**OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS AUSTIN**  **GLuLDo.y1II*** **a--**

State Board of Dental Eraainara

220 xdttiddd miiding **Austin. Tena**  **Dear Sir:** 

**tie are**  **in raoedp**  **ma AttOrRey**  General of Ta

Tha'Lmasdiat* qua8

such Daoemb **addrammed to**  d quota In part:


### r or not the : those atulentswho tlon and maror **to** the June

an krafully atudlad and it thorlrod the 2oard of Dental app.llcaata

presenting a collsge at tha tlma OS maid l cnoa'8Annotatad OlVll statutea unamb%grprs language this rsqulrement,

for a llasasr to practloe Qantlsli **be** not loa* than 21 pear8 of age, and #ball prorenta diploma froma reputabledental ;;~tx~u~~l~~dancs of gooa aoral **oharaoter. ”**  (Under-Ytxitrr !mNYJ Of ihntisl'ixamlners. iem? e

**A Yebruarv**  **grnduate of**  **Y r** irutabl+** **den%1 colleae**  aould not therefor;, cualiigac oa a@ioant un?er krtlcle 404~ for the rngular state exarinatim L: ;?eoaab+r 

### baoauseof the a~pliaant*s obvious lnebillty to then presentn diplom rrm . a rsputable a05t.a oollege.

**lrurthsmora your**  outlined procedum would rlolcte **ths requiremot**  of Artlolt 4344, Vsrnon*a ;naotatadClril.Ytatutss of Wxas, at leant to tho6s af lloanta gre,uatlG after f January, that *The Board ehall axau no ant grads ail **papers** oulrnftfpd

by **supt** appliaaatsard resort **to** mch applloants wlthln 30 dap ir0.r the date of any meetlnf; of said **boazd,** and aald 

### rqort ahall glte to each a~plioant thu gradeamade **by auoh**  applicant **upon** eaoh **and** every **suojeot** upoa whloc he. 

### or shewas examinedby auah board.* You are tharororeadtlaed thatArt. 4644 and art. 4545 do not autborlze the Board **to adapt**  the plan outll.;ed in **your** letter prorloualyqu&ted. **Your**attsntlon 18 direoted to **Ar~iols** 4343, nhlah requirea the Board to hold at lea& two regularmeetlnge a year "at auoh tlseaand plazexne Soard ahall deemmoat
. convenient **for** upplioonts for 

### exambatlon. Oue-notice 

### of ruon reetinq shall be qiraa by pubiloatlon la such gaper8 

### ao may bc l

eleotedby the Hoard, The Board may preacribs rules ME reguLatloas.inhammay wlth the prorlsion4 of tnia. title 

### @vernlng Its own

### groosedlngaad the exaalnatlonof apVllca5tc **ror** ~aatlc+ of daatlntry.*



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to the Beard the gnwer **to**

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of the tuo regular mastinga **ror** 

### examlnatlonm **of appliopnta**  **fcr lfomr8.**  **This** 

### nowfir**IS s**  ~aotinuing **oar** and lm not.exhauf&nIby thd action of the Doard in fixing the bate af suohmeetings for Deoa%ber **and June.**  **It** tollcns,and you **am** IIO

advised, that the Board haa **tht** power to ohanga **the time**  **for** the **Deoembar meeting**  **to, say,**  **Yebruary ii,**  ths Dcanl should deez **the** Fsbrusrp date **most** oonwm **1**snt **for** applioants for awlnatlon, prov1Ql.n: at least twomeet&a of the Board far a~lnatlon hare beon hrld **durinr:** 1942. Ii ouch oham he nIade,cf aour **duo** notiag thsrsof =us?.be giren as required **by AI%.**  **4543.**

Furthermoreyox ara advised that aa **Art.** 454s doe8 not ilait the number ofmsti56s r0r examination to two a -. .



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