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Opinion.Ho. 0*4
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beoamePteo-
year, neoesasr~ly. 1
fall within the ~period
and Murch l.otof .eaoh
ate Board of Dental &a&x-’
prepared ennual regist~stlon
vanoe of one yeer and thoao
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‘.Vhould this k’rlce.aooept such~advaice.
payment and credit.the puyor’s aooount for L
the enauin&.fioeyeara or r+mn sam oaking ;'
that ICbe oent in each yet3X?,"
aIn ~explanationor the above, f ~*sula~lSke
to state that the.nbove referred’to praotlc$oner
Texas State Beard of Dental Zxoo&noro,Pago 2
la antaringthearmy and rlehaa to nmlnkin
hio llcanaa In gccd otandlng and may not be
able to &a oaoh payment8 while in the ear-
vice of his country baoauao of many faotora
whloh are wall kn~wn.~
Article 455&x, Bctrx~~~~ Civil Statutaa OS Toxoa,
provl&aa8
It ahall be tha duty of oil par-
oono ii% lawfully quollflad and on
the j?raotfoo
ot dantlst
whc oholl hereafter be
practice by the State Board OS IjantalExaoin-
ors to be raglataradas auoh praotltlonars
with the Stota Board of Dental Pxomlnarawith-
Pagistorkn$shall pny in ccnnootlonwith kh
ammo1 ragiotrotionfor the raool t horein-
after prov$~dad ior a r00 or St0 (B2.00) Dcl-
lozo auoh poyxnantto bo moda to aold State
Boar& of Dentsl Exaalmr8. Etrry patson 00
ra&aterlag;‘ohallfile with said Board E
wrlttan apdloetlon aattlug forth hi0 noma,
his peat ofl’loooddrosa, the oounty or oouu-
tla8 in whloh h&o ooctlildato~ to praotioo
dentistryhas been r%laterad, and the place
or plaoos where ha is angaad in praotloing
dantlotry,alldthe number and data of his
Lloonsacartlfleate.wpon the rooolptof
ouch applfoation,aooompanladby auoh foe,
sold Board, aftor oocartoini either irem
Its recordsor other soura~8 aem by it to
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be rollable, that the appl&oaH la o duly
lioanoad praotltlonorof dontiatryin thlo
State, shall iarrue to the applLoont an 0an~a1
raglatraticnmaolpt ~oortliybgthat ha hoe
filed auah applloationand hoe poiQ the r+
qulrad fee; . .” (Emphelaie oura)
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It is our understandingthat the praotltionarstar+
ticnod in your latter fntandod that pan rsooivo the OoolhoO’O
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Texas State Board of Dental Baaminers,. Page j
check ror &lO.OO as~~'ccmpli&ed9i the above &&ted art%& .''
010 for the.next five yesrs. !?herequirement that~eaoh.
practitioner%eglster Pn llk5 manner annually" ~uld.8eem
,topreolude rogiotratiousfor more than oue.year; ?3or8-
over, In providing for the annual registrationof .bentist8,
'it was the obrlcxa lot8ntlon of.the Legislature atiunlly ::
to secur'odetailed information concerning the,whercabouts
OS the practitioner,the ‘EcOp3 of his practice and the
location tharoof, ad well as to .secure'~paymentof the an&J.
r8gistratlonfee. To allow 1x1~19 sum psmsnts to be rr;hAeIn
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lieu of future registrationswould be entirely to disregard
the primary purposes,bshlnd,fhls 3..cglsJ.atlo~n,
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“%-~lcle ~Torudi~eCivil ~,%~tttte~’ of ~&tit
b550aa,
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'3. AU. annaal.regiatrathcn &es coJ.l.e&
ed brthe State Board of 238ntslE%a&.uors uuder
thisetit8hall. be plaoed'in'thc gtate.Treas&y,
every thirty day5 as oollected, to the &edit
. . : of a special fund to b8 kucv~nas the ~Dental
lZ8 stratlos:yund,tand all sxpendltares from
thPs f+uud.shallbc on ordor of the,~StataBoard’
oi Dental Zxaminera on arrants issuca.by the !.
State Comptrcller for the purposes and in the .~
.anicuuts
fixnd.by tho Legislature in.the~gen-
eral'appropriatlcusbills. On hwust 31.of
each year all mcney ki ercessof den Thousand
(~10,000.00fZo&larsWxlalnJng,~in.ssia"Dental :
,@glstratlon-Fund*shall r8vert to the Censrf4 _ :
" 'R6vew1eJwd in the State ~rc%sury.w.'~'~ : .. ~
VTo..*accept
this check'& deioslt it'&'the l&~&i
ReglstraticnPund for the current year would be unduly to.
inflato the fend for the ourrent year with a resulting de-
flation for the next four years and'to~oocaslon reverse
. tispro*rtions in the annuLL amocuts reverting to the Gen-
eral Revenuesl!'und.. '. ,.
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The'alternative mode of hand&g this matter e to.
&&sit $2.00 in the Dx&al Ee&i,ntrationYund for the cur-
rent year and to hold.tho rcc~%inderfor future years ~cis.
.oompUcated by the feat that nowhere in the statutes Oreat-
in& the'hcsrd of i)ontal%Wi~in8ra and defining its duties .
his the hcard.c,-.?cvicred
to assume the duties of a quasi-trustee
'whichouoh treatment nould.cntaiL; Untfi the unexpended
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porti& Of the uhetikwas oredited toes the .Dentel‘Regldzhtion~.
Bid, the praotitlonerwould .re.minithe.: bsqefioidl o~jnerof.
suob portion, Since-the State Trensimr 1s~.f0eidaOn to. ..
*keep or reoeive into the building, safes .or multo of the *
Treaaory my ixoney * , . belor@ng to ang individual,exeept
.”in.cases expressly provided for by.Xaw*.(Article 4374,. Ve+--
akods .CivilStatutes of Tcxae, end Article 93, Vonon*s
Pen& Code of TexG), the Board could.‘notfollow its usual
praotice. ~0saepositin~alI *a8 reaeivea by it with the
-StateTreasurer, and the Elmira‘isnowhere authorized to min-
fain 3eposits &part ~TQZIthose IA the State Treasury. .,: :
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%ohsequeitl$,~it is the .optilonof this .aeportaent~
thab the tJoar&of Dentti Exadners carinotac4ept aavance pay-
&eents~ of Gental ro&3tration fees in lieu of future amu
xeglatr8.tlons under Article 455Oa, Vernoa(s Civil;!Statut;ea ‘.
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