Montana Department of Labor and Industry, Board of Medical Examiners records

Montana Department of Labor and Industry, Board of Medical Examiners records, 1889-1996

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Montana. Department of Labor and Industry. Board of Medical Examiners
Title: Montana Department of Labor and Industry, Board of Medical Examiners records
Dates: 1889-1996 (inclusive)
18891996
Quantity: 1.2 linear ft
Collection Number: RS 498 (Formerly RS 110)
Summary: This collection is a sub-subgroup (Board) of the Montana Department of Labor and Industry records, RS 498. The Board of Medical Examiners operates within the Professional and Occupational Licensing Bureau, which falls under the Employment Standards Division of DLI. Please see the primary finding aid for more Montana Department of Labor and Industry records. These records of the Montana Board of Medical Examiners include correspondence, financial records, agendas of board meetings, subject files, registers, and reports of examination for licenses [Home addresses restricted].
Repository: Montana Historical Society, Library & Archives
Montana Historical Society Research Center Archives
225 North Roberts
PO Box 201201
Helena MT
59620-1201
Telephone: 4064442681
Fax: 4064445297
mhslibrary@mt.gov
Access Restrictions: Bulk of collection is open for research. A few files have privacy restrictions.
Languages: English
Sponsor: Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

The Montana Board of Medical Examiners was established in 1889 to control the licensing of physicians. Under the 1972 Constitution, the Board was placed within the Department of Professional and Occupational Licensing. The Board is currently (as of 2024) under the Department of Labor and Industry's Employment Standards Division.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

These records of the Montana Board of Medical Examiners include minor correspondence (1974,1979); financial records (1972-1986), including budget problems and financial reports; agendas of board meetings (1978-1988); several pages (1889) from a minute book licensing physicians; subject files (1972-1986), including files on Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs), family planning centers, Montana Family Practice Satellite Unit, and Warm Springs State Hospital; and organizational records (1889-1988), There is a certification register (oversize volume, 1889-1967) for doctors certified to practice in Montana. This register is continued (1968-1996) by a loose-leaf file, arranged both alphabetically and by certificate number. There are also reports (1976-1988) of examination for licenses [home addresses restricted].

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of the Montana Historical Society. The Library & Archives does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collection. In some cases permission for use may require additional authorization from the copyright owners. For more information contact an archivist.

Preferred Citation

Item description and date. Collection Title. Collection Number. Box and Folder numbers. Montana Historical Society Library & Archives, Helena, Montana.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The collection is arranged by series.

Location of Collection

22:5-4

Processing Note

In 2024, the various collections of the Montana Department of Labor and Industry were integrated under one collection identifier, RS 498, in order to help facilitate access, reduce redundancy in the Montana Historical Society Library & Archives catalog, and to follow best archival practices.

Collections from Montana Department of Labor and Industry's various Divisions and Bureaus that were previously treated as separate entities are now integrated into this collection, RS 498. Rather than reprocessing over 20 linear feet of DLI materials, MTHS staff decided to keep the past arrangement of those collections/finding aids and provide access to them via links in the primary finding aid. This decision has allowed the MTHS archival staff to maintain intellectual control over the collection, while removing the need to reprocess it. It also keeps State Agency finding aids at manageable sizes. Please read the scope and content note carefully to determine if this subgroup/sub-subgroup pertains to your research needs.

Acquisition Information

Acquisition information is available upon request.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

General CorrespondenceReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
1 / 1	Donald M. Klein, re homosexuality and dentists' licensing; circular letter re cost of contested cases	1974, 1979

Financial RecordsReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
1 / 2	Budget problems	1985-1986
1 / 3-4	Financial statements	1972-1985

Organizational RecordsReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
1 / 5-6	Agendas of Board meetings	1978-1988
1 / 7	Initial pages from Board minute book	1889

Subject FilesReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
1 / 8-11	Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT's)	1975-1985
1 / 12	Family Planning Centers	1976-1977
1 / 13	Garfield County Hospital (Jordan)	1972-1975
1 / 14	Montana Family Practice Satellite Unit	1982
1 / 15	Montana Professional and Occupational Licensing Bureau	1972-1986
1 / 16	Montana Professional and Occupational Licensing Bureau reorganization	1972, 1984-1985
1 / 17	Rules, etc.	1976-1983
1 / 18-19	Warm Springs State Hospital (includes correspondence and clippings)	1972-1978

MiscellanyReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Volume
1	Certification register for physicians certified to practice in Montana (arranged by certificate number; includes town, medical school, date of graduation, date of certificate, notes, name index)	1889-1967
Box/Folder
2 / 1	Certification register for physicians certified to practice in Montana (loose-leaf files arranged by name: includes only name, date, and license number)	1968-1996
2 / 2	Certification register for physicians certified to practice in Montana (loose-leaf files arranged by licence number; includes name, medical school and date of graduation)	1968-1996
2 / 3-7	Report of examination for licenses to practice medicine (includes number, name year of birth, place of birth, medical school and date of graduation, credentials, specialty, and reciprocity) (RESTRICTED: NO USE OF HOME ADDRESSES)	1976-1986
2 / 8	Report of optometrists certified to use diagnostic pharmaceutical agents (RESTRICTED: NO USE OF HOME ADDRESSES)	1979,1983
2 / 9	Report of physicians not renewed [RESTRICTED: NO USE OF HOME ADDRESSES]	1978-1981, 1988

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