The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-03-05

meeting after the first day of Janu.
ary elect from its members presi-
| dent, secretary and treasurer. and
shall make annual reports to the gov
ernor and to the Vermont state den
tai society.
Sec. g. Section 53S7 Of the Public
Statutes is hereby amended so as to
read as follows: ar
sec. 53S7. A person above twenty.
one years Of age, of good moral char
acter, and who is a graduate of a re-
putable dental college or school. or
of a college or school authorized nv
law TO grant diplomas in dentistry
and who is a graduate of a high school
or academy of the first class approved
by the superintendent of education.
or VINO furnishes evidence of an edu.
cation equivalent to that of a high
school OF the first class, shall upon
the payment of a fee Of twenty-five
dollars. be entitled to be examined
and, If found qualified, shall be Ii.
censed to practice dentistry. dental
surgery and medical dentistry and
shall receive license signed by the
members of the board of examiners
Inc examinations shall be elementar,
and practical, but sufficiently thorouei
to test the applicants fitness. they
snail be wholly or in part in writing
In the English language: and shat,
embrace the subjects of ANATOMY
PHYSIOLOGY, chemistry, materia medica
therapeutics, metallurgy, histology.
pathology, bacteriology, anesthesia
oral surgery, operative and prosthetit
dentistry, orthodontia and crown and
bridge work, with demonstrations nv
the applicant in operative and prosthet
lc dentistry. An applicant who failf
70 pass satisfactory examination
snail be entitled to a re-examinatioL
at any future meeting of the board
without payment of fee, but for anv
subsequent denomination a fee of fiye
dollars shall be paid Rules relating
TO qualifications of applicants and ia
conduct of examinations and to the
granting of licenses may be made bv
the board of examiners.
Sec. 4. Section 1888 OF the Public
Statutes is hereby amended SO as IN
read as follows:
| Sec. 1888. Said board, in its dis.
erection, may, without examination is.
sue a license to a dentist who has
oeen lawfully in practice in another
STATE Tor at least five years upon the
payment OF a fee of twenty-five dol
lars provided such applicant presents
certificate from the board of dental
examiners or other like board Of the
state in which such dentist has prac.
ticed, certifying to his competence and
good moral character, and provided
! further that
law or requirements equivalent to our
own and grants like privilege to
dentists licensed TO practice in this
state
Sec. 5. Section 1892 of the Public
Statutes is hereby amended so as to
read as follows:
Sec. 1892 A person who receives a
license from said board shall. within
thirty days from the date thereof
cause 1t to be recorded in the Office
or the secretary Of state and shall nav
him fifty cents for recording the same
such license duly recorded by the sec.
rotary of state or duly certified copv
or such record shall be evidence OF
the authority of the person therein
named TO practice dentistry
Sec. 6. Section 1894 of the Public
Statutes is hereby amended so as TO
read as follows.
Sec. 1894. Whoever engages in the
practice of dentistry in this state shall
Keep his license displayed in the room
or rooms in which he practices, in
such manner as to be easily seen and
read. A person who practices DENTS
try under a fictitious or assumed
name, or who, not being licensed. prac.
tees dentistry or advertises or holds
himself out to the public as a dentist
or assumes the title of Doctor of Den.
tai Surgery" or Doctor of Dental
Medicine" or appends the letters ''D
d. s. or %. NJ. D." to his name. not
having the right to assume such title
by a degree conferred upon him by a
college or school empowered by law
to confer such title, or who shall will
fully make false material statement
in his application and license: or who
| changes or alters a license issued by
said board shall be fined not more
than one hundred dollars nor less than
twenty-five dollars. or imprisoned not
more than three months, or both. A
license granted to a person not en-
board. and a license may be revoked
for immoral or unprofessional con.
duct of a licensee; but such revocation
shall be upon notice to the licensee and
a hearing at which he shall be given
an opportunity to be heard, and when
a license is revoked, such revocation
shall be recorded with the secretary
of state. Nothing in this act shall be
construed TO interfere with the rights
and privileges of physicians and sur
geons licensed under the laws of this
state: nor TO any person who is now
lpracticing dentistry under n license
granted under the existing laws
Nor shall It apply 10 the mere extract.
ing OF teeth by person whoNhas been
engaged in that work for a period Of
five or more years in this state: pro-
vided. however. that such person file
I'm the Office OF the secretary of state
previous TO February l, 1913. an affi-
davit that he has been so engaged for
such period.
Sec. :. Section 6169 OF the Public
Statutes is hereby amended so as TO
read as follows:
Sec. 61G9. Each member Of the
board of dental examiners shall re-
ceive four dollars a day for services
rendered and necessary expenses.
Sec. s. This act shall take effect
from its passage.
Approved December Il, 1912.