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Excerpts from Dentists' Act, 1878.
Great Britain. Section 3 states : Registration required.
To take or use the "name or title of den-
tist or of dental practitioner without registration renders the
offender liable" to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds ($100 U. S.
currency).
Section 4 states that non-registered dentists or medical men
are not entitled "to recover any fee or charge in court."
Section 5 defines the privileges of registered persons as being
"to practise dentistry and to recover fees in court."
Section 6: Qualifications necessary for registration are (a)
"a licentiate in dental surgery of any of the medical authorities
(b) entitled to be registered as a foreign or colonial dentist; (c)
engaged in practice of dentistry at time of passing this Act
(1878)."
Section 6 also provides that a person resident in the United
Kingdom shall not be disqualified for registration under this Act
by reason that he is not a British subject, and a British subject
shall not be disqualified by reason of his being engaged in prac-
tice beyond the limits of the United Kingdom.
Section 8 provides for the registration of the colonial dentist
with a recognized certificate.
Section 9 provides for the registration of foreign dentists
with recognized certificate * * * without examination, in
the United Kingdom.
Section 10. Recognized certificates of colonial and foreign
dentists are "such certificate, diploma, membership, degree,
license, letters, testimonials or other title, status or document"
as may be recognized for the time being by the General Council.
Appeals by dentists upon refusal of license must be made to the
Privy Council, and "such order shall be obeyed," either for dis-
missal of appeal or recognition of certificate, by General Council.
Section 11. Provides for (i) the keeping of the Dentists'
Register by the Registrar; (2) the General Council shall direct
form and details of Register; (3) publication of Register shall be
yearly or oftener; (4) Dentists' Register shall be admissible as
evidence; (5) the General Council directs Registrar; (6) provides
for revocation of license by the General Council.
Section 12 is devoted to the duties of the Registrar.
Section 13 provides that "the General Council shall cause to
be erased from the Dentists' Register any entry which has been
incorrectly or fraudulently made" and also the "name of practi-
tioner convicted of crime or guilty of disgraceful conduct."
Section 14 treats of the restoration of name to Dentists'
Register by direction of the General Council.
Section 15 provides for the appointment of a special com-