The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-08-04
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the purpose. Ii the accused does not appear the
| Board may proceed with the hearing and f.
| nally determine the accusation or complaint,
| in the absence of the accused. If the accused
! pleads guilty, refuses to answer the charges
or upon hearing thereof the Board shall find
! said charges or any of them true, the Board
may proceed to suspend revoke the license
| of the accused for such length of time as the
| Board, in its discretion shall deem proper. The
| Board and the accused may have the benefit of
| counsel. The Board shall have the power TO adj
| minister oaths take the dispositions of wit
| nesses in the manner provided by law in civil
| cases, and to compel the attendance of wit
| nesses by subpoena issued the signature
| of the secretary of the Board. The Board shall
| issue for any and all witnesses requested in
| writing by the accused
| Whenever any person subpoenaed to appear
| and give testimony shall refuse to appear
| testify before said Board, or to answer any per-
| tinent, relative proper questions, he shall
| be deemed in contempt of said Board. and it
| shall be the duty of the presiding officer of
said Board to report the fact to the Superior
! Court of Baltimore City in the event the party
guilty Of contempt resides in said City, or has
| place of business in said City, or to the
| Judge of the Circuit Court of the County
| wherein the party guilty of said contempt
sides; thereupon the Court shall issue an at
| tachment in the usual form, directed to the
| Sheriff of the City County commanding said
| Sheriff to attach said person and forthwith
bring him before the Court. On the return oil
said attachment and the production of the per-
son attached. the Court shall have jurisdic-
| ton of the contempt, and the person charged
| may purge hlmSen oil the contempt IN Ihe same
| way, and the same proceedings shall be had,
| and the penalties may be imposed. and
| the same punishment may be inflicted as in
| the case of a witness subpoenaed to appear
| and give evidence in the trial of civil cause.
| The Board shall have the power in its dlscre-
ton, to authorize the payment Of fees and
travelling expenses of witnesses called before
| the Board and examined in any proceeding
| properly before the Board
10. All signs prohibited by this Act shall be
removed within three months after the pas
/ At SONS yhn
| shall prohibit neglect, fail refuse to remove
any sign prohibited by this Act is guilty of a
violation of this Act and subject to the penal
| ties thereof
| IA Each person holding license under this
| Act shall exhibit on the door or the wall of the
| building wherein he shall practice dentistry,
not more than two signs on which shall be
| placed the and title or degree OF such
| person. the letters of which shall not exceed
three inches square. Any person practicing
dentistry in any building may exhibit such
| sign on the door of his office in addition to
| those on the door wall of such building.
Is. Any person shall be deemed to be prac-
| ticng dentistry, within the meaning OF TINS
| Act, (a) who is q manager, proprietor, or con-
ductor of, or operator in, any place IN when
| any dental service or any dental operation Is
| performed within the mouth of any person
! or (b) who for a fee, salary, or other remuheTr
| alton or reward, paid or to be paid to himself
or to another, gratuitously or otherwise. per-
| forms any such service or operation; or (c)
| who diagnoses or treats, or attempts to dag
ANs'NiF
| sion or mapostion of tooth, gum or Jaw, IN
any person, mechanically, incidentally, by use
| of x-ray, or otherwise; or tdl who attempts
TO perform in the mouth OF any person any
| operation incident to the repair or replacement
| of a tooth or teeth or te) who publicly or prl-
vately applies to himself the title Dentist or
| Dental Surgeon or uses the letters p.D'o,
| or DMD., or any other titles or letters IN
connection with his name which, in any way
represent him as being competent or ready 10
perform any dental service or any dental OPP
/ 1ID-Enp
shall have no application to any person VINO IL
! the holder of dental degree who does not,
either directly or indirectly, practice, or at
tempt to practice, dentistry as herelnbetore set
forth in this Section Is.
