Dental laws condensed : a brief guide to the requirements of dental examiners from applicants for a license to practice dentistry in the United States of America and island possessions, Canada and the provinces, also the leading civilized countries throughout the world

Front matter

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Part I. United States

Title Page l

Introduction 7

Asheville Resolution n

Boards Which Exchange Licenses 12

Boards Which Do Not Exchange 12

Non-Graduates Examined .... 12

Non-Graduates Not Examined 12

Reciprocal Interchange 11

Alabama 13

Arizona 13

Arkansas 14

California 14

G il( >rado 14

Connecticut 15

Delaware 15

District of Columbia 16

Florida 16

Georgia 17

Idaho 17

Illinois 17

Indiana 18

Iowa 18

Kansas 19

Kentucky 19

Louisiana 20

Maine 20

Maryland 21

Massachusetts 22

Michigan 22

Minnesota 22

M ississippi 23

Missouri 24

Montana 24

Nebraska 25

Nevada 26

New Hampshire 27

New Jersey 27

New Mexico 29

New York 30

N< >rth Carolina 31

Xorth Dakota 31

Ohio 32

Oklahoma 33

Oregon 33

Pennsylvania 35

Rhode Island 35

South Carolina 3°

South Dakota 36

Tennessee 36

Texas 36

Utah 37

Vermont 38

Virginia 38

Washington 38

West Virginia 40

Wisconsin 40

Wyoming 40

U. S. Territorial Possessions.

Alaska 41

Hawaii 41

Philippines 42

Porto Rico 43

DENTAL LAWS CONDENSED.

Part II. Dominion Of Canada

Dominion Dental Council 46

Alberta 47

British Columbia 47

Manitoba 48

New Brunswick 49

Newfoundland So

Nova Scotia 51

Ontario 52

Prince Edward Island 53

Quebec 54

Saskatchewan 56

Yukon Territory 57

Part III. Foreign Countries

Abyssinia 61

Africa. South 99

Algeria 61

Arabia 61

Argentine Republic 62

Australia 62

Austria 63

Azores 63

Barbadoes 64

Belgium 64

Bermuda 64

Bolivia 65

Brazil 66

British E. Africa 66

British Guiana 66

British N. Borneo 67

Bulgaria 67

Canary Islands 67

Cape Colony ■ 67

Ceylon 70

Chile 70

China 71

Colombia 71

Congo Free State 71

Corea, see Korea 88

Costa Rica 71

Cuba 72

Denmark 72

Dominican Republic 72

Ecuador 73

Egypt 74

England 74, 80

Formosa ... 74

France 75

Germany 77

Great Britian 80

Greece 82

Guatemala 83

Hayti 83

Holland 83

Honduras 83

Hungary 83

India 84

Ireland 84

Italy 84

Jamaica 84

Japan 86

Java 88

Kongo, see Congo 71

Korea 88

Liberia 88

Madagascar 88

Malta 88

Manchuria 89

Mexico 89

M orocco 90

New Providence Island 90

New Zealand 90

Norway 91

Panama 92

Paraguay 92

Persia 92

Peru 92

Philippines 93

Portugal 93

Prussia 94

Roumania 94

Russia 95

DENTAL LAWS CONDENSED.

Salvador 96

Saxony 96

Scotland 96

Servia 98

Siam 99

Siberia 99

South Africa 99

Spain 99

Straits Settlements 100

Sweden 100

Switzerland 100

Syria 101

Transvaal 102

Tunisia 102

Turkey 102

Uruguay 103

Venezuela 103

Victoria (Australia) 62

Zanzibar 103

Appendix

AMENDED LAWS.

Alabama 107

Kentucky m

Minnesota 117

New Jersey 120

Wew York 127

North Carolina 136

Virginia l4l

Wisconsin *45

INTRODUCTORY.

A most urgent need amongst the dental profession is a brief statement of the requirements exacted by the various States and foreign governments for permission to practise dentistry. This need is not limited to the nearly-three-thousand dental students that the colleges graduate on an average each year in the United States of America, but it is also felt by the colleges themselves, the dental examining boards, and general practitioners (among whom changes of location are occurring frequently). College faculties have repeatedly applied to us for such information, also members of examining boards, as well as the applicants for a license to practise dentistry in this, or some other, country.

We therefore attempt to supply this need in form of a Guide, publishing only the briefest statements requisite to give the required information, quoting excerpts from laws when that appears to be sufficient, and publishing the law in full in certain cases, where it has been recently enacted, or for some special reason. It would make an unwieldly volume were all the laws printed in full (the law of Great Britain alone covering thirtytwo pages), so only the practical points are extracted and concisely stated.

We do not claim that the information contained herein is complete, or perfect, according to everyone's ideas on the subject, but we do claim that this is the first attempt to present legal dental requirements throughout the world in a systematic manner, and the information obtained is from official sources of the most reliable character, and of recent date.

< Alphonso Irwin, D.D.S.

425 Cooper street, Camden, N. J.

POSSIBLE EXAMINATION-EXEMPTIONS.

The question is sometimes asked, even by a graduate from a dental college : "Where can I practise without being obliged to undergo an examination before a Board of Dental Examiners?" In reply I would answer : "In any of the countries included in the following list, with the exceptions noted."

The list of so-called examination-exempt governments for reputable college graduates includes :

Alaska, 'Arkansas,

Arabia,

Barbadoes, 2Bermuda, 2British E. Africa,

British N. Borneo,

3Ceylon,

China, ^Germanys, ^India,

Liberia, 2Malta3, ^Mexico,

Morocco,

Palestine,

Persia,

Siam,

Straits Settlements,

Syria,

Zanzibar.

It must not be inferred from this list that a dentist can step right into one of these countries and practise, but that the authorities may (at their own discretion) waive the examination, and register the applicant. The countries not marked by a sign are open to dentists; the countries marked by a sign are open with reservations, as explained by the foot-notes.

iThe Board of Examiners may require an examination. Registration required.

2The Board of Examiners may require an examination. Diplomas from British Colleges are usually registered.

3Diplomas accepted from colleges recognized by the National Association of Dental Faculties of the United States.

4Trade tax.

sThe use of the title Amerikanischer Zahnarzt, or American Dental Surgeon, is prohibited in Germany by several decrees of the Supreme Court.