Section 10
SEC. 10. Section seven hundred and seventy-six of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 776. Scope of examination for physicians.—The subjects for the examination of a person applying for a physician's certificate shall be anatomy, histology, physiology, biochemistry, bacteriology, pathology, hygiene, symptomatology and general diagnosis, surgery, obstetrics, tropical medicine, gynecology, pediatrics, diseases of the nervous system, diseases of the eye, ear, nose, and throat as related to the practice of medicine in general, and legal medicine. "The examination shall be conducted in writing, in English or Spanish. The Board may, at its discretion, hold practical laboratory or bed-side examination, or both written and practical examinations. The examinations shall be practical and fundamental in character, so that the questions may be understood and answered by the candidates. "The questions asked in the written examinations shall be submitted to the entire Board and approved by that body before the examination is held, and, in the same way, the rating or grading by individual examiners shall be submitted to, and approved by a majority of the Board. "Examinations conducted in writing shall be made uniform to all applicants examined at any one time, and the applicants shall be known only by numbers, so that no member of the Board shall be able to identify the papers of any applicant until the same have been graded and passed upon by the majority of the Board. "Any answer paper bearing a candidate's name, or any other designation which would or could reveal the candidate's identity, must be forwarded to the secretary of the Board for rating, making sure that no evidence as to the identity of the candidate remains on the answer paper. "All questions and answers, as rated, passed upon, and marked with their respective average, shall be properly preserved for three years. "The papers shall be graded upon a scale of one hundred per cent, and a general average of not less than seventy per cent, with not less than fifty per cent in any subject shall be required for a certificate of registration. "Any applicant who presents satisfactory evidence that he or she is at least nineteen years of age, of good moral character and has had a satisfactory preliminary education, as specified in this Act, and who presents proper credentials signed by the dean and bearing the seal of a legally incorporated and reputable medical school or college, under the provisions of this Act, to show that he or she has successfully completed at least two of the required four graded courses or sessions in said school, of not less than thirty-two weeks each, of not less than thirty-five hours each week, in two different calendar years, may be examined by the Board, at its discretion, in anatomy, histology, biochemistry, physiology, and bacteriology; and if such an applicant is found to be proficient in these subjects, he or she shall be exempt from further examinations in these subjects at the time of the final examinations. "In case of failure in any subject at any preliminary examinations given in accordance with the next preceding paragraph, the candidate shall not then be re-examined in such subject in which he may have failed, until the completion of the required four courses of medical study and nine months of internship provided for in this Act when such candidate shall be admitted to the final examinations. "In case of failure in not more than two subjects in the final examination, the applicant shall have, after the expiration of six months and within two years, the privilege of a re-examination on such subjects by the Board without the payment of an additional fee: Provided, That if the failure is due to illness or other cause satisfactory to the Board, that body may waive the required six months' study: Provided, further, That in case of failure in a second final examination, or in case of failure in more than two subjects in the first final examination, the applicant may only be re-examined after he or she has spent one year in study approved by the Board in a recognized medical college. He must then enter de novo and qualify under the conditions obtaining at the time of the second examination. "The results of all examinations, including the average and grades obtained by each applicant, shall be submitted for confirmation to the Department Head and made known to the respective candidates within one month after the date of the examination."