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u) OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
4 AUSTIN
Texas State Board of Dental Exx;mriners
311 momood lul.1~
Austin, ‘Ce;nas
Re: C atr tian of the
w of
the g.l t e, 1943, 8ffecting
the pr tic 0 deuistry.
A?!?3
requesting our
oonstruction of islature, relat-
ing to the praot , has been given
our careful cons
wer the auuerous qucs-
tiona which you e gire you our construet-
and feel sure you can
regulations concerning
ed, without further as-
Section 1 of Article 4%5Oa, as amended, provided
that each dentist shall be registered with the State Board
of Dental Exaklnere on or before Am-oh 1st of each calen-
dar year, und pay a registration fee of $3.00. It is our
construction of this portion of the &t that the annual
fee means for the coleudar year beginning with &larch 1st
of each year, aud that a $~..oo Pee Is required of each dsn-
tfat Sor each par, and SuEe is due to be paid on or before
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the first day of each succearoive Idarch. Unless paid by
that time, then before his liaense is reinstated by the
Dental Board, he Is required to pay au additional $5.00,
plus his delinquent annuel payment.
If a dentist ie mu delinquent for his 1943
dues, or uan delfnquent on May l&h, rhea the x141 lar
took effect, before he aan have his license renesed,
he must par the annual dues of $5.00, plus the $0.00
ponaltp, and the ne* license or registration rould ex-
pire on harch 1, 1944, at which tlale auother annual
dues vi11 be payable.
If a dentist becoxes deliuquent because he
did not pay his dues by Marah 1, X344, before h9 aan
be reinstated, he siust pay his &I.00 dues for 1944,
plus a w.00 peoaltr, and the registration oertlfi-
aate given upon said restoration would expire on Yaroh
l# 1918..
IYlth referewe to ths dentists rho are in
tbe Amed fforoee, the last sentence of Se&ion 2, of
,Lrticle 488oa readsr
*Provided, horwer, that the requirc-
ments governing the paynent of anwal regls-
&ration fees and penatties for late regis-
tration shall not apply to lieenseee ~bo
are on astite duty with the Armed Forces
of the United States of dnerlca and are
not engaged In private or civilian prac-
tice .s
Our lnterprotation oP this exe&ion is that 4.f
a dentist stands the em&nation before the Aoard and ab-
tains his license While he is in the Armed Forces, or hav-
ing previously obtained his license and is In the Arned
r’oroes, he vi11 not owe any duee before bar& 1, lQ44. If,
on karoh 1, lQ44, he Is still In said aerrioe, he rill not
be required to pay an7 oP the annual duem ror the year end-
ing U8rCh 1, lQ4S. If, hoverer, he is not In the Armed
Forces prior to iarch 1, 1944, he rill ove the $S.oO dues
for th9 year, begiming at that time, and will become de-
linquent on karcrh lr lQ44 , although he may enter the ser-
vice ou hareh 36, or at any time thereafter. IP, as a
matter of fact, he is delinquent at the time he goes into
the service, then rhen he cones out, bet’ore he osn have his
lioense relnstatod, ho *ill be oompellod to pay all of his
dues that rrere in arrears that bbecamedue betore he entered
the service, together with all the penalties that attached
before he entered the service.
There is no specific provision in the statute as
to how the Board my know or determine whether a dentist
is In the serviae of the Armed Forces. It would be eutire-
17 propert and we think the best way to aeaertain these
Pacts, to hare each dentist who goes into tha Armed Borcos
notify the Board of said fact, and send ~,such lniormation
relative thereto, as the Beard might need In deterxining
the truthfulness OP the dentist’s represeutatkona. If, as
a matter of foot, a dentist Is in the Armed foraea on or
before Liarch 1st of anJ year, and remains until after March
1st of Said year, he cannot be jade to pey the $s.OO regis-
tration fee for said year, neither oan he be made to pay
the $S.OO penalty Por having Sailed to register.
We trust that that we have said sul’f’ioiently
answers iour inquiry. If there is any further informitlon
desired,. let us know.
Very truly yours
TFXAS
Gee. il. lkaraus
lsai stant