HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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BY renumbering

Article - Health Occupations
Section 4-204(b), (c), and (d) to be
Section 4-204(a), (b), and (c)

(As enacted by Chapter (H.B. 1) of the Acts

of the General Assembly of 1981)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland

(as enacted by Chapter ____ (H.B. 1) of the Acts of the

General Assembly of 1981) be repealed, amended, or enacted
to read as follows:

Article - Health Occupations

4-305.

(a)  An applicant who otherwise qualifies for a general
license to practice dentistry or a general license to
practice dental hygiene is entitled to be examined as
provided in this section.

(b)  The Board shall give examinations to applicants
twice a year, at the times and places that the Board
determines.

(c)  The Board shall notify each qualified applicant of
the time and place of examination.

(d) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this
subsection, the Board shall determine the subjects, scope,
form, and passing score for examinations given under this
title.

(2) To the extent the Board finds practicable,
the examination given to applicants for a general license to
practice dentistry shall be in writing.

(e)  Unless authorized by the Board, the consumer
members of the Board may not participate in any activity
ACTIVITY related to examinations under this Title.

(F) UNLESS AUTHORIZED BY THE BOARD, A DENTAL HYGIENIST
MEMBER OF THE BOARD MAY NOT PARTICIPATE IN ANY ACTIVITY
RELATING TO THE EXAMINATION OF DENTISTS UNDER THIS TITLE.

4-204.

[(a) The dental hygienist member of the Board may vote
only on matters that directly affect dental hygienists.]

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section(s)
4-204 (b), (c), and (d), respectively, of Article - Health