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u) OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

4 AUSTIN 

Texas State Board of Dental Exx;mriners 

311 momood lul.1~ 

Austin, ‘Ce;nas 

Re: C atr tian of the 

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w 

of 

the g.l t e, 1943, 8ffecting 

the pr tic 0 deuistry. 

oonstruction of 

ing to the praot 

our careful cons 

requesting our 

islature, relat- 

, has been given 

tiona which you 

wer the auuerous qucse gire you our construetand feel sure you can 

regulations concerning 

ed, without further asSection 1 of Article 4%5Oa, as amended, provided 

that each dentist shall be registered with the State Board 

of Dental Exaklnere on or before Am-oh 1st of each calendar year, und pay a registration fee of $3.00. It is our 

construction of this portion of the &t that the annual 

fee means for the coleudar year beginning with &larch 1st 

of each year, aud that a $~..oo Pee Is required of each dsntfat Sor each par, and SuEe is due to be paid on or before 
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the first day of each succearoive Idarch. Unless paid by 

that time, then before his liaense is reinstated by the 

Dental Board, he Is required to pay au additional $5.00, 

plus his delinquent annuel payment. 

If a dentist ie mu delinquent for his 1943 

dues, or uan delfnquent on May l&h, rhea the x141 lar 

took effect, before he aan have his license renesed, 

he must par the annual dues of $5.00, plus the $0.00 

ponaltp, and the ne* license or registration rould expire on harch 1, 1944, at which tlale auother annual 

dues vi11 be payable. 

If a dentist becoxes deliuquent because he 

did not pay his dues by Marah 1, X344, before h9 aan 

be reinstated, he siust pay his &I.00 dues for 1944, 

plus a w.00 peoaltr, and the registration oertlfiaate given upon said restoration would expire on Yaroh 

l# 1918.. 

IYlth referewe to ths dentists rho are in 

tbe Amed fforoee, the last sentence of Se&ion 2, of 

,Lrticle 488oa readsr 

*Provided, horwer, that the requircments governing the paynent of anwal regls- 

&ration fees and penatties for late registration shall not apply to lieenseee ~bo 

are on astite duty with the Armed Forces 

of the United States of dnerlca and are 

not engaged In private or civilian practice .s 

Our lnterprotation oP this exe&ion is that 4.f 

a dentist stands the em&nation before the Aoard and abtains his license While he is in the Armed Forces, or having previously obtained his license and is In the Arned 

r’oroes, he vi11 not owe any duee before bar& 1, lQ44. If, 

on karoh 1, lQ44, he Is still In said aerrioe, he rill not 

be required to pay an7 oP the annual duem ror the year ending U8rCh 1, lQ4S. If, hoverer, he is not In the Armed 

Forces prior to iarch 1, 1944, he rill ove the $S.oO dues 

for th9 year, begiming at that time, and will become delinquent on karcrh lr lQ44 , although he may enter the service ou hareh 36, or at any time thereafter. IP, as a 

matter of fact, he is delinquent at the time he goes into 

the service, then rhen he cones out, bet’ore he osn have his 

lioense relnstatod, ho *ill be oompellod to pay all of his 
dues that rrere in arrears that bbecame due betore he entered 

the service, together with all the penalties that attached 

before he entered the service. 

There is no specific provision in the statute as 

to how the Board my know or determine whether a dentist 

is In the serviae of the Armed Forces. It would be eutire17 propert and we think the best way to aeaertain these 

Pacts, to hare each dentist who goes into tha Armed Borcos 

notify the Board of said fact, and send ~, such lniormation 

relative thereto, as the Beard might need In deterxining 

the truthfulness OP the dentist’s represeutatkona. If, as 

a matter of foot, a dentist Is in the Armed foraea on or 

before Liarch 1st of anJ year, and remains until after March 

1st of Said year, he cannot be jade to pey the $s.OO registration fee for said year, neither oan he be made to pay 

the $S.OO penalty Por having Sailed to register. 

We trust that that we have said sul’f’ioiently 

answers iour inquiry. If there is any further 

desired,. let us know. 

Very truly yours 

informitlon 

TFXAS 

Gee. il. lkaraus 

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