New Britain herald., 1915-01-15
DENTISTS WANT LAWS
 WITH TEETH IN THEM
VIII Urge Legislation This Year to
 Protect Profession.

Members of the dental profession
 agitation which is expected to be felt
 in the legislature this year for the
 betterment of laws regarding the prac-
 tice of dentistry and they expected
 that the state will soon hear from
 the legislative committee of the Con-
 necticut State Dental association, with
 which many are affiliated.
 Local dentists who were interviewed yesterday were unanimous in the
 opinion that laws regarding dentistry should be made stricter One of the objections of the present laws is that a corporation is allowed to do busi- ness without informing its patrons of the names of the individuals employed as dentists. IL is claimed that many of these concerns are reaping rich harvests in Connecticut and that their banishment would be a blessing to the public. The present laws are far behind those of other comm mon- wealths, the dentists believe, and they want laws with teeth in them.'
 An idea of what the dentists pro- pose to do can be secured from the following report of the legislative committee at the convention of the Connecticut State association in Hartford:
 Want Twentieth Century Regulations.
 Your committee on dental legis- lation have gone over the proposition for d new dental law for the state Of Connecticut, and we find that al- though there are some good features in our present law, yet we need really to move up into the twentieth cen- tury.
 There are many additions needed to our law, also some subtractions and alterations. It is a tedious piece Ol work to formulate dental law ana go over all the new laws of the states of the Union and get the meat out of these and compile it and adapt 1t so as to get what we want for our own 1 state
 We feel that some of the follow ing things should be brought about
 That the name dental examiners l would be better than the present 1 That the members of the 1 board be appointed to serve five years, ] with the privilege of one re-appo1nt- l n1ent. The object of this is to avoid l making it life position, as has been l the case in some states; although that l has not been the condition in our 1 state, we feel that it would be better 1 to avoid such a possibility.
 Then: Removal of members of l the board for cause by the governor. 1 There is at present no provision for l the removal of members of the board 1 for cause. ........ ..-......s.... 1
 Define reputable dental colleges; 1 define standard of preliminary edu- cation s.....-.s 1
 Standardization of certificates of 1 licensed and unlicensed assistants 1
 All Dentists to Register.
 Annual registration, With a.%fee of ! one dollar. We feel that one of N the | strongest features of the w4@law l should be that every dentist should be 1 to register every year with l 2. fee of one dollar for registration, 1 his fee to go into a prosecuting fund 1 70 be at the disposal of the state as- i ,ociation to see that the law Is en- forced throughout the state. That 1 every year this list should be pub | ished and sent to every qualified 1 in the state. This would 1 indicate that if there was man 1 in your locality who was 1