Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 54 Part 1.djvu/757

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54 STAT.] 76TH CONG. , 3D SESS.-CHS. 513 , 514 -JULY 2, 1940 examination conducted by the Board, may at the discretion of the Board be licensed without further examination upon the payment of the required fee of $10 and the certificate fee of $1: Provided, That the laws of such State or Territory accord equal rights to a dental hygienist of the District of Columbia holding a license from the Board of the District of Columbia who desires to practice dental hygiene in such State or Territory of the United States. "SEC. 27. The duties and powers of the Board respecting the prac- tice of dentistry as set forth in this Act shall apply, unless otherwise specified, equally and in all respects whatsoever to the practice of dental hygiene; and the practice of dental hygiene is hereby declared to affect the public health and safety and to be subject to regulation and control in the public interest to the same extent as herein set forth with respect to the practice of dentistry. The annual registra- tion fee for licensed dental hygienists shall be $3. "SEc. 28. Whoever engages in the practice of dentistry without a license so to do, or whoever violates any provision of law relating to the practice of dentistry or dental hygiene or the application for examination and licensing of dentists and dental hygienists, for which no specific penalty has been prescribed shall be fined not more than $1,000. "SEC. 29. A second or subsequent conviction under sections 19, 20, 21, and 28 shall be punished by the maximum penalties prescribed therein, or imprisonment in jail or workhouse not less than six months nor more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment. "SEC. 30. When used in this Act- "(1) Personal pronouns include all genders. "(2) The term 'Board' means the Board of Dental Examiners. "(3) Advertising shall be deemed to include those in public print, by radio, or any other form of public announcement. "SEC. 31. Rules and regulations adopted by the Board shall become effective thirty days after promulgation: Provided, That notice of such rules and regulations is published once a week for three consecu- tive weeks during that period in a newspaper of general circulation in the District of Columbia, and that notice be mailed to each regis- tered dentist and dental hygienist in the District of Columbia. "SEC. 32. Should any section or provision of this Act be decided by the courts to be unconstitutional or invalid, the validity of the Act as a whole or of any part thereof other than the part decided to be unconstitutional shall not be affected. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. "SEC. 33. All Acts or parts thereof heretofore enacted into law and inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed." Approved, July 2, 1940. [CHAPTER 514] AN ACT To amend section 5 of the Act of Congress approved June 26, 1906, relative to the Alaska Salmon fishery. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 5 of the Act of Congress approved June 26, 19062 entitled "An Act for the protection and regulation of the fisheries of Alaska", as amended is further amended by inserting after the word "barter" in the first sentence of said section a comma and the following: "and except by hook and line for either personal or commercial use,". Approved, July 2, 1940. 723 Reciprocity. Authority of Board applicable to practice of dental hygiene. Declaration of pol- icy. Registration fee. Practicing without license, etc.; penalty. Penalty for subse. quent convictions. Terms construed. Rules and regula- tions; when effective. Prwoiso. Notice. Separability clause. Right reserved. Repeal. July 2, 1940 [H. R . 8172] [Public, No. 709] Alaska. Weekly closed sea- son for taking salmon. 34 Stat. 479; 43 Stat. 466. 48U. S. C. §234.