1204 ARTICLE 32.

ARTICLE 32.

DENTISTRY.

1. Unlawful to practice without certificate. 2. Dental examiners, appointment and powers. 3. President and secretary of said board. Meetings. Report. 4. Examination of applicants. 5. Examination fees. 6. Salary and expenses. 7. Transcript from book of registration to be evidence.

8. Certificates may be cancelled; when. 9. Who shall be regarded as practicing dentistry. 10. Penalties for violating provisions of this article. 11. Rights of physicians and surgeons not to be interfered with by provisions of this article. 12. Exempt from jury service. 13. Prosecution of past offenses.

An. Code, sec. 1. 1904, sec. 1. 1888, sec. 1. 1884, ch. 150. 1886, ch. 372. 1896, ch. 378, sec. 1

1920, ch. 481, sec. 1.

1. It shall be unlawful for any person to practice dentistry in this State
within the meaning of the penalties of this Article, and as defined in Sec-
tion 9 thereof, unless such person shall previously have been registered and
obtained a certificate of registration as hereinafter provided, and unless
such person shall exhibit on the door or front of the building wherein he
shall practice or attempt to practice dentistry, a sign on which shall be the
name of such person, provided that any person practicing or attempting
to practice dentistry, in any building containing more than ten offices,
may exhibit such sign on the door of his office instead of on the door or
front of such building.

See notes to secs. 4 and 11.

An. Code, sec. 2. 1904, sec. 2. 1888, sec. 2. 1884, ch. 150, sec. 2. 1896, ch. 378, sec. 2.

1920, ch. 481, sec. 2.

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 practicing dentists of recognized ability and honor, residents
of the State of Maryland, who have held the degree of Doctor of Dental
Surgery for at least five years. The members of the Board as at present con-
stituted shall hold office for the residue of the respective terms for which they
have been appointed. On the expiration of the term or terms for which any
one or more of the members of the present Board may have been appointed,
and on the expiration of the term or terms for which any one or more of
the members of the present Board shall have been appointed in pursuance
of this Article, the Governor shall appoint a successor or successors from a
list of dentists duly qualified as hereinbefore prescribed of double the