An Act to amend the Healing Arts Practice Act, District of Columbia, 1928, as amended, and the act for the regulation of the practice of dentistry in the District of Columbia, and for the protection of the people from empiricism in relation thereto, approved June 6, 1892, as amended, to exempt from licensing thereunder physicians and dentists employed by the District of Columbia
PL 90-115 (H.R.3973), enacted 10/24/1967

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PUBLIC LAW 90-115-OCT. 24, 1967 
[81 STAT. 
October 24, 1967 
[H. R. 3973] 
Public Law 90-115 
AN ACT 
To amend the Healing Arts Practice Act, District of Columbia, 1928, and the Act 
of June 6, 1892, relating to the licensing of dentists in the District of Columbia, 
to exempt from the licensing requirements of such Acts physicians and dentists 
while performing services in the employ of the District of Columbia. 
D.C. physicians, 
Licensing ex-
emptions. 
45 Stat. 1339. 
Dentists. 
54 Stat. 717; 
73 Stat. 222. 
Special 
licenses. 
"Qualified ap-
plicant." 
D.C. Code 2-311 
to 2-314. 
32 F.R. 11671. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 42 of 
the Healing Arts Practice Act, District of Columbia, 1928 (D.C. Code, 
sec. 2-133), is amended by striking out ": Provided^ That all" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "; nor (d) to any practitioner in the discharge 
of his official duties as an employee of the government of the District 
of Columbia if such practitioner— 
"(1) is not less than twenty-one years of age and is of good 
moral character, 
"(2) has studied the healing art through not less than four 
graded courses of not less than nine months each in a professional 
school or schools approved by the Commissioners, 
"(3) has had not less than one year of training in a hospital 
approved by the Commissioners, and 
"(4) is duly licensed to practice his calling in a State or other 
jurisdiction forming a part of the United States. 
All". 
SEC. 2. The Act entitled "An Act for the regulation of the practice 
of dentistry in the District of Columbia, and for the protection of the 
people from empiricism in relation thereto", approved June 6, 1892, 
is amended— 
(1) by inserting in section 8 (D.C. Code, sec. 2-308) " ( a ) " 
immediately after "SEC. 8."; 
(2) by striking out in section 9 (D.C. Code, sec. 2-309) "SEC. 9." 
and inserting in lieu thereof "(b)"; and 
(3) by inserting immediately after section 8 the following new 
section: 
"SEC. 9. (a)(1) The Commissioners may issue to qualified appli-
cants a special license to practice dentistrjr in the District of Columbia 
under such limitations as the Commissioners shall set forth in the 
license. 
"(2) For purposes of paragraph (1) of this subsection, the term 
'qualified applicant' means a person— 
"(A) who holds a license to practice dentistry in a State or 
other jurisdiction forming a part of the United States which 
license has been lawfully issued; 
"(B) who has not had any license to practice dentistry revoked 
or suspended in any jurisdiction; 
"(C) w^ho is a graduate of a reputable dental college, approved 
by the Commissioners; and 
"(D) who has successfully completed any practical or theo-
retical examination which the Commissioners may require. 
" (b) The provisions of the following sections of this Act shall apply 
with respect to a license issued under this section: section 11 (relating 
to revocation or suspension of license), section 12 (relating to proce-
dure in suspending or revoking license), section 13 (relating to fees), 
and section 14 (annual registration of dentists)." 
SEC. 3. Eifective on the effective date of this Act or on the effective 
date of part IV of Reorganization Plan Numbered 3 of 1967, which-
ever is later, the functions vested in the Commissioners by this Act 
shall be deemed to be vested in the Commissioner appointed pursuant 
to part I I I of such plan. 
Approved October 24, 1967.