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112 DENTAL LAWS CONDENSED.
and legally licensed practising dentists of this State for a period
of five years or more immediately preceding their appointment;
provided, however, that no person shall be eligible to appoint-
ment to said board who is in any way connected with or inter-
ested in any dental college or dental department of any institu-
tion of learning or dental supply business. The term for which
the members of said board shall hold office shall be five years,
provided the present members of the board in office at the time
of the passage of this Act shall continue in office until their
respective terms have expired and until their successors are
appointed and qualified. All vacancies in said board shall be
filled by the Governor from said list.
Officers, Meetings, Records, Etc.
Section 2. Said Board of Dental Examiners shall choose one
of its members president, and one secretary-treasurer, thereof,
at an annual meeting on the first Tuesday in June of each year.
Said board may meet oftener if necessary in the discretion of the
board at such places as it may deem proper, for the examination
of applicants who may desire to practise dentistry in this State,
and for the transaction of any other business that may come
Said board shall keep a record book in which shall be
before it.
registered the names, addresses and license numbers of all per-
sons legally entitled to practise dentistry in this State. A major-
ity of the members of said board shall at all times constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business, and the proceedings of
said board shall be recorded in a minute book open at all reason-
able times to public inspection. The secretary-treasurer shall
execute to the said board bond with approved security for the
faithful performance of his duties.
Licenses and Registration and How Granted.
Section 3. No person shall practise dentistry in this State or
attempt to do so after the passage of this Act without first apply-
ing for and obtaining a license for such purpose from the said
Kentucky State Board of Dental Examiners, and registering such
license as herein provided, and this provision applies to all per-
sons whether they have heretofore practised dentistry or not in
this State, except such persons as have been heretofore licensed
and registered. Application shall be made to the said board in
writing for license and shall in every instance be accompanied
by the examination fee of twenty dollars, which sum is author-
ized to be charged for each examination by said board. The
applicant must be of good moral character, at least twenty-one
years of age at the time of making the application, and the appli-
cation of each person seeking a license must be accompanied by
satisfactory evidence to said board that the applicant so applying