3. Such person shall present evidence that he, or she, is at least eighteen years of age and of good moral character.

4. Such person shall present evidence that he, or she, has complied with and fulfilled the preliminary and professional requirements of the statute.

Examination. Upon satisfactory evidence of compliance with the aforesaid requirements, the state board of dental examiners shall give said applicant a thorough examination in the following subjects: Elements of inorganic chemistry, physiology, anatomy, bacteriology, anesthesia, radiography, materia medica, dental histology, principles of nursing and hygiene; and a practical examination in the removal of deposits from and the polishing of the exposed surfaces of the teeth. Having satisfactorily passed such examination such person shall obtain a license as a dental hygienist from the board of dental examiners and shall be by them registered as such. Such licenses shall remain in force until the following first day of May and thereafter so long as the holder thereof shall comply with the provisions of this section relating to an annual tax, but not otherwise, and notwithstanding the payment of such tax, such license may at any time be forfeited or revoked for a violation of any provisions of this act that are applicable to dental hygienists.

To provide a fund for the enforcement of the provisions of this section, every person holding a license as a dental hygienist in this state without exception, shall pay an annual license tax for the year commencing with the first day of May next following the issuance of such license and annually thereafter, such payment to be effective shall be made prior to the commencement of the year for which the same accrues and the receipt of the secretary of the board shall be indispensable evidence that the same has been made. The failure, neglect, or refusal of any person who was a regularly licensed and registered hygienist to pay in advance said annual tax of two dollars during the time such license remained in force shall ipso facto work a forfeiture of such license and it shall not be restored except upon a written application therefor and the payment to said board of five dollars except that such person shall not be required to submit to any examination.

Any licensed dentist, public institution or school authority may employ such licensed and registered dental hygienist.

Powers of dental hygienist. Such dental hygienist may remove lime deposits, accretions and stains from the exposed surface of the teeth, but shall not perform any other operation on the teeth or tissues of the mouth. Such dental hygienist may operate in the office of any licensed dentist or in any public institution or in the schools under the general direction or supervision of a licensed dentist and nothing therein shall be construed as authorizing any dental hygienist to perform any operation in the mouth without supervision.

The board of dental examiners may revoke or suspend the license of any licensed dentist who shall permit any dental hygienist operating under his supervision to perform any operation other than that permitted under the provisions of this section, and the said board may also revoke or suspend a license of any dental hygienist violating the provisions of this section.

Every person licensed to practice as a dental hygienist in this state shall comply with all of the provisions of section eight of this act except

that a separate book shall be kept by the county clerk for the registration of dental hygienists and except that the fee for the restoration of a license shall be five dollars instead of twenty-five dollars. [New section added May 23, 1921; Stats. 1921, p. 235.]

§ 7. Examinations. The examination by the board of applicants for license to practice dentistry in this state shall be sufficiently thorougn to test the fitness of the applicant to practice dentistry. It shall include, written in the English language, questions on the following subjects: Anatomy, histology, physiology, anesthesia, materia medica, pathology, bacteriology, therapeutics, oral surgery, chemistry, metallurgy, operative dentistry, prosthetic dentistry and orthodontia; the answers to which shall be written in the English language. Said written examination may be supplemented by an oral examination. Demonstrations of the applicant's skill in operative and prosthetic dentistry must also be given. All persons successfully passing such examination shall be registered as licensed dentists on the board register, as provided in section three, and shall be granted by the board a license to practice dentistry in the state of California. When a candidate for a license shall have received a grading of eighty-five per cent or above in any given subject, he shall be exempt from re-examination on that subject in subsequent examinations before the said board held at the first or second meeting thereafter. Any member of the board may inquire of any applicant for examination concerning his character, qualifications or experience and may take testimony of anyone in regard thereto, under oath, which he is hereby empowered to administer. § 8. Dentists already licensed to register. Certificate of registration. Registration fee. Removal to another county. Notation of change of name. Failure to register forfeits license. Every person licensed to practice dentistry in this state within six months prior to the passage of this act whose license is not at the time of such passage registered under the provisions of the law under which the same was issued shall register the same as herein provided within six (6) months after this act becomes effective. Every person who shall hereafter be licensed to practice dentistry in this state, shall within six months thereafter register in the office of the county clerk of the county where his place of business is located (if he has no place of business in this state, then in the office of the county clerk of that county in this state wherein at the time shall be situated the office of the secretary of the board of dental examiners of California), in a book kept by the clerk for such purpose, and called a register of dentists, his name, age, office address, the date and number of his license to practice dentistry, and the date of such registration, which registration he shall be entitled to make only upon showing the county clerk his license or a copy thereof certified by the secretary of the board over its seal, and upon making and filing an affidavit stating his name, age, birthplace, the number of his license and the date of its issue, that he is the identical person named in the license; that before receiving the same he complied with all the preliminary requirements of this statute (and the rules of the board of dental examiners as to the terms and the amount of study and examination); that no money other than the fees prescribed by this statute (and said rules), was paid directly or indirectly for such license, and that no fraud, misrepresentation or mistake

