Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-17
SUBSTITUTE DENTAL BILL
Commissioners Submit Draft of New Measure
to Congress.
Sections of Special Interest to Mem
bers of the Profession - The
Amendments Proposed.

The District Commissioners have for
warded to the chairmen of the two District
committees of Congress a draft of bill
prepared by their direction to regulate the
practice of dentistry in the District. The
measure, which has been published in full
in The Star, was the result of several con-
ferences between DR.. VIM. c. Woodward,
the health officer of the District, and the
officers and attorney of the Washington
City Dental Society.
As was stated in The Star at the time
the Commissioners gave a public hearing
on the proposed bill, and it has been
amended since then in line with several
suggestions made to the Commissioners at
this hearing. In submitting the bill to
Congress the Commissioners recommend
that it be substituted for the bill ITO
amend an act entitled An act for the regu-
lation of the practice of dentistry in the
District of Columbia, and for the protec-
ton of the people from empiricism in rela-
ton thereto approved June 6, 1892.
Regulating Licenses.
Section of the bill submitted by the
Commissioners will be found of especial in
terest to the profession, and is as follows:
THAT said board of dental examiners
may license to practice dentistry in said
District, without examination or after linn
tied examination, any licentiate of an Off
cial state or territorial board of dental eX-
aminers who changes his residence from
such state or territory to the District of
Columbia and desires to practice dentistry
therein, whenever such state or territorial
board grants equal privileges to the licen-
tiates of the board of dental examiners of
the District of Columbia. Applica tons for
licenses under the provisions Of this sec
ton shall be made upon form provided by
said board and shall be accompanied % by
i-fl tow
been lawfully engaged in the practice of
dentistry in the state or territory from
which he came; (2) by such fee as may,
with the approval of the Commissioners of
said District, be fixed by said board, and
80 by satisfactory evidence as to the privi-
leSes to which licentiates of the board of
dental examiners of the District of Column
bia are entitled in the state or territory
from which the applicant came"
OF General Interest.
The following sections of the measure
as submitted by the Commissioners, will
be of interest both to the dental fraternity
and to the public:
Section 0. That no corporation not Great
ed by special act of Congress shall practice
dentistry in the District of Columbia, ex-
cept under a special permit, to be issued
by and in the discretion of the Commits
sioners of said District.
Section 10. That any person, partner
ship. or association practicing dentistry in
said District, and using in connection with
such practice any name or designation
other than that of the person or persons
so practicing, shall cause to be conspicu-
ousy displayed on all signs, advertise
ments, cards, or other Devices the name
and title of the person, or the individual
names and titles of the persons compos-
ing such partnership or association practic-
ing dentistry - aforesaid.
Section II. That no person, partnership,
association, or corporation shall permit any
person not authorized to practice dentistry
in said District to perform any dental
operation as his, her, or its agent, employee
or representative, or in his, her, or its Of
fee"
The bill also provides that it shall not be
construed to prevent bona fide clinical in
struction. under the actual supervision of
awfully-practicing physicians.