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86 D B X T A L LAWS CONDENSED. )

"Yokohama, Japan, February 27th, 1912.
"License to practise dentistry in Japan
Japan. will be granted to a foreigner residing in
this country, and possessing a diploma
from a reputable dental college and a license to practise dentistry in
his or her country, and whom the Minister of Home Affairs recog-
nizes as a proper and duly qualified person. Reciprocal treatment
is based on the treatment of Japanese applicants in the majority
of the States of the United States, in the absence of any national
law. The application for license must be filed in Japanese, together
with a biographical sketch of the applicant, certificate of nationality,
the diploma and license, its translation, etc. When the applicant is
not known to the Home Department, inquiries and investigation as
to his or her physical condition, record, character and standing in
his or her own country are made, and, if found satisfactory, the
license will be granted. T am informed that these investigations
take at least three months, and sometimes as long as a year. The
government fee for issuing the license is twenty yen ($9.96)."
The Dental Law of Japan (Law No. 48 of the 39th year of
Meiji, 1906) provides:
Article L Any person who wishes to become a dentist is re-
quired to have one of the following qualifications, and obtain license
from the ^Minister of State for Home Affairs: (i) that he has
graduated from a dental school designated by the Minister of Edu-
cation ; (2) that he has succeeded in passing the examination for
dental practice; (3) that he has not only graduated from a foreign
dental school or obtained license for dental practice in a foreign
country, but that it is recognized as equal to what is required by
orders.
Article H. Any person coming under any of the following
clauses is not allowed to obtain license for dental practice : (
i
that he has been sentenced for major offence (this, however, does
not apply to any person who has been punished for a political
offence): (2) that his civil rights are in suspension; (3) that he
has not attained proper age, or has been adjudged incompetent or
quasi-incompetent, or is deaf, dumb, or blind.
Article HL The license may not be granted to a person who
has been either punished with imprisonment or fined in connection
with medical affairs.
Article IV. The Dentists' Register shall be kept at the De-
partment for Home Affairs, and particulars relating to dental
license shall be therein registered. Particulars of registration shall
be determined by orders.
Article V. No dentist is allowed to issue a medical certificate,
write a prescription, or treat a patient, unless he personally exam-
ines such patients.