Chap. 552.—An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 1767 and 1774 of the
code of Virginia, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved January
28, 1890, entitled an act to amend and re-enact sections 1767 and 1774 of chapter
79, code of Virginia, relating to the practice of dentistry.

Approved March 2, 1894,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sec-
tions seventeen hundred and sixty-nine and seventeen hundred and
seventy-two of the code of Virginia, and also sections seventeen
hundred and sixty-seven and seventeen hundred and seventy-four of
said code, as amended and re-enacted by an act entitled an act to
amend and re-enact sections seventeen hundred and sixty-seven and
seventeen hundred and seventy-four of chapter seventy-nine, code
of Virginia, relating to the practice of dentistry, be amended and
re-enacted so as to read as follows:

$1767. Who may practice dentistry —From and after the passage
of this act it shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the prac-
tice of dentistry in the commonwealth of Virginia, or to assist in
the practice of dentistry, as either assistant or employee, or to re-
ceive license from any commissioner of revenue, unless such person
has graduated and received a diploma from the faculty of a reputa-
ble institution where this specialty is taught and chartered under
the authority of some one of the United States, recognized as of good
repute by the board of examiners, duly appointed under the pro-
Visions of section one thousand seven hundred and sixty-eight of
this chapter, and shall have obtained a certificate from said board of
examiners as provided in section one thousand seven hundred and sizty-
nine of said chapter: provided that persons who held license to prac-
tice dentistry in this commonwealth on the twenty-erghth day of
January, eighteen hundred and ninety, and have complied with the
requirements of section one thousand seven hundred and seventy-
four, shall be otherwise exempt from the provisions of this section:
and provided, further, that nothing contained in this section shall
prevent any authorized physician or surgeon, or other person, from
extracting teeth for any one suffering from toothache.

§ 1769. Their duties.—It shall be the duty of this board:

First. Meetings.—To meet annually at the time and place of meet-
ing of the Virginia state dental association, or at such other time and
place as the board shall agree upon, to conduct the examination of
applicants. They shall also meet for the same purpose at the call of
any four members of the board, at such time and place as may be de-
signated by said members. Thirty days’ noticeof the meetings shall
be given by advertising in at least two of the daily papers published
in the state.

Second. Examination of applicants, etc.—To grant a certificate of
ability to practice dentistry to all applicants who undergo a satisfac-
tory examination and receive at least four affirmative votes; which
certificate shall be signed by the members of the board, and be
stamped with a suitable seal (which they may adopt).

Third. Registry.—To keep a book in which shall be registered the
name and qualification (as far as practicable) of every person to
whom such certificate is granted.

Fourth. Temporary certificates—Any member of the board designated by
the president thereof may, upon presentation by any applicant of the evidence
of the necessary qualifications to practice dentistry under this chapter,
grant a temporary license to practice until the next meeting of the board,
and no longer: provided that no such temporary license shall be granted to
any person who has becn rejected on anexamination by the board. All such
temporary licenses shall be signed by the secretary of the board.

§ 1772. Penalties.—Any person who shall in violation of this
chapter practice dentistry in this state shall, on conviction thereof,
be fined not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars, and
shall not be entitled to any fee for services rendered; and if a fee
shall have been paid the patient may recover back the same. On the
trial of any person charged with violation of any of the provisions of this
chapter it shall be cncumbent on the defendant to show that he has authority,
under the law, to practice dentistry in this state in order to relieve himself
from the penalties herein prescribed. Any commissioner of the revenue who
shall, in violation of section seventeen hundred and sixty-seven, issue a
license to any person not authorized to practice dentistry by this chapter,
shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not less than twenty nor more than
fifty dollars, and no license issued by any commissioner in violation of this
chapter shall be valid.

§ 1774. Dentists required to register.—Every person practicing
dentistry in the commonwealth of Virginia at the time of the pas-
sage of this act shall register his name and post-office address, to-
gether 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 regis-
tered a certificate of registration, stamped with the seal-of the
board, but no fee shall be collected from persons so registering.
Every person holding a certificate of qualification or registration from the
board of examiners at the time of the passage of this act shall, within sirty
days therefrom, have his certificate recorded in the clerk’s office of the county
or corporation court of every county or‘city in which he proposes to prac-
tice, and af in the city of Richmond, in the office of the clerk of the chan-
cery court of said city. And every person who shall, after the passage of
sail act, obtuin such certificate from the board shall have said certificate
recorded in the same manner within sixty days after receiving the same,
and before receiving a license from any commissioner of the revenue. The
certificate shall be recorded in a book to be kept for the purpose and prop-
erly undexed. The clerk’s fee for recording such a certificate shall be fifty
cents.

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.