in a material regard was practiced, employed or occurred by any person in order that such eense should be conferred. Said person need not personally register before the county clerk but may make the said affidavit before any officer authorized by law to administer oaths, and which affidavit together with the other information and license, or the certified copy therefor as afore provided, shall be forwarded to the said county clerk, who shall act in the same manner as if the party was personally present. The county clerk shall preserve such affidavits in a bound volume and shall issue to every licentiate duly registering and making such affidavit, a certificate of registration in his county, which shall include a transcript of the registration. Such transcript and license may be offered as primary evidence in all courts of the facts therein stated. A copy of such certificate of registration shall be sent by the county clerk to the secretary of the board within five days after it is made.

Registration fee. The county clerk's fees for taking such registration and affidavit and issuing such certificate of registration shall be one dollar.

Removal to another county. A practicing dentist having registered a lawful authority to practice dentistry in one county of the state and removing such practice or part thereof to another county shall show or send by registered mail to the clerk of such other county his certificate of registration, if such certificate clearly shows that the original registration was on an authority issued by the board of dental examiners, or if the certificate of registration itself is indorsed by the secretary of the board of dental examiners as entitled to registration, the clerk shall therceupon register the applicant in the register of dentists of the latter county on receipt of a fee of fifty cents, and shall stamp or indorse on such certificate of registration the date and his name preceded by the words "registered also in return the certificate of registration to the applicant.

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Notation of change of name. Any lawfully registered person who shall thereafter change his or her name according to law shall register the new name with a marginal note of the former name with the clerk of the county or counties where he or she is practicing. The clerk shall forthwith notify the secretary of the board of such change. Any county clerk who knowingly shall make or suffer to be made upon the register of dentists kept in his office any entry other than that provided for in this act, shall be liable to a penalty of fifty dollars, to be recovered by and paid to the said board of dental examiners in a suit in any court having jurisdiction.

Failure to register forfeits license. Any failure, neglect or refusal on the part of any person holding such license to register the same with the clerk of said county as above directed for a period of six months after the issuance thereof shall ipso facto work a forfeiture of his or her license, and it shall not be restored except upon the written application and payment to said board of twenty-five dollars. Any suspension, revocation or reinstatement of a license shall with the date thereof be forthwith noted by the county clerk on the margin of the registration thereof upon receipt of notice from the secretary of the board.

§ 9. License to practice. Fee. Annual license tax. Before any person can practice dentistry in this state, he shall obtain a license to do so from the board of dental examiners. Each application for license shall be accompanied by a fee of twenty-five dollars, which shall in no case be refunded, except that in the case of applicants requiring examination the said fee shall be refunded if the applicant shall be found ineligible to take such examination. Such license shall remain in force until the following first day of May and thereafter so long as the holder thereof shall comply with the provisions of this section relating to an annual tax but not otherwise, and notwithstanding the payment of such tax such license may at any time be forfeited or revoked for a violation of the further requirements of this act. To provide a fund for the enforcement of the provisions of this act every person holding a license to practice dentistry in this state without exception shall pay an annual license tax for the year commencing with the first day of May next following the issuance of such license and annually thereafter. Such payment to be effective shall be made prior to the commencement of the year for which the same accrues and the receipt of the secretary of the board shall be indispensable evidence that the same has been made. The failure, neglect or refusal of any person who was a regularly licensed dentist to pay in advance said annual tax of two dollars during the time his or her license remained in force shall ipso facto work a forfeiture of his or her license, and it shall not be restored except upon a written application therefor and the payment to said board of twenty-five dollars, except that such person shall not be required to submit to any examination.

