1382 ARTICLE 32

1937, ch. 306, sec. 18.

19. The Board shall always be designated as the "State Board of Den-
tal Examiners", and under this name it shall have the right to sue or be
sued in the Courts of this State.

1937, ch. 306, sec. 19.

20. Any person who shall practice, or attempt to practice dentistry
within the State of Maryland, without having a license as hereinbefore
provided or during the period of suspension or revocation of such license
previously granted shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon con-
viction thereof shall be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than three
hundred dollars, or 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 convic-
tion 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 hun-
dred dollars. Any violation of this Article by a person convicted under the
then existing laws of this State of practicing dentistry without a license
or registration shall be included in the term subsequent offense. Every
conviction of unlawful practice subsequent to a first conviction thereof shall
be a conviction of a subsequent offense.

1937, ch. 306, sec. 20.

21. It shall be the duty of the State's Attorney of the City of Balti-
more or of the various counties of this State to prosecute any resident of the
City of Baltimore or of the counties of this State for a violation of this
law. The Attorney General or one of his Assistants shall be the legal ad-
viser of the Board.

1937, ch. 306, sec. 21.

22. (Constitutional Construction.) The provisions of this Article are
severable, and if any of its provisions are declared unconstitutional, the
decision so holding shall not be construed as impairing any other provision
of this Article. It is hereby declared as the legislative intent that this
Article would have been adopted had such unconstitutional provisions not
been included therein.

1937, ch. 306, sec. 22.

23. Nothing contained in this Article shall prevent, or be construed
as in any way to hinder the prosecution, conviction or 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 1933.

1939, ch. 405.

24. Any dental laboratory, person, corporation, entity, partnership,
or group of persons, who shall solicit or advertise by mail, card, news-
paper, pamphlet, radio or otherwise, to the general public, to construct,
produce or repair prosthetic dentures, bridges, plates, appliances, or other
appliances, to be used or worn as substitutes for natural teeth, or regula-
tion of natural teeth, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof, shall be fined not less than $50 nor more than $300 or be con-
fined not less than fifteen (15) days in jail.