49, Nothing in this Act shall apply to
| bona fide student of dentistry IN the cnnlc
rooms of reputable dental college to ie-
| gally qualified physician or surgeon unless ne
practices dentistry as a speciality to a dental
surgeon of the United States Army, Navy,
Public Health Service or Veterans Bureau IN
the discharge of his official duties; nor to
| lawful practitioner of dentistry Of another
State territory or foreign country making 3
clinical demonstration before 4 dental society,
dental convention, association OF dentlsts. OF
dental college or in performing professional
duties in connection with q speclhc case on
which he may have been called to the State OF
Maryland Nothing in this Article shall apply
| to public school clinics, to state institutions
to eeemosynary institutions, or to business cor
porations which may maintain clinics Tor pq,1
| pills, inmates employees only whlcn shaiI
public school clinic, State institution, eleemosy-
nary institution, business corporation Shaii
| advertise in any manner or by any m2thod'
either directly or indirectly, anything relatlVe
| to the practice of dentistry. Such institutions
| are prohibited not only from Advertising IN Vlo-
| ation of this act but are prohibited from adver-
Using in any manner anything relative to the
| practice of dentistry.
Nothing in this Article shall pro-
| hbit the Dental Division of the state depart
rnent of Health, the Director OF the PuDhc
- tba DCngrtmgnt
! from broadcasting educational programs over
! the radio. ...
| dentistry in this State, and those who may be
| hereafter registered under the provisions OF
| this Article, shall be exempt from service as
| Jurors in any Of the Courts of this State dur
ing the continuance of the practice OF thelr
profession. -.
IS The Board shall always be DESIGNATED
as the state Board of Dental Examiners and
under this name it shall have the right 10 sue
or be sued in the Courts of this State.
49, Any person who shall practlce, or at
tempt to practice dentistry within the State OF
Maryland, without having license as herein
| before provided during the period OF suspeh-
sion or revocation of such license previously
granted shall be deemed guilty of mlsdenea--
| nor and upon conviction thereof shall be nheo
not less than fifty dollars nor more than three
hundred dollars, or be confined not more tnan
! six months in Jail. in the discretion OF The
Judge or Judges of the Circuit Court OF the
respective counties OF this state or Ihe Juuse
or Judges of the Criminal Court OF Baltimore
| CITY, before whom the matter shall be tired
and upon conviction of subsequent otense'
! shall be confined not more than SIX months IN
iail or fined not less than three hundred dollars
| or more than five hundred dollars. Any VIC
| ton of this Article by person convicted under
the then existing laws of this State OF practlc-
| ing dentistry without license or registration
shall be included in the term subsequent Of
Tense Every conviction of unlawful practice
subsequent to a first conviction Thereon shah
| he A conviction of a subsequent otfense.
. ehon no no States
| torney of the City of Baltimore or of the var
! sous counties of this State to prosecute any
resident of the City of Baltimore or OF the
| Counties of this State for a violation OF TINS
| law The Attorney General or one OF ms AS
sistants shall be the legal adviser of the Board
81 CONSTITUTIONAL CONSTRUCTIONS;
| The provisions of this Act are severable ana
| IL any of its provisions declared unconstltu-
| tional the decision so holding shall not pc
| construed as inpairing any other provision OIL
this Act II is hereby declared the legislative
| intent that this Act would have been adopted
had such unconstitutional provisions not oeeh
| included therein ~
% Nothing contained in this Article shai
prevent or be construed as in any way to nm
| der the prosecution, conviction or punishment
| of any person who may offend against any OF
the provisions of Chapter 564 of the Acts OF
| the General Assembly of Maryland of 1883.
| Sec. q And be it further enacted. That TINS
| Act shall take effect on June LIST, 1887.
Approved: May 10. 1887.
/ NOW, THEREFORE,, 1, HARRY W. NICE.
| GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF MARY
LAND, pursuant to the authority and direc-
! ton contained in Section GAY of Article 10
of the Constitution Of Maryland, do hereby
| o-Lou onJ ,lsroet that this Proclamation