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UTAH.

An Act Regulating the Practice of Dentistry in the Terri-
tory of Utah.

Be it Enacted by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of the Territory
of Utah:

Section i. It shall be unlawful for any person who is not at
the time of the passage of this Act engaged in the practice of
dentistry in this Territory, to practice dentistry therein unless he
or she shall have obtained a certificate as hereinafter provided. '
Sec. 2. A Board of Examiners, to consist of five practicing
dentists, is hereby created, whose duty it shall be to carry out the
purposes and enforce the provisions of this Act. The members
of said Board shall be appointed by the Governor, by and with
the advice of the legislative council, from the dental profession of
the Territory at large. The term for which the members of said
Board shall hold their offices shall be four years, except that two
of the members of the Board, first to be appointed under this Act,
shall hold their office for the term of two years, two for the term
of three years, and one for the term of four years, respectively,
and until their successors shall be duly appointed and qualified.
In case of a vacancy occurring in said Board, such vacancy shall
be filled by the Governor.
Sec. 3. Said Board shall choose one of its members President
and one the Secretary thereof, and it shall meet at least once in
each year, and as much oftener and at such times and places as it
may deem necessary. A majority of said Board shall at all times
constitute a quorum, and the proceedings thereof shall at all rea-
sonable times be open to public inspection.
Sec. 4. Within six months from the time that this Act takes
effect it shall be the duty of every person who is now engaged in
the practice of dentistry in this Territory to cause his or her name
and residence or place of business to be registered with said
Board of Examiners, who shall keep a book for that purpose.
The statement of every such person shall be verified under oath
before a Notary Public or Justice of the Peace in such manner as
may be prescribed by the Board of Examiners. Every person
who shall so register with said Board as a practitioner of dentis-
try shall receive a certificate to that effect, and may continue to
practice as such without incurring any of the liabilities or penal-