The Republican., 1938-09-01


of examinations and licenses by said Board /;
| providing for the issuance of new licenses
in place of those that are lost or destroyed
providing for fees upon taking of eXamina-
tiOns providing for the revocation and sus-
| pension of licenses prohibiting advertising
by dentists; providing appeals from the
! ruling of the Board; defining dentistry ere
ating certain exceptions to the Act; provid-
ing for penalties, and providing other mat
ters incidental to the general purpose of the
Act.
| Section l. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland. That Sections l TO l3,
inclusive, of Article 80 of the Code of Public
General Laws of Maryland, 1885 Supplement.
Flack's Edition. title Dentistry, be- and the
same are hereby, repealed; and that twenty
| three new sections, to be known as Sections
l, 2. 3, A, 5, 6, T. s, 8, 10, 10a,
II, u IL, IA, 10, l6, II, Is, 10, 90 Il and p,
be. and they are hereby, enacted in lieu and in
place thereof, said new sections to read as
| follows:
l. 1t shall be unlawful for any person to
engage in the practice of dentistry in the
| State of Maryland unless such person shall
have obtained license from the State Board
| of Dental Examiners of the State of Maryland
as hereinafter provided, except that the license
of any dentist existing at the time of the pas
! sage of this Act, shall continue in force unless
suspended revoked by the Board in the
manner hereinafter provided.
| All licenses issued by the Board shall be
| issued to individual persons, and it shall be
unlawful for any dentist to practice in this
| State under any name except his own true
| name. No license shall be issued to any cor
poration, association, partnership, parlor, or
any entity or association of any kind or char
acter. 1t shall be unlawful for any individual
or group of individuals to practice dentistry
| in this State as corporation or under cor
porate name; or under partnership
name; as association or under an
| association name; as a parlor or under any
parlor name, entity or under the name
of any entity of any kind or character.
2. There shall be a State Board of Dental
Examiners hereinafter called the Board, whose
duty it shall be to carry out the purposes and
enforce the provisions of this Article. Said
Board shall consist of six registered and prac-
| tcing dentists of recognized ability and honor,
residents of the State of Maryland, each of
whom shall have been in active practice in
| the State for at least five years Immediately
preceding his appointment. No member of the
! faculty teaching staff of any university or
/ college in the State of Maryland which offers
undergraduate courses in dentistry shall be eli
gible for appointment. The members of the
! Board as at present constituted shall hold Of
flee for the residue of the respective terms
| for which they have been appointed. On the ex-
| piration of the term or terms for which any
one or more of the members of the present
Board may have been appointed, in pursuance
| of this Article, the Governor shall appoint a
successor or successors from list of dentists
| duly qualified as hereinbefore prescribed of
double the number of vacancies to be filled,
proposed and submitted to him by the Mary
! land State Dental Association, and chosen by
a majority vote of the members of said assocla-
| ton present at a meeting of said association
called for that purpose, of which meeting at
| least two weeks notice. stating the time, place
and purpose thereof. shall be mailed by the
Secretary to the members of said association
at their respective addresses appearing in the
records thereof. The term for which the mem
bers of said Board shall be appointed as afore-
said shall be six years, and until their success
sors shall have been appointed and qualified.
! No member who has served two full consecu-
tive terms shall be eligible to succeed himself.
! In case of a vacancy occurring in said Board
by reason of the death of any member, or of
his incapacity, neglect or refusal to act, or In
any other way. the Governor SHALL from a
list of duly qualified dentists of double the
number of vacancies to be filled, chosen, sub
mitted and proposed to him as hereinbefore
provided, appoint a successor or successors OF
said member members, who shall hold office
| for the remainderof the unexpired termor terms
of said member members Anymember of said
Beard, who, without adequate reason shall be
absent from two successive meetings thereof
| shall cease to be a member thereof, and the
Governor shall have the power to remove from
office, at any time, any member of the Board
for continued neglect of duty required by this
Act or for incompetency, unprOfeSSlonal or
dishonorable conduct.
! 8. Said Board shall choose one of its mem
bers president. and one secretary thereof,
whose duties shall be those usually appertain-
! ing to their respective offices, and shall adopt
such rules, regulations bylaws as may be
necessary or expedient to assist it in its organ
ization under this Article. The Secretary shall
|
money, minutes, records proceedings and the
| seal of said Board. Said Board shall hold reg
ular meetings in the months of June and Mo-
vember of every year, and special meetings as
| it may deem necessary, upon call of the pres
ident or secretary thereof and upon due no.
tce. Meetings may be held at any time and
| place and without notice, by the unanimous
| consent evidenced either by writing or by
| the presence of any member whose consent is
! necessary.
| 4. The Board shall give examination
! twice each year at a suitable place in Mary
| land to be decided by the Board. to all per-
dentistry in this State. This examination shall
| be at such time, place, under such conditions
and of such kind or character the Board in
| its sole discretion may determine.
| 5. (a) Any person of good moral charac-
! ter twenty-one years of age, who has
| been graduated and admitted to the degree of
Doctor of Dental Surgery. Doctor of Dental
| Medicine, or other equivalent degree by any
university or college duly incorporated and
| authorized to grant said degree by the laws
! of the United States any of its territories,
districts possessions, or by the laws of any
| State of the United States the laws of
any province of the Dominion of Canada and
recognized by the Board requiring adequate
pre-professional collegiate training and as
maintaining an acceptable course of dental
| instruction, may make application in writing
to said Board to be examined by it with ref
erence to his her qualifications to practice
dentistry. and upon his or her passing an ex-
animation satisfactory TO SAID Board, whlch eX-
animation shall be in writing so far said
Board shall deem practicable. the Board shall
cause the name and residence of such person
| to be registered in book kept by it for that
purpose, and shall issue to such person GER
tifcate of registration, as evidence of his or
her eligibility to practice dentistry, signed by
the officers of the Board and sealed with its
official seal, which certificate shall also state
] the name of the person to whom issued, and
the date of such issuance.
| m The Roard NAV in discretion regis
ter without examination, in whole in part,
and issue certificate to any person who has
been graduated and admitted to the degree of
Doctor of Dental Surgery or equivalent de-
gree by any university college incorporated
and authorized TO grant such degree by the
laws of the United States any of its terri
tories, districts possessions, or by the laws
of any State of the United States or by the
laws of any province of the Dominion of
Canada and who has been duly registered and
| licensed to practice dentistry by a Board OF
Dental Examiners created and existing under
the laws of the United States, any of its
| territories, districts or possessions. under
the laws of any State of the United States, or
who may have absolved any part of the, re-
quirements of examination under the author
| iK of a recognized Board generally accepted
as reputable agent of the profession.
J (c) Students of dentistry at recognized
! college of dentistry who have completed the
regularly prescribed pre-clinical instruction in
dental schools recognized by the Board, and
who may be certified by the dean of the col
| lege at which they in attendance as hav-
, ing satisfactorily completed certain subjects
included in the examination given by the Board
may on application be admitted by said Board