business until he shall have a certificate stating that his principal is authorized to carry on such business in this state, and that such person is duly authorized as such agent. The insurance commissioner shall issue such certificate upon receiving the principal's written application therefor and upon ascertaining, in such way as he shall deem best, that such appointee is a suitable person to act as such agent, and intends to hold himself out in good faith as an insurance agent. Every Time certificate such certificate shall continue in force until the first day of remains in force. April next after its issue, unless revoked for cause. Approved May 7, 1915. |