The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-04-19
TO THE LEGISLATORS OF THE
STATE OF WASHINGTON


Early supreme Court Decisions ana
The ftrsf Change That should BE
Wade I'm the Deatal Law by
Our Next Legislature.
"
In my last article 4 showed that
there ~ no examination for Denflsts
authorized BY the laws OF this state
and that the Dental Board by pre-.
HrftbinR it, own private examination
y exercising power that deDrises
i,entlsis OF the protection of just
The Dental Board In this state
may examine a Dentist Ia what "a
pieases, and the Dental BOARD de-
elsea what constitutes college in
Sood standing In fact. the dental
Board ~ this state has refused 10
examine q Dentist who is a graduate
from the College ~ Physicians aud
surgeons al San Francisco. which
United States. and the Board refusea
% examine Post Graduates yet. tire
Dental Board Of this state he's ex-
ahmed and licensed dentist in this
state who holds d diploma from a
college that sells diplomas. but he h.
licensed and is practicing dentistry
~ THIS state, while the dentist who
went 20 college three years was
Dental beard refused to examine
= I'M. and yet they are ethical. and its
the Law You see Dentists comtnT
into this state have no way OF know
inF what. qualifications viii be ex-
acted and demanded Of them. be-
cause q Dentist ~ not advised by
the law a. 20 what kind OF exanifna-
Tons viii be- required Of him In or
agr that ne may live here; this IL
All left 10 the arbitrary wifi or the
Dental Board, and the requfrensnts
TOT DentiEts change every time the
Dental Board chRngea since the
Hoard carries the qualifications for
Dentists a. wen as what constitutes
college IN good standing sround
" the!r heads. Therefore. unless a
Dentist finds out what Ia in the
Dental Boards head. he stands a
priviieEs o. living IN washi hn.sa me hs
permi snion q the Dental Monnrchs.
But. - the law IN Washington. aad
20 violate q - criminal
~ ii-a Z, ~. THE coNQuERoR,
Will. AND HOLD WHO CAN ara
as the Dental BOARD exercises fhe
same arbitrary power that William
aaa. the same rule obtains in wash
England IN 1855. or stt years aao
ana there surely II some top neavv
reasoning on private rights IN this
=, ~, .t emil ftenment.
N" ors sissn>s COURT DE-
me supreme court Of this state
tas given very clear asnreamtosa
,s.aihst what II now sanctioned as
.eM. IN 1855 the supreme court OF
this state then territory soeakfns
through Mr. Justice Turner. SAID III
viii hardly be commended ghat n -
sne riEht OF medical practitioners
.,s,sk diplomas from medical
eeHsge or university. 20 have ex-
ciuoed from the*practice. all who ara
not thus qualified " our Htnrrrne
S9nft % that time must have rscog-
49, .at Dentist or physiclan
equally well qualified as dentists on.
physicians who had diplomat eso,tfd
aot es driven from this stata This
w x. I'M sSss w ~ FoT vs. Ty. Of
tbs next case In which fho mas.
Ton 81 qualifications for the learned
professions is discussed by our an
eIsme court y the case q State vs..
court speaking through Mr. Justice
,unbaf' said; Our statute does not
undertake TO discriminate hetween
rival or different schools of medi-
cine. nor can We see that IL invades
or ahridEes any citiHen's censftto,
tonhl right. No ono is proscrihed or
/ prevented from pracficinR medicine
~ that Is required OF the applicant
- that he shall possess the neceas
sary qualifications. and the test -
/ luaiitication r. prescribed by law"
And again the court SAVE ssCur
state excludes no one who Is actually
qaaiified, and who is willing 20 sub
scrihed by law"
great change has come 10 Wash.
ington with the Dental Combine ana
now dentists with diplomas are pre-
scrthed as the only ones who msv be
examined, and dentists without az
ptoinas are prevented from taking
an examination at alt regardless ~
their qualifications, notwithstanding
are not now prescribed hv law hut
by the Dental Board tn the exercise
81 their royal power
NEW LAW Required
The legislature az its next session
should repeal the Dental law and
enact statute that prescrihes quail
4 lfications and protect the public
against the Dental Combine and also
81 protecting the Dental Society
against competition. as the law now
Qualifications for Dentists must
/ be good morals. knowledge and
SKIN TO treat Diseases and LESSONS 81
the human teeth and Jaws and cor
rect malpositions thereof without
danger 70 the public" and this
legislature itself In other words.
N the state OF Washington wants a
Dentist examined in anatomy. phys
iology chemistry. history. Matevia
MtuiNas therapeutics nofNliMFHN.
oral surgery, anasthesla. prosthetie
and operative dentistry. tho state
should emhody these subjects In the
law as constituting qualifications
for dentists, then the Dental Board
VIII know what dentistry means,
and SO viii the courts. and a dentist
viii not be examined az 20 whether
he guarantees his work, belongs 20
the Dental state Society Guild. and
whether he advertises In newspa-
pprg or the way which aoutg ,Ien-
lists call ethical and whether he
viii abide by all the rules hereafter
made and adopted by the Dental
not We would then have a severn
mont OF law We now have a gov
eminent of men.
In my next article 20 the ieEisla-
tors ! shall discuss tho question
whether a dentist should be barred
from this state because he does not
possess "a diploma; and should the
Dental Combine have power Go dee
eide what constitutes college I'm
good standing.
My offices have heen established
az Ti3 First avenue for eighteen
years
do not compete with the cheap
dentist, but with the state Dental
Combine, who have monopoly
granted hy law. on the rivht 90 per-
nit a person 20 practice dentistry iu
this state
EDWIN >. nRowN,
9lA First Avenue. Union Block he
tween cherry and Columbia sta,
Nnen evoninwg untO = ANA sundays