§ 10. Disposition of fines. Disbursements. Revolving fund. All fines, penalties and forfeitures including the examination fee, imposed or collected by the board under any of the foregoing provisions of this act shall be paid to the secretary of the board. All fines and penalties imposed or collected in any court for violations of any of the provisions of this act shall be paid by such court to such secretary. The secretary shall on or before the tenth day of each month pay to the state treasury and report to the state controller all fines, penalties and forfeitures received for violations of this act, together with all examination fees, renewal and license fees received by him prior to the date of such report and payment. All funds received by the state treasurer from the secretary of said board shall be placed in a fund to be known as the state dentistry fund, which is hereby created. All disbursements by the board made in the transaction of its business and in the enforcement of this act shall be paid out of said fund upon claims to be presented and audited in the manner usual with other claims against the state; provided, that as to the amount of seven hundred dollars of said fund the same shall constitute a revolving fund and may be drawn upon the warrant of the president and secretary of the said board without being audited in the usual manner, in cases of emergency or where cash advances are necessary, but after the sum of seven hundred dollars has been so expended no further warrant shall be drawn on said revolving fund until expenditures previously made from said revolving fund shall be substantiated by vouchers and itemized statements and audited; and provided, further, that all expenditures from said revolving fund shall at the end of each fiscal year, or at any other time when demand therefor is made by the board of control or by

the state controller, be so substantiated and audited unless previously done.

§ 11. Practicing dentistry defined. Any person shall be understood to be practicing dentistry within the meaning of this act who shall (1) by card, circular, pamphlet, newspaper, or in any other way advertise himself as a dentist, or (2) who shall, for a fee, salary or reward, paid directly or indirectly either to himself or to some other person, perform an operation of any kind, or treat diseases or lesions of the human teeth or jaws, or correct malimposed positions thereof, or (3) in any way indicate that he will perform by himself or his agents or servants any operations upon the human teeth or jaws, or (4) make an examination of, with the intent to perform or cause to be performed any operation on the human teeth or jaws, or (5) who manages or conducts as manager, proprietor, conductor, or otherwise a place where dental operations are performed; but nothing in this act contained shall prohibit bona fide students of dentistry or dental hygienists from operating in the clinical departments of the laboratory of a reputable dental college, or an unlicensed person from performing merely mechanical work upon inert matter in a dental laboratory or a licensed physician from practicing oral surgery. [Amendment approved May 23, 1921; Stats. 1921, p. 236.]

§ 12. Penalty for selling certificates, etc. False use of "D. D. S.” Any person, company or association shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished, by imprisonment in the county jail not less than ten (10) days nor more than one (1) year, or by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand five hundred dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment, who (1) shall sell or barter or offer to sell or barter any dental degree or any certificate or transcript, made or purporting to be made, pursuant to the laws regulating the license and registration of dentists; or (2) shall purchase or procure by barter, any such diploma, certificate or transcript, with intent that the same shall be used as evidence of the holder's qualification to practice dentistry, or in fraud of the laws regulating such practice; or (3) shall with fraudulent intent, alter in a material regard any such diploma, certificate or transcript; or (4) shall use, attempt or cause to be used any such diploma, certificate or transcript, which has been purchased, fraudulently issued, counterfeited or materially altered, either as a license to practice dentistry, or in order to procure registration as a dentist; or (5) shall within ten days after demand made by the secretary of the board, fail to furnish to said board the name and address of all persons practicing or assisting in the practice of dentistry in the office of said person, company or association, at any time within sixty days prior to said notice, together with a sworn statement showing under and by what license or authority said person, company or association, and said employees are or have been practicing dentistry, but such affidavit shall not be used in any prosecution under this section,

False use of "D. D. S." and any person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable as in this section above provided who (1) shall assume the degree of "docior of dental surgery" or "doctor of dental medicine," or shall append the letters "D. D. S." or "D. M. D." to his or