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OR ANOE too.
AN otiil1 ANCE To PFCLLATt AND 13It I1 THE PPflACTICE OP I/D-
:IFtRY IN T't1t CITY or UlAtitI.
tt; IT otrpAIM tY T8t MAYOR A wt CITY COTINCIL OP 114r CITY
OP um'
Section 1.. Hereafter ' i t shall be unla rful for any person
to en a e in or perform the th ties off' mi 77 1-`dent as ue°ineci in
this or finance without having passed a satisfactory examination
in the elernentry r rinciples of midwifery. It shall be the
duty of the City !'oar:i of Eeslth to provide, free of charge,
instruction in the simple princirles of ri�,lifery which shall
oomrrise.such exar^inetion. The City Ecarl n` Health shall issue
certificates to all persons, who shall ohtain in such examination'
a grading of at least seventy-five (7) per cent.
No test of the literacy or edf cation of the apr.lic3.nts
shall fora part of the exam nation of an person who shall be
examined prior to the of
ar.a who shall at the the of such tee ^ ration have been lawfully
practising midwifery for
all other oases reasona,-le literacy ana eiucr.tional tests may
to applied.
No fee of any kin shall be charge: for the exanins.tion or
the certificate ani no instruction or a'rice si'i1 be rii7en to
the applicant; by any one connected with the hol _ i nc of the ex-
amination or the iss}'ing of the certificate as to the amount of
coapensation milwives shout or shall receive for their services.
Teation 2. As used in this orftirance the practice of mid.
wiEery means the offering or undertaki g by any person to as -ist
for a conrensation of any kind a wo:ran in normal chi1l' firth, but
it does n�* irolule nor authorize the use at any cht!'btrth, of
any instruments, nor the assisting* of childbirth by any artifi-
cial, forcible or meo)::anicsl means, nor the per fov.anc a of any
year or more, but in
version) nor the removal f rent placenta) tor the adminia-
tering, prescribing, advising or employing in childbirth of any
drug other than a ditinfeotant. This ordinance shall not be
oonstrued as applying to any practitioner of medioine authorized
to praotiCe mealcine under the laws of the State of Florida, nor
shall it authorize any midwife to pra tice medicine.
Section 3. Any person who shall practice vilw-ifery in the
City of Ma7-i withou' said certificate of the City Boar i of
Health shall be .!7ined not more than T-,Tenty--ive rollars or im-
' rrisored for not more than thirty days for the first offense,
and for a second offense not less than Teri norars 111- more than
One Hundred Dollars, .or imrrisoned for not exceeding sixty days
or both.
Section 4. Th.. Cit. ?oar of Fealth may revoke, for good
cause, after full pulllic he-rin7, the certificate of any person
' bold.inT the same, who is clear1l! to be an unsta17,1e rercn
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to engare in sal rractice.
Passed slid adopted this 5th day of September, 1916.
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Attest:
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Approved this 107fl(VW of ,eretnitero 1918.
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Uiati, Mai Sept. 19,19.8.
To The City Council,
City Of iiami, Fla.
Gentlemen t
I am returning to your honorable body, with
my approval, Ordinance NVo. 276, the same being an Ordinance to
Regulate and define the practice of midwifry in the City of
iiiami.
Respectfully submitted,
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