OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
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State Board of Dental Eraainara
220 xdttiddd miiding
Austin. Tena
Dear Sir:
tie are in raoedp addrammed to
ma AttOrRey General of Ta d quota In part:
Tha'Lmasdiat* qua8 r or not the :
those atulents who
tlon and maror
such Daoemb to the June
an krafully atudlad and it
thorlrod the 2oard of Dental
app.llcaatapresenting a
collsge at tha tlma OS maid
lcnoa'8 Annotatad OlVll statutea
unamb%grprs language this rsqulrement,
for a llasasr to practloe Qantls-
li be not loa* than 21 pear8 of age,
and #ball prorent a diploma from a reputable dental
;;~tx~u~~l~~dancs of gooa aoral oharaoter.” (Under-
Ytxitrr
!mNYJ Of ihntisl'ixamlners.iem? e
A Yebruarv grnduate of Y r**irutabl+ den%1 colleae
aould not therefor;,cualiig ac oa a@ioant un?er krtlcle 404~
for the rngular state exarinatim L: ;?eoaab+rbaoause of the
a~pliaant*s obvious lnebillty to then present n diplom rrm .
a rsputable a05t.a oollege.
lrurthsmora your outlined procedum would rlolcte
ths requiremot of Artlolt 4344, Vsrnon*a ;naotatad Clril.Ytat-
utss of Wxas, at leant to tho6s af lloanta gre,uatlG after
January, that *The Board ehall axaufno ant grads ail papers
oulrnftfpdby supt appliaaats ard resort to mch applloants
wlthln 30 dap ir0.rthe date of any meetlnf;of said boazd,
and aald rqort ahall glte to each a~plioant thu gradea made
by auoh applicant upon eaoh and every suojeot upoa whloc he.
or she was examined by auah board.* You are tharorore adtlaed
that Art. 4644 and art. 4545 do not autborlze the Board to
adapt the plan outll.;edin your letter prorloualy qu&ted.
Your attsntlon 18 direoted to Ar~iols 4343, nhlah
requirea the Board to hold at lea& two regular meetlnge a
year "at auoh tlsea and plazexne Soard ahall deem moat .
convenient for upplioonts for exambatlon. Oue-notice of
ruon reetinq shall be qiraa by pubiloatlon la such gaper8
ao may bc leleoted by the Hoard, The Board may preacribs
rules ME reguLatloas.in hammay wlth the prorlsion4 of tnia.
title @vernlng Its own groosedlng aad the exaalnatlon of
apVllca5tc ror ~aatlc+ of daatlntry.*
ibrt.4b48 ooamltrrto the Beard the gnwer to rix tha
tirreand gzlaoaof the tuo regular mastinga ror examlnatlonm
of appliopnta fcr lfomr8. This nowfirIS s ~aotinuing oar
and lm not.exhauf&nI by thd action of the Doard in fixing the
bate af suoh meetings for Deoa%ber and June. It tollcns, and
you am IIOadvised, that the Board haa tht power to ohanga
the time for the Deoembar meeting to, say, Yebruary ii,
ths Dcanl should deez the Fsbrusrp date most oonwm 1snt for
applioants for awlnatlon, prov1Ql.n: at least two meet&a
of the Board far a~lnatlon hare beon hrld durinr: 1942. Ii
ouch oham he nIade,cf aour duo notiag thsrsof =us?.be
giren as required by AI%. 4543.
Furthermore yox ara advised that aa Art. 454s doe8
not ilait the number of msti56s r0r examination to -two a
. .
BY/a/ Yttmrt h. DeVom
iP?ROVEiJ
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