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Kingdom shall entitle the holders thereof to claim registration
as dentists nnder Section i8 of the Medical IMiarmacy Act, 1891.
2.—In reference to the foregoing, any person claiming to be
licenseil and registered as a dentist nnder tlie Medical and Phar-
macy Act, 1891, on the gronnds that he was in practice before July
22, 1878, will be required to i)roduce the certificate of the General
Medical Council aforesaid to that eflfect, and if his name be not
uj)on the last published Dentists' Register, he will be required to
account for it satisfactorily to the Council.
3.—The holder of any diploma of Licentiate Dental Surgery,
granted by any of the Medical authorities of the United Kingdom,
empowered so to do by the Dentists' Act, 1878, shall not neces-
sarily also produce the certificate of the General Medical Council,
(which) reserves the right of applying to the secretary of the
body, granting such diploma, for information as to whether the
name of the possessor is still upon the register or record of the
body of which such person holds the license.
4.—An applicant may be called upon to appear before the
Colonial Medical Council to prove his identity or to give evidence
as to his good character.
5.—The secretary shall from time to time, write and forward
(duly registered) a letter to any registered person, addressed to
him according to his address upon the register to inquire if he has
ceased to practise or has changed his address, and if no answer
be received within six months, his name shall be erased from the
register.
6.—Any qualification, registerable in accordance with Rule
I acquired subsequently to first registration, shall be registered
upon payment of a fee of five shillings.
7.—All matters, referring to dentistry that may come before
the Colonial Medical Council, shall, where practicable, be re-
ferred to the dental number of the Council for his advice.
8.—All dental diplomas registerable in the Colony, shall be
required to cover a minimum curriculum of four years, i. e., (a)
two consecutive years' attendance at recognized medical and den-
tal hospitals and schools, with (b) proof of having been engaged
during a period of not less than three years in acquiring a prac-
tical familiarity with the details of mechanical dentistry under the
instruction of a competent practitioner, provided that one year
of such instruction may be taken concurrently with the attend-
ance on hospital practice and lectures. Provided also that in the
case of qualified medical practitioners, two instead of three years
shall be sufificient.
In all cases a satisfactory preliminary examination in general
education must have been required.