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MARVIN MANDEL, Governor
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BY repealing and re—enacting, with amendments,
Article 32 — Dentistry
Section 2A
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1971 Replacement Volume and 1974 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 2A of Article 32 - Dentistry, of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1971 Replacement Volume
and 1974 Supplement) be and it is hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:
Article 32 — Dentistry
2A.
In addition to the dentist members of the Board
there shall be a dental hygienist member who may vote
only on matters directly affecting dental hygienists. In
those matters his vote shall count as fully as the vote
of dentist members. The dental hygienist member shall be
a registered and practicing hygienist, a resident of the
State of Maryland, and shall have been in an active
practice in the State for at least three years
immediately preceding his appointment. No member of the
faculty or teaching staff [or] OF any university or
college in the State of Maryland which offers
undergraduate courses in dental hygiene shall be eligible
for appointment. The Governor, with the advice of the
Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene, shall appoint the
dental hygienist member from a list of three duly
qualified hygienists to be filled, proposed and submitted
to him by the Maryland Dental Hygienists' Association,
and chosen by a majority vote of the members of the
association present at a meeting of the association
called for that purpose, of which meeting at least two
weeks' notice, stating the time, place and purpose, shall
be mailed by the Secretary to the members of the
association at their respective addresses appearing in
the records. The term for which the dental hygienist
member of the Board is appointed shall be four years, and
until his successor shall have been appointed and
qualified. No member who has served two full consecutive
terms may be eligible to succeed himself. In case of a
vacancy occurring in the dental hygienist position by
reason of death, or incapacity, neglect or refusal to
act, expiration of term, or in any other way, the
Governor, with the advice of the Secretary of Health and
Mental Hygiene, shall, from a list of three duly
qualified hygienists to be filled, chosen, submitted and
proposed to him as provided, appoint a successor to the
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