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CALIFORNIA.

An Act to Insure the Better Education of Practitioners of
Dental Surgery, and to Regulate the Practice of Den-
tistry in the State of California.
The People of the State of California, represe?ited in Senate and Assem-
bly, do E?iact as follows :
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 State, to commence such practice unless he or
she have obtained a certificate, as hereinafter provided.
Sec. 2. A Board of Examiners, to consist of seven practicing
dentists, is hereby created, whose duty it shall be to carry out
the purposes and enforce the provisions of this Act. The mem-
bers of said Board shall be appointed by the Governor from the
dental profession from the State at large. The term for which
the members of said Board shall hold their office 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
one year, two 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, in conformity, with this section.
Sec. 3. Said Board shall choose one of its members Presi-
dent, and one 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 reasonable times, be open to public inspection.

Sec. 4. Within six months from the time this Act takes ef-
fect, it shall be the duty of every person who is now engaged in
the practice of dentistry in this State 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 penalties