Montana Historical Society
Archives
RS 110_RS 498
Montana. Department of Labor
and Industry. Board of Medical Examiners
Montana Department of Labor and Industry, Board of Medical
Examiners records
1889-1996
1.2 linear ft
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].
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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.
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].
The collection is arranged by series.
Bulk of collection is open for research. A few files have privacy restrictions.
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.
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 30 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.
Item description and date. Collection Title. Collection Number. Box and Folder numbers.
Montana Historical Society Library & Archives, Helena, Montana.
Acquisition information is available upon request.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the Montana Historical Society
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should
search under these terms.
Physicians--Montana
Physicians--Licenses--Montana
Montana--Politics and
government
Montana
Medicine and
health
Detailed Description of the Collection
General Correspondence
1 / 1
Donald M. Klein, re homosexuality and dentists'
licensing; circular letter re cost of contested cases
1974, 1979
Financial Records
1 / 2
Budget problems
1985-1986
1 / 3-4
Financial statements
1972-1985
Organizational Records
1 / 5-6
Agendas of Board meetings
1978-1988
1 / 7
Initial pages from Board minute book
1889
Subject Files
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
Miscellany
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
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