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Medical Register, Loudoun County Circuit Court, 1912-1957 (SC 0067), Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, VA.

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2010.0216X

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Emily Hershman, 16 May 2011

Historical Information

Chapter 77 of the 1887 Code of Virginia provided for the creation of a state medical board with ten members appointed by the governor for four year terms. The Board was to "examine all persons making application to them, who shall desire to commence the practice of medicine or surgery in this state" upon payment of a five dollar application fee. Those who passed the Board examination were then required to have a certificate on record with the county clerk of court's office. The size of the state medical board was reduced by an 1894 Act of Assembly, but the Acts of 1928 expanded the law to apply to "practitioners of homeopathy, osteopathy, chiropractic and chiropody." The 1942 Code further specified the Clerk of Circuit Court's role in maintaining the records, asserting that "the clerk of each said courts shall keep a book for the purpose, entitled the 'medical register'" that recorded the "name, residence, place and date of birth and source, number and date of the license to practice, and the school of practice to which each licensee professes to belong." The stipulation that applicants to the medical board register with the clerk of circuit court remained in effect until 1979.

Scope and Content

The Medical Register, Loudoun County Circuit Court collection includes photocopies of the first volume of licenses, noting doctors who applied to practice locally between 1912 and 1957. Each record provides information about applicants such as name, residence, place and date of birth, source of the license (such as the State Board of Medical Examiners), date of license, type of medical practice, and record of license expiration (for reasons including death, removal, or revocation of license).

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