HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived
without substantive change from Art. 32, § 2,
except the first sentence of that section, § 2A
except the last clause of the first sentence
and the entire second sentence of that section —
and § 2B(b), (d), and (e).

In subsection (a)(2) of this section, the
references to dentist and dental hygienist
members being "licensed" are substituted for the
present references to being "registered", in
light of the definitions of "licensed dental
hygienist" and "licensed dentist" in § 4-101 of
this title.

In subsections (c) and (d) of this section, the
references to a "general" license are new
language added to conform to practice and to give
effect to the apparent legislative intent that
only a holder of a general license to practice
dentistry or a general license to practice dental
hygiene is eligible to serve as a practitioner
member of the Board.

Subsection (g) of this section is standard
language added to this and, where necessary,
corresponding sections of other titles of this
article to state the duty of an individual
appointed to any office of profit or trust to
take the oath specified in Article I, § 9 of the
State Constitution.

Subsection (h)(2) of this section is new language
added for clarity and to conform to other titles
in this article. The terms of one third of the
dentist members of the Board expire in each
odd-numbered year.

For circumstances under which subsection (h)(4)
of this section applies, see the General
Revisor's Note to this article.

In subsection (i) of this section, the provisions
in present Art. 32, §§2 and 2A that a member of
the Board who is absent from two successive
meetings without adequate reason "shall cease to
be a member" is revised to state that the
Governor shall remove a member who the Governor
finds to have been absent from two successive
meetings without adequate reason. The revised
language expressly sets out the process by which
the present language is given effect, and, by
doing so, avoids creating the erroneous
impression that a member can be removed without
action by the Governor. See also Art. 41, § 4 of
the Code, which provides for the removal of a