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CHAPTER 204.

An Act respecting The Dental Association of

HIS

Alberta.

IS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows:

Short Title.

1. This Act may be cited as "The Dental Association Short title Act." [1906, c. 22, s. 1.]

Organization and Membership.

2. The association of dental surgeons as heretofore Organization established and instituted under the name of The Alberta and powers Dental Association, is hereby continued as a body corporate and politic under the same name and by the said name shall have perpetual succession and a common seal, with power to break, alter, change or renew the same, and by the name aforesaid may sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto in all Courts and places whatsoever, and may have, hold, receive, enjoy, possess and retain for the purposes of the said association all such sums of money as may at any time be given or bequeathed to and for its use, and by the said name may purchase, take, hold and enjoy any real estate, or any estate or interest derived or arising out of real estate, for the purpose aforesaid and for no other purpose, and may sell, grant, lease or otherwise dispose of the same; but the real estate so held by the said association shall at no time exceed in annual value the sum of five thousand dollars.

. [1906, c. 22, s. 2.]

3. The following persons shall be the members of and Membership shall constitute the said association, namely:

(a) Every person duly qualified under the law hereto-
fore in force;

(b) Every person duly licensed and registered under
the provisions of this Act.

[1906, c. 22, s. 3.]

Board of Directors.

directors

4. (1) There shall be a board of five directors of the Board of said association, who shall, except as hereinafter provided, hold office for two years.

(2) Three of the said directors shall be elected each second year.

Election board

Qualification of voters

Voting

Publication of board

(3) In the event of a tie between any candidates at such election the president of the association, at the time such election is held, is authorized to determine which of the parties affected by the tie is elected.

(4) Any director may at any time resign by letter directed to the secretary; and in the event of any such resignation or of a vacancy occurring by death or otherwise the remaining members of the board, or a majority of such remaining members, shall elect some fit and proper person from among the members of the association to supply such [1906, c. 22, s. 4.]

vacancy.

5. (1) The election of directors of the said association shall be held at such time and place as shall be decided upon by the directors in every year, and one month's notice thereof shall be given by circular by the secretary to each member of the association:

Provided that any oversight or omission in giving such notice shall not void the election.

(2) Directors shall continue to hold office until their successors are elected.

(3) The members of the association may, at any election of directors, cast their ballots without being actually present at the place where the election is being held, provided that such ballots are sent or handed to the secretary of the association so as to be received by him prior to the hour fixed for the holding of an election.

(4) Ballots so sent or handed shall be signed by members of the association voting, shall set forth the names of the candidates for whom members vote and shall be enclosed in an envelope marked on the outside so as to indicate that they contain ballots and in the event of any such ballot being marked for more names than there are vacancies, such ballot shall be rejected.

[1906, c. 22, s. 5; 1908, c. 20, s. 13(1); 1919, c. 4, s. 20(1).]

6. The persons qualified to vote at an election shall be all members of the association who are at the date of such election duly registered under this Act.

[1906, c. 22, s. 6.]

7. The election of directors shall be by ballot, and the licentiates receiving the highest number of votes shall be the directors for the then ensuing term. [1906, c. 22, s. 8.]

8. The secretary of the association shall publish in The Alberta Gazette the names of those persons who have been elected members of the board of directors, such publication to be made in the issue of the said Gazette appearing next after the said election shall have been held, or so soon thereafter as the secretary can reasonably cause the same to be published. [1906, c. 22, s. 9.]

Officers.

officers

9. The board of directors at its first meeting shall Election of elect from among its members a president, a vice-president and a secretary-treasurer-registrar.

[1906, c. 22, s. 10.]

Meetings.

board for

10. (1) The board of directors of the association shall Meetings of hold two meetings in every year in such places and at such examination, times as may from time to time be fixed by the board.

(2) Such meetings may be continued or adjourned

until the business before the board is disposed of.
[1906, c. 22, s. 11; 1911-12, c. 28, s. 1; 1919, c. 4, s. 20(2).]

etc.

11. The said board shall have no power to transact any Quorum business of the association unless a majority of the members of such board be present. [1906, c. 22, s. 12.]

Powers of the Board.

12. The board of directors shall from time to time make Rules, regulations, such rules, regulations and by-laws as may be necessary for etc. the better guidance, government, discipline and regulation of the said board and of the profession of dentistry and for the carrying out of this Act:

Provided that such rules, regulations and by-laws shall, before coming into force, be approved by the Lieutenant Governor in Council. [1906, c. 22, s. 13.]

13. (1) The board shall also have the power and authority to fix and determine the annual fees payable by each member of the association:

Provided that such annual fees shall not in any case exceed the sum of ten dollars.

(2) The registration fee is hereby fixed at one hundred dollars except for an actual bona fide student of the University of Alberta, whose registration fee is hereby fixed at fifty dollars. [1917, c. 3, s. 38(1).]

