Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1896-05-15
Public General Laws.


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AN ACT TO REPAL ARTICLE THIR.
TY-Two OF THE CODE OF PUBLIC
GENERAL LAWS. ENTITLED
DENTISTRY" AND TO RE-ENAcr
SAID ARTICLE. WITH AMEND
MENrs,
Section l. BE Il enacted by the General
Assembly OF Maryland That Article 80
Of The Code Of Public General Laws en-
titled dentistry" be. and the same is
hereby, repealed and re-euacted, so as TO
read as follows;
Section . II shall be unlawful for any
person to practice dentistry In this state
unless such person shall have obtained a
certificate, as hereinafter provided.
Section 8. There shall be o State Board
OF Dental Examiners, which shall consist
OF six praCtlciug dentists Of recognized
ability and honor. who have held regular
dental diplomas for five years, whose
duty Il shall be TO carry out the purposes
and enforce the provisions Of this Act.
The members Of said board shall be APP
pointed by the Governor ont Of list Of
nine dentists proposed by the Maryland
State Dental Association, and chosen by
majority vote OF the members Of said
association present al meeting called
for that purpose of which meeting TWO
weeks notice shall be given. The term Tor
which the members Of said board shall
hold their office shall be FOR SIX years,
except that the members OF said board
/ ttrst 10 be appointed under this Act shall
4 be designated By the Governor 70 serve;
4 One-thiri for term OF Two years, one
] third for a term OF four years, and one
| third for term Of six years, unless
/ sooner removed by the Governor and
l until their successors shall be duly APP
4 pointed. In case Of vacancy occurring IN
I SAID board, such Vacancy shall be filled
I by the Governor from The list above mem
toned. ANY member Of said board who
[ shall be absent nom two successive regu-
lar board meetings shall cease to be
] member of q.
Section l. SAID board shall choose one OF
its members president and one secretary
! thereof. and shall hold regular meetings
I in May and November Of every year, and
{ special meetings as occasion may require.
! A majority OF said beard shall at all
times constitute a quorum, but less
number may adjourn from time to timei
the proceedings thereof shall at all rea-
sonable times be open 10 public inapec-
lion, The board shall make report Of Its
proceedings to the Governor by the first
day OF December in each year.
Section s. Any person twenty-oue years
Of age, who has graduated ut, and holds
a diploma from, a university or college
surgery by the laws OF any one Of the
United States, and who is DESTROYS Of
practclng dentistry in this state, may
be examined by said board with refer
ence TO qualifications. and, upon passing
an examination satisfactory to said
board, his or her name. residence or place
OF business, shall be registered In book
kept for the purpose, and a certificate
shall be issued to such person. Any grad
uate of a regular college Of dentistry
may, at the discretion Of the examining
board, be registered without being sub
jected to an examination.
Section 6. All certificates issued by said
board shall be signed by its officers and
bear Its seal.
Section T. a temporary certificate for a
specified time may be issued by the OH
GERS of said board 10 any applicant hold
ing a regular dental diploma duly regis
tered by a board OF dental examiners
created by the laws OF any one Of the
United States, but no such certificate
shall be issued for any longer time than
until the next regular meeting Of the
board. The fee for this temporary certi-
hcate shall be five dollars.
Section 8, Transcripts from the afore-
said book of registration, certified by the
officer who has the same In Keeping with
the seal Of said board Of examiners, shall
be evidence IN any court OF this state.
Section g. A fee OF ten dollars shall be
paid TO the secretary Of the board by any
applicant for examination and regislra-
ton which money shall be used towards
Section 10. Every person shall be said
20 be practicing dentistry within the
meaning of this Act who shall tor lee,
salary or other compensation. paid either
to himself or to some one else for serv-
ices rendered. perform operations or parts
of operations Of any kind pertaining 10
the mouth, treat diseases or LESSONS OF
the human teeth or jaws, or correct mai
positions thereof
Section IL Any person who shall violate
any of the provisions OF this Article shali
be deemed entity q a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof m any court
having criminal jurisdiction, shall be
1 fined not less than fifty dollars nor more
than three hundred dollars, or De con-
fined no. more than six months IN the
/ county jail, or, If the conviction takes
place IN Baltimore City, In the Balti-
more city Gan, in the discretion .,, Of The
shall be paid into the common school
fund of the city or county in which such
conviction takes place
Section u. Nothing in this Article shall
be so construed as TO interfere with
the rights and privileges Of resident ply
sicians and surgeons, or with persons
holding certificates duly issued to them
I prior to the passage OF this Act; and
dental students operating under the i'm
mediate supervlslons Of their instruct
ors In dental inflrmaries or dental schools
chartered by the General Assembly of
Maryland
section 10. And be it enacted. That moth
In in this Act shan prevent, or be 20 con-
cution conviction or punishment Of any
person who may have offended against
I any Of the provisions Of said Article 30
OF the Code Of Public General Laws, or
against any Of the provisions Of any of
the Acts Of Assembly Of which the same
/ was a codihcation.
Section Il. And be It enacted. That this
Act shan take effect from the date of its
passage.
Approved April 4th, 1896.
LLOYD LOWNDES, Governor.
WILLIAM CABELL BRUCE,
President of the Senate.
SYDNEY r. MUDD,
Speaker Of the House Of Delegates.
We hereby certify that the aforegolng
IS a correct copy Of an Act Of the General
Assembly of Maryland, passed January
Session, 1886.
j. ROGER McsHERRY.
Secretary Of the Senate.
NJ. NJ. HIGGINS.
Chief Clerk of the House Of Delegates.