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license is lost or destroyed, and the circumstances under which such loss or
destruction occurred, and upon receipt of such satisfactory application and
affidavit, the secretary shall issue to said applicant a duplicate license, for
which there shall be paid a fee of five dollars.

1937, ch. 306, sec. 7.

7. A fee of twenty dollars shall be paid to the secretary of the Board
at the time of application by each applicant for examination, or registra-
tion, or both, as often as he or she shall apply for same; provided that pay-
ment of said fee of twenty dollars by an applicant who may apply for
examination upon certain subjects as provided in Section 5, Article 3,
hereof shall entitle him or her to take the examination upon the remainder
of the prescribed subjects, no part of said fee to be refunded under any
circumstances.

1937, ch. 306, sec. 8.

8. The fees collected by the Board shall be used to defray the cost
of executing and enforcing the provisions of this Article, including a
salary to the secretary as fixed by the Board and a per diem to each mem-
ber of the Board of twenty-five dollars for every day he is actually em-
ployed in the discharge of his official duties, necessary expenses of the
secretary and members in the performance of their duties, and such other
expenses as the Board shall deem necessary in carrying out the purposes of
this Article. The secretary shall receive and disburse all moneys of the
Board, and shall account for the same to the State Comptroller in the
month of December in each and every year; and should the amount in his
hands as of December first in any year, after deducting all expenses paid
or incurred, exceed five hundred dollars, the excess shall be paid over to
the State Board of Health.

1937, ch. 306, sec. 9.

9. Transcripts from the aforesaid book of registration certified by the
secretary, sealed with its seal, and all certificates issued in pursuance of
the terms of this Article, shall be evidence of the acts and proceedings
of the Board in any court of this State.

1937, ch. 306, sec. 10.

10. Following a hearing, as hereafter provided, the Board may re-
voke or suspend for such period as the Board in its sole discretion may
determine, the license of any dentist practicing in this State upon a find-
ing by the Board that the dentist whose license was revoked or suspended:

(1) was convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude, in which case
a certified copy of the docket entries by the Clerk of the Court wherein
the final judgment was entered shall be conclusive evidence of the same;

(2) has presented to the Board a false diploma, license or certificate,
or one obtained by false or illegal means;

(3) is by reason of persistent inebriety or addiction to drugs incompe-
tent to continue in the practice of dentistry;

(4) is by reason of insanity or contagious disease an improper person
to continue in the practice of dentistry;
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