CHAP. 27.—An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 1767 and 1774
of chapter 79, code of Virginia of 1887, relating to the practice of
entistry.

Approved January 28, 1890.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That sections one thousand and seven hundred and six-
ty-seven and one thousand seven hundred and seventy-
four of chapter seventy-nine of the code of Virginia of
eighteen hundred and eighty-seven be amended and
re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 1767. That from and after the passage of this act it
shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the practice
of dentistry in the commonwealth of Virginia, or to assist
in the practice of dentistry as either assistant or employee,
or to receive license from any commissioner of revenue,
unless such person has graduated and received a diploma
from the faculty of a reputable institution where this
specialty is taught, and chartered under the authority of
some one of the United States, or a foreign government,
acknowledged as such, and shall have obtained a certifi-
cate from the board of examiners duly appointed under
the provisions of section one thousand seven hundred and
sixty-eight of code of eighteen hundred and eighty-seven,
to issue such certificates: provided, that persons who shall
be engaged in the practice of dentistry in the common-
wealth of Virginia on the first day of January, eighteen
hundred and ninety, and who shall comply with the
requirements of sections one thousand and seven hundred
and seventy-four of this act, shall be otherwise exempt
from the provisions of this section; and provided further,
that nothing contained in this section shall prevent a
student who is pursuing a regular course of instruction
from assisting a person in the practice of dentistry quali-
fied as herein provided, or shall prevent any authorized
physician or surgeon from extrcating teeth for any one
suffering from toothache.

1774. That every person practicing dentistry in the
commonwealth of Virginia at the time of the passage of
this act shall register his name and post-office address,
together with the name of the college from which he is a
graduate, or the length of time he has been practicing in
this commonwealth, with the board of examiners before
renewing his license, and it shall be the duty of the board
to issue to each person so registering a certificate of regis-
tration stamped with the seal of the board, but no fee
shall be collected by the board from persons so register-
ing. °
12. This act shall be in force from its passage.