People ex rel. Hanavan v. Heckard

This is a mandamus proceeding. The question involved is whether the department of public health and its local representative, the registrar of vital statistics of the city of Chicago, are required to accept and place on file, as matters of public record, birth certificates made by one who was duly licensed prior to the passage of the Medical Practice Act of 1923 to practice as an osteopathic physician but has no other license to practice obstetrics or midwifery.

The relator, Dr. Hanavan, holds a certificate from the department of registration and education dated in June, 1918, which states…