Bill 19 (Legislature 8, Session 8)

L8 S8 7995

Alberta — Bills

Bill No. 19 of 1939. A BILL RESPECTING DENTAL MECHANICS. NOTE. This Bill enables the Lieutenant Governor in Council to provide for the licensing of dental mechanics, who are defined therein as persons other than persons who are dentists or medical r>ractitioners, who make artificial teeth or dentures.

Section 4 enables any person licensed as a dental mechanic to make and fit dentures for any person needing them.

Section 5 permits a dental mechanic, for the purpose of making and fitting a denture, to take such impressions as are necessary for the purpose, and to do all such things as are necessary or incidental thereto. It is further declared that nothing therein shall make it lawful for any person other than a dentist or a medical practitioner to treat or operate on or interfere with any teeth or the mouth or gums of any person. R. ANDREW SMITH, Legislative Counsel. (This note does not form any part of the Bill and is offered merely as a partial explanation of some of its provisions.)

BILL No. 19 of 1939.

An Act Respecting Dental Mechanics. (Assented to , 1939.) HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. This Act may be cited as "The Dental Mechanics Licensing Act." 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, (a) "Dentist" shall mean a member of the Dental Association of Alberta. (b) "Dental mechanic" shall mean a person other than a dentist or medical practitioner who makes arti ficial teeth or dentures. (c) "Minister" shall mean the Minister of Health. 3. Upon recommendation of the Minister, the Lieutenant Governor in Council may, by order,- (

a) provide for the licensing of all dental mechanics, and prohibit any person not so licensed, other than a person who is a member of the Dental Associa tion of Alberta, from engaging in the business of making false teeth or dentures, otherwise than under the direction and supervision of a member of the Dental Association of Alberta; (b) (c) (d) (

e) provide for examination of persons desirous of being licensed as dental mechanics, and the nature of such examinations; designate the persons by whom such examinations shall be conducted; pre scribe the standards of efficiency to be attained by such persons as precedent to the licensing of such persons; prescribe any circumstan<:!es of fact, that will dis qualify any applicant from being licensed, or which will qualify any applicant to be so licensed; prescribe forms of application for licenses, form of license, the mode of issuance thereof, and the expiration and renewal thereof; prescribe any fees payable upon any application or for an examination, or upon the issuance of any license;

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I) provide for the suspension and the cancellation of a license, and the reinstatement of any cancelled license, and prescribe the circumstances under which a license may be cancelled or suspended or any can,celled license may be reinstated; (

g) prescribe regulations as to the manner in which a licensed mechanic shall carryon any of his opera tions as such. 4. Any person who is a holder of a subsisting license as a dental mechanic may, notwithstanding any of the pro visions of The Dental Association Act, make and fit dentures for any person needing dentures,- (

a) in the lower jaw, for the lower jaw; (

b) in the upper jaw, for the upper jaw; (

c) in both the upper and lower jaw, for both. 5. For the purpose of making and fitting any denture in such case as aforesaid, the dental mechanic may take such impressions as are necessary for the purpose, and do such things as are necessary or incidental thereto. 6. Nothing in this Act shall make it lawful for any person, other than a duly qualified dentist or a duly qualified medical practitioner, to treat, or operate on, or interfere with any teeth or the mouth or gums of any person. 7. This Act shall come into force on the day upon which it is assented to.

EIGHTH SESSION EIGHTH LEGIS'LATURE 3 GEORGE VI 1939 BILL

An Act Respecting Dental Mechanics. Received and read the First time ....................................... . Second time ..................................... . Third time ...................................... .. MR. UNWIN. EDMONTON: A. Shnltka, King's Printer 1939 Title: 1939 (8th, 8th) Bill 19,

An Act Respecting Dental Mechanics

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L8 S8 7995
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L8 S8 7995
Language	en
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