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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch.8

4-201. BOARD ESTABLISHED.

THERE IS A STATE BOARD OF DENTAL EXAMINERS IN THE
DEPARTMENT.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as the
first sentence of Art. 32, § 2.

It is set forth as a separate section for
emphasis.

The language in the first sentence of present
Art. 32, § 2 that states that the Board "shall
carry out the purposes and enforce the
provisions" of this title is deleted as
unnecessary.

The only other changes are in style.

4-202. MEMBERSHIP.

(A)  COMPOSITION.

(1)  THE BOARD CONSISTS OF 12 MEMBERS.

(2)  OF THE 12 BOARD MEMBERS:

(I)  9 SHALL BE LICENSED DENTISTS;

(II)  1 SHALL BE A LICENSED DENTAL
HYGIENIST; AND

(III)  2 SHALL BE CONSUMER MEMBERS.

(3)  THE GOVERNOR SHALL APPOINT THE DENTIST BOARD
MEMBERS, WITH THE ADVICE OF THE SECRETARY, FROM A LIST OF
NAMES SUBMITTED TO THE GOVERNOR JOINTLY BY THE MARYLAND
STATE DENTAL ASSOCIATION AND THE MARYLAND DENTAL SOCIETY.
THE NUMBER OF NAMES ON THE LIST SHALL BE TWO TIMES THE
NUMBER OF VACANCIES.

(4)  THE GOVERNOR SHALL APPOINT THE DENTAL
HYGIENIST BOARD MEMBER, WITH THE ADVICE OF THE SECRETARY,
FROM A LIST OF NAMES SUBMITTED TO THE GOVERNOR BY THE
MARYLAND DENTAL HYGIENISTS' ASSOCIATION. THERE SHALL BE AT
LEAST THREE NAMES ON THE LIST.

(5)  THE GOVERNOR SHALL APPOINT THE CONSUMER
MEMBERS WITH THE ADVICE OF THE SECRETARY AND THE ADVICE AND
CONSENT OF THE SENATE.

(B)  PREPARING LISTS OF NOMINEES.

(1) AT A JOINT MEETING OF THE MARYLAND STATE
DENTAL ASSOCIATION AND THE MARYLAND DENTAL SOCIETY CALLED TO
CHOOSE NOMINEES FOR A DENTIST VACANCY ON THE BOARD, A
MAJORITY OF THE COMBINED MEMBERSHIP PRESENT AT THE MEETING