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hundred and eighty-five, a person other than a legally qualified
medical practitioner shall not be entitled to take or use the name
or title of Dentist (either alone or in combination with other
words), or of Dental Surgeon, Surgeon Dentist, Dental Practi-
tioner, or any name, title, addition, or description implying that
he is registered under this Act, or that he is a person specially
qualified to practice dentistry and dental surgery, unless he is
registered under this Act.
A person registered under this Act shall be entitled to practice
dentistry or dental surgery in any part of Tasmania; and from
and after the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-five, no person shall be entitled to take or receive any
fee or charge for the performance of any dental operation, or for
any dental attendance, prescription, or advice, unless he is regis-
tered under this Act or is registered under the said Act, or is a
legally qualified medical practitioner.
4. Any person who, after the first day of January, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-five, not being registered under this
Act, takes or uses any such name, title, addition, or description
as aforesaid, or takes or receives any fee or charge for the per-
formance of any dental operation, attendance, prescription, or ad-
vice, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds, to be
recovered in a summary way before any two Justices of the Peace
in the mode prescribed by the Magistrates' Summary Procedure
Act: Provided that nothing in this Section shall apply to any
legally qualified medical practitioner.
5. Any person who
(a) Is registered under the said Act;
(&) Is entitled to be registered under the said Act;
(c) Is at the passing of this Act bona fide engaged in any
part of Tasmania in the practice of dentistry or dental
surgery, either on his own behalf or as assistant to
some person engaged in the practice of dentistry or
dental surgery, either separately or in conjunction
with the practice of medicine, surgery, or pharmacy-;
(d) Holds any recognized certificate, hereinafter defined.
granted in any British possession or foreign country;

or
(e) Has been for at least three consecutive years the ap-
prentice or pupil of a person registered under this
Act or the said Act, or of one or more such persons,
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