Dental

14. (1) The board of directors shall have power to Dominion appoint one or more members of the association as re- Council presentatives of the association upon the Dominion Dental Council, and the board shall, so long as represented on the said council, accept the certificate of qualification of the said Dominion Dental Council as a qualification sufficient without further examination for the granting to the holder thereof of a licence to practise dentistry in the Province of Alberta, provided such certificate is accompanied by satisfactory evidence of the good moral character of the applicant and provided that payment of the required fees has been made to the treasurer of the association.

Licence on certificate from

University of
Alberta

Sealing and
signature
of licence

Examinations, qualifications, practice

(2) If the certificate of the Dominion Dental Council of Canada issued to a practitioner who has procured a licence under the provisions of this section is cancelled for any cause by the said council the licence of such practitioner to practise in Alberta shall be null and void and the board shall remove the name of such person from the register. [1917, c. 3, s. 38(2).]

15. The board shall, on receipt of a certificate from the Registrar of the University of Alberta that the person to whom such certificate is issued is duly qualified to practise the profession of dentistry as herein provided, issue to such person a licence to practise on payment by such person of the necessary registration fee:

Provided, however, that no certificate or licence shall be granted to any person who is under twenty-one years of age. [1911-12, c. 28, s. 6.]

16. Every licence issued under the provisions of this Act shall be sealed with the corporate seal of the association and shall be signed by the registrar and the production of a licence purporting to be so sealed and signed shall be prima facie evidence of the issue and contents thereof. [1911-12, c. 28, s. 7.[

17.

Examinations.

(1) The examination of candidates for admission to study or to practise the profession of dentistry in the Province of Alberta shall be under the control of the University of Alberta and shall be held twice yearly, upon such dates as the Senate of the University may fix, by examiners appointed by the Senate.

(2) A candidate for admission to study shall be required to pass the matriculation examination in the Arts Faculty of the University of Alberta or to have an academic standing which in the opinion of the Senate of the University of Alberta is equivalent thereto.

(3) Except as hereinafter provided every person before being permitted to practise shall be required to pass an examination in the subjects prescribed by the Senate of the University of Alberta.

(4) Every person desirous of being examined whether for admission to study or to practise shall on or before the first day of April or on or before the fifteenth of August, according to the time the examination is to be held, pay to the Registrar of the University the required fees and, in the case of a candidate for admission to practice, furnish the Registrar with satisfactory evidence that his term of indentureship has been fulfilled, or of his right to take the examinations as provided in the next subsection, and also as to his integrity and good morals.

(5) Any person who is a graduate of any school or college of dentistry or a member of any dental association recognized by the Senate of the University of Alberta as hereinafter provided, and who produces sufficient evidence of identity and either passes the final examination prescribed for admission to practise, or establishes to the satisfaction of the said Senate that he served in His Majesty's military forces overseas in the recent war, and was at the time of enlisting in the said military forces a resident of the Province of Alberta, shall be entitled to receive a licence to practise dentistry in the Province from the board of directors.

(6) The Senate of the University of Alberta may by resolution set forth and declare the names of the schools, colleges and associations whose graduates or members shall be entitled to receive licences as aforesaid, and may at any time by resolution recognize any other school, college or association, or rescind any former resolution recognizing any such school, college or association, and until such resolution is made by the Senate the schools, colleges or associations now recognized by law shall continue to be recognized by the University and by the board.

(7) On the passing of any examination by a candidate, or on the acceptance by the Senate of qualifications in lieu thereof as herein provided, the Registrar of the University shall notify the Registrar of the Dental Association, who shall take the necessary action in connection therewith. [1911-12, c. 28, s. 8; 1913(1), c. 9, s. 12; 1913(2), c. 2, s. 29(1); 1919, c. 4, s. 20(3) (4).]

Interim Certificates.

licence

18. (1) The board shall upon payment of the fees Interim prescribed by the Act and an additional registration fee of fifteen dollars grant an interim licence entitling the person named therein to practise dentistry upon his producing a certificate from the Registrar of the University showing that he is entitled to write upon the next examination of candidates for admission to practice.

(2) Such interim certificate shall continue in force only until the holding of the next ensuing examination for admission to practice unless the same be thereafter extended by the board for a further period not exceeding one year, upon recommendation from the Senate of the University of Alberta:

Provided that the said interim licence shall not entitle the holder thereof to practise in any city, town or village where there is at the date of the issue of such licence a resident registered dentist actually practising his profession.

(3) Any infraction by any such licentiate of the provisions of this section shall be deemed to be an offence under section 30 of this Act and the penalties therein provided shall apply.

[1913(2), c. 2, s. 29(2); 1917, c. 3, s. 38(3).]

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