AGENCY: Board of Medical Examiners

SERIES: 3672
TITLE: Physicians license registers
DATES: 1892-1927.
ARRANGEMENT: Chronological by date.

DESCRIPTION: This series consists of three sets of records which document physician licensing and registration. The first set of documents are loose ledger sheets which record an individual's taking of the board examination. Columns include a line number, the person's name, age, present and former residences, level of previous education, the school name, year of graduation, certificate number, date of examination by the board, and the passing or failing percentage on the test. The second and third sets of documents are bound together in a volume. The first is a register of physicians to whom licenses have been issued, the second is a register of midwives. Ledger columns include the county in which the license was issued, the individual's name, residence, school, date and number of license, year of graduation, basis of license (diploma, exam, or years of practice, and the type of practice for which the license is issued issued. Both of these registers include name indexes.

RETENTION

DISPOSITION

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

These records are in Archives' permanent custody.

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

APPRAISAL

Historical

These are valuable records for local history and genealogists.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public

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