CHAP. 512.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4 of an act entitled
an act to define Hen stays to regulate the practice of the same, and
to provide penalties for the violation of the provisions of this act, and
to repeal an act entitled an act to define dentistry, to regulate the
practice of same, and to provide penalties for the violation of this
act, approved March 14, 1910, as amended by an act approved March
27, 1914. (S. B. 153.)

Approved March 23, 1916.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
section four of an act entitled an act to define dentistry, to regu-
late the practice of the same, and to provide penalties for the
violation of the provisions of this act, and to repeal an act en-
titled an act to define dentistry, to regulate the practice of same,
and to provide penalties for the violation of this act, approved
March fourteenth, nineteen hundred and ten, as amended by an
act approved March twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and four-
teen, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Sec. 4. Examinations for licenses.—No person, unless pre-
viously licensed or registered to practice dentistry in this State
at the time this act shall become operative, shall begin the
practice of dentistry, or any branch thereof, without first ap-
plying for and obtaining a license for such purpose from the
Virginia State board of dental examiners.

Applications shall be made to the said board in writing, and
shall be accompanied by the examination fee of ten dollars ($10).

The appl cant must be of good moral character and twenty-
one vears of age, or over, at the time of making the application.
Application from a candidate who desires to procure a license
from said board to practice dentistry in this State shall be ac-
companied by satisfactory proof that the applicant so apvlying
for license is a graduate of, and has a diploma from, the faculty
of a reputable dental college, school or dental department of a
reputable university or college, or has been engaged in the actual
legal and ethical practice of dentistry in some other State or
country for five consecutive years just prior to application.
Examinations may be made orally or in writing, in whole or in
part, at the discretion of the board, and shall be of such char-
acter as to test the qualifications of the applicant to practice

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dentistry. The said board shall, within thirty days from the
beginning of the examination, notify each applicant of the action
of the board on his examination. The board may, at its discre-
tion, arrange for reciproc.ty with the authorities of other States
and territories having requirements equal to those established
by this act, provided, the candidate who desires to procure a
license from said board to praciice dentistry in this State has
been engaged in the actual and ethical practice of dentistry in
such oth2r State or territory for five consecutive years just
prior to his arpl ‘cation, certificates may be granted applicants
to practice under such reciprocity on payment of a fee of ten
dollars ($10) to the secretary of the board.