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REVIEW OF DENTISTRY

MAINE.

Ax Act to Insure the Better Education of Practitioners of
Dental Surgery and to Regulate the Practice of Den-
tistry in The State of Maine.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature
Assembled, as follows :
Section i. Xo person shall practice, attempt to practice, or
hold himself out to be a practitioner of dentistry or dental sur-
gery until he or she shall have first received a certificate as herein-
after provided; and whoever violates the provisions of this sec-
tion shall be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than one
hundred dollars for each offense. This section shall take effect
three months after the approval of this Act.
Sec. 2. A Board of Examiners to consist of five dentists of
good standing who have been in the practice of dentistry in this
State not less than five years, is hereby created. The members
of said Board shall be appointed by the Governor, with advice
and consent of council, to hold office for the term of three years
and until their successors are qualified, except, however, that the
first five members to constitute said Board shall be appointed to
hold as follows, to- wit: Two for the term of one year, two for two
years and one for three years. Vacancies in said Board at any
time occurring shall be filled by the Governor in accordance with
the provisions of this section.
Sec. 3. Before entering upon their duties the members of
said Board shall take and subscribe the oaths prescribed by law
to be taken by other officers appointed in like manner. As soon
as convenient after their appointment the members of said Board
shall meet and organize by choosing one of their number who
shall serve as President and another as Secretary for the ensuing
year and until their successors are chosen, and shall meet annu-
ally thereafter at a time and place to be determined by said Board
at its previous annual meeting, and may meet at such other times
and places as said Board may deem necessary. A majority of
the members of said Board shall constitute a quorum, a true rec-
ord of whose proceedings shall be kept by the Secretary, and
shall be opened at all reasonable times to public inspection. The
Secretary, under the direction of the Board, shall further keep a
register in which shall be entered the name, residence and place
of business of every person authorized under this Act to practice