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to consider adopting a more consistent approach
to the penalty provisions of this subtitle.

The Commission to Revise the Annotated Code also
calls to the attention of the General Assembly
that the penalty schemes in subsections (a) and
(c) of this section provide for fine or
imprisonment, but not both.

SUBTITLE 7. SHORT TITLE; TERMINATION OF TITLE.

4-701. SHORT TITLE.

THIS TITLE MAY BE CITED AS THE "MARYLAND DENTISTRY
ACT" .

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language added to
conform to similar provisions in other titles of
this article and to provide a convenient
reference to this title.

4-702. TERMINATION OF TITLE.

SUBJECT TO THE EVALUATION AND REESTABLISHMENT
PROVISIONS OF THE REGULATORY PROGRAMS EVALUATION ACT OF
1978, THIS TITLE AND ALL RULES AND REGULATIONS ADOPTED UNDER
THIS TITLE SHALL TERMINATE AND BE OF NO EFFECT AFTER JULY 1,
1983.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived
without substantive change from Art. 32, § 25C.

Present Art. 32, § 25C appears on its face to
provide that only present Art. 32, §§ 1 through
25B will be of no effect after a particular date,
thus leaving §§26 through 35 of that article in
full force. However, as a practical matter, if
present Art. 32, §§1 through 25B were repealed,
the remaining sections would be unable to stand
on their own — e.g., a licensed dental hygienist
must be supervised by a licensed dentist, and
there would be no licensed dentists. To avoid
this potential source of confusion, the
Commission to Revise the Annotated Code has
revised this section to state expressly what the
present law actually does, but states only
implicitly — that this entire title and any rule
or regulation adopted under it terminates on a
particular date, subject to action under the
Regulatory Programs Evaluation Act of 1978.

As to the Regulatory Programs Evaluation Act of
1978, see Art. 41, § 484 et seq. of the Code.

GENERAL REVISOR'S NOTE: