Section 6
SEC. 6. Every person hereafter desiring to begin the practice of medicine or surgery in the Philippine Islands shall apply to the Board of Medical Examiners for a certificate of registration as doctor of medicine, and such applicant shall submit to an examination in the following branches, to wit: Anatomy, physiology, chemistry, materia medica and therapeutics, pathology and bacteriology, hygiene, surgery, practice of medicine, obstetrics, diseases of women and children, diseases of the nervous system, diseases of the eye and ear, medical jurisprudence; and shall present a diploma of doctor of medicine from a medical school or college recognized as reputable by the Board of Health for the Philippine Islands. Examinations may be written or oral, or both. In case any applicant shall fail to pass a satisfactory examination, he shall not be permitted again to present himself for examination until a period of six months has elapsed.