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Renewal Certificates of License.
Section 9. On or before the 31st day of December each year,
every dentist legally bcensed to practise dentistry in this State
shall transmit to the secretary of the said Board of Dental Exam-
iners his signature and address, together with the fee of one
dollar, and the number of his or her registration certificate, and
receive therefor a renewal license certificate. Any license granted
by said board shall be cancelled and annulled if tlie holder thereof
sils to secure the renewal certificate herein provided for within
a period of three months after December 31st, of each year, pro-
vided any license thus cancelled may be restored by the board
upon the payment of a fee of five dollars if paid within one year
after such cancellation.
Penalty for Fund in Obtaining Certificate of Registration.
Section 10. Any person filing or attempting to file as his
own the diploma or license of another, or a forged affidavit of iden-
tification or qualification, shall be deemed guilty of a felony and be
punishable, upon conviction by imprisonment in the penitentiary of
not less than one nor more than five years.
Dentistry Defined.
Section 11. Any person shall be regarded as practicing den-
tistry, within the meaning of this Act, who shall diagnose or
profess to diagnose, or treat or profess to treat, any of the diseases
or lesions of the oral cavity, teeth, gums, maxillary bones, or
extract teeth, or shall prepare or fill cavities in the human teeth,
correct malposition of teeth or jaws, or supply artificial teeth as
substitutes for natural teeth, or administer anaesthetics, general or
local, or any other practice included in the curricula of recognized
dental colleges. Provided. That nothing in this Act shall be so
construed as to prevent regularly licensed physicians and surgeons
from extracting teeth or treating any diseases coming within the
province of the practice of medicine.
Exemption From Jury Service.
Section 12. All dentists of this State shall be exempt from
service as jurors in any of the courts of this State.
Signatures, Seal, Etc., on License.
Section 13. All licenses issued by said board shall bear a
serial number, the full name of the applicant, the date of the issue,
the seal of the board, and be signed by a majority of the members
and attested by its president and secretary.
Unlawful to Practice Under Name of a Company.
Section 14. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to
practise or ofifer to practise dentistry or dental surer\' under the
name of any company, association, or corporation, except those