The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-09-29
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his defense to the same, unless for sufficient
cause the Board may assign another day for
the purpose. If 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, or refuses to answer the charges
or upon a 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 ad-
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 over 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 or
testify before said Board, or to answer any per-
tnent, relative or 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
a 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 or County commanding said
Sheriff to attach said person and forthwith
bring him before the Court. On the return Of
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 himself of the contempt in the same
way, and the same proceedings shall be had,
and the same penalties may be imposed and
the punishment may be inflicted as in
the case of witness subpoenaed to appear
and give evidence in the trial of civil cause.
The Board shall have the power in its discre-
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.
13. All signs prohibited by this Act shall be
removed within three months after the pas
sage of this Act. Any person or persons who
shall prohibit, neglect, fail refuse to remove
any sign prohibited by this Act is guilty of
violation of this Act and subject to the penal
ties thereof.
ID. Each person holding a 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 name and title degree of such
person, the letters of which shall not exceed
three inches square Any person practcing
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 this
Act, (a) who is manager, proprietor con-
ductor of, or an operator in, any place in which
any dental service or any dental operation is
performed within the mouth of any person;
or (b) who for fee, salary, or other remuner-
alton reward, paid or to be paid to himself
or to another, or gratuitously or otherwise per-
forms any such service operation; or tc)
who diagnoses or treats, or attempts to dag
treat, any disease. lesion, melocclu-
sion, malpostion of tooth, gum or jaw in
any person, mechanically, incidentally, by use
of x-ray, or otherwise; tdD who attempts
to perform in the mouth of any person any
operation incident to the repair or replacement
of a tooth teeth; or (e) who publicly pri-
vately applies to himself the title Dentist" or
Dental Surgeon" uses the letters DDS.
or D.M.D., or any other titles or letters in
connection with his name which, in any way,
represent him as being competent ready to
perform any dental service any dental OPP
Grafton in any human mouth. This subsection
shall have no application to any person who is
the holder OF dental degree who does not,
either directly or indirectly. practice, or at
tempt to practice dentistry as hcreinbefore set
forth in this Section Is.
16. Nothing in this Act shall apply TO a
bona fide student of dentistry in the clinic
rooms of a reputable dental college TO a le-
gally qualified physician or surgeon unless he
practices dentistry as specially; to 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 a
clinical demonstration before a dental society,
dental convention, association of dentists, or
dental college, or in performing professional
duties in connection with a specific case on
which he may have been called to the State of
TO public school clinics. to state institutions,
to eleemosynary institutions, or to business corr
pOrations which may maintain clinics for pu-
pills, inmates employees only which shall
employ only legally qualified dentists No such
public school clinic, State institution, eleemosy-
nary institution, or business corporation shall
advertise in any manner or by any method,
either directly or indirectly, anything relative
to the practice of dentistry. Such institutions
are prohibited not only from Advertising in vio-
lation of this act but prohibited from adver-
Using in any manner anything relative to the
Nothing in this Article shall pro-
hibt the Dental Division of the State Depart
ment of Health, or the Director of the Public
School Clinics Of the City Health Department
from broadcasting educational programs over
the radio.
IT, All persons now authorized to practice
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 their
profession.
49, The Board shall always be designated
as the State Board of Dental Examiners, and
under this name it shall have the right to sue
or be sued in the Courts of this State
10. Any person who shall practice or at
tempt to practice dentistry within the State Of
Maryland, without having a license herein
before provided or during the period of suspen-
sion or revocation of such license previously
granted shall be deemed guilty of misdemea-
nor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined
not less than fifty dollars than three
hundred dollars, be confined not more than
six months in jail, in the discretion of the
Judge or Judges of the Circuit Court of the
respective counties of this State, or the Judge
or Judges of the Criminal Court of Baltimore
City, before whom the matter shall be tried;
and upon conviction of a subsequent offense,
shall be confined not more than six months in
Jail or fined not less than three hundred dollars
or more than five hundred dollars. Any vio-
ton of this Article by a person convicted under
the then. existing laws of this State Of practic-
ing dentistry without a license or registration
shall be included in the term subsequent Of
Tense. Every conviction of unlawful practice
subsequent TO a first conviction thereof shall
be conviction of a subsequent offense.
20. IL shall be the duty of the States At
torney of the City of Baltimore of the var
ious counties of this State to prosecute any
resident of the City of Baltimore of the
Counties of this State for violation of this
law. The Attorney General or one of his As
sistants shall be the legal adviser of the Board.
21. CONSTITUTIONAL CONSTRUCTION.
The provisions of this Act are severabe, and
il any of its provisions declared uncOnstitu-
tional the decision so holding shall not be
construed az mpairing any other provision or
this Act II is hereby declared as the legislative
intent that this Act would have been adopted
bad such unconstitutional provisions not been
included therein
% Nothing contained in this Article shall
prevent or be construed as in any way to him
der the prosecution, conviction 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 1888
Sec q And be it further enacted That this
Act shall take effect on June LIST, 1887.