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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 18, 1906.

SCHEDULE.

FORM NO. 1.

Dentists Register.

PERSONS QUALIFIED TO PRACTISE DENTISTRY AND DENTAL SURGERY.

NATURE OF

DATE OF

NAME.

ADDRESS.

QUALIFICATION. QUALIFICATION.

Impressed

stamp

of $25.

FORM No. 2.

CERTIFICATE OF QUALIFICATION FOR REGISTRATION AS A DENTIST.

HONGKONG,

We the Dentists Board do hereby certify that A. B. has satisfied us that he holds a diploma or other document from entitling him to be registered in accordance with the Dentists Registration Ordinance, 1935; that he is of good character and that he is not less than 21 years of age.

Dated this

day of

190

Chairman of the Board,

N.B.---On presentation of this Certificate, is the Colonial Secretary by the person referred to herein his name will be recordeil in the Dentists Register and a notice to that effeer will be published in the Goverment Gazette.

Objects and Reasons,

The object is to protect the public against the practice of dentistry by unqualified persons. The Bill accordingly" declares what shall qualify for the practice of dentistry in, Hongkong and requires all persons so qualified to be registered before practising.

In order to prevent evasion of the Ordinance by the formation of companies of unqualified persons to carry ou dental practice the Bill makes it unlawful for a company to practise dentistry except by means of managers, as- sistants, aud persons who are duly registered dentists.

The 15th Section of the Bill applies only to the carrying on by companies of dental practice. It does not apply to the carrying on of the purely mechanical portion of a dentist's business, anch as the manufacture, sale, and repair of mechanical applinuces. The Bill applies to existing as well as future companies, and to companies limited by guarantee as well as to ordinary joint stock companies.

HENRY S. BERKELEY,

Attorney Generat.