NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1965 SESSION

CHAPTER 163
SENATE BILL 28

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 90 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES RELATING TO THE PRACTICE OF DENTISTRY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  G.S. 90-29 is amended by inserting after the words "in any of the" and before the word "practices" in line 27, the word "clinical".
Sec. 2.  G.S. 90-29 is further amended by adding two subsections immediately following subsection (6), to be designated as subsections (7) and (8), and to read as follows:
"(7)	Any act or acts performed by an assistant to a licensed dentist when the said act or acts are authorized and permitted by and performed in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the Board.
"(8)	Any act or acts performed by a licensed dental hygienist pursuant to the authority granted the same in Article 16 of this Chapter."
Sec. 3.  Subsection (2) of G.S. 90-39, as the same appears in the 1963 Cumulative Supplement to the General Statutes, is amended by striking out the words and figures "eight dollars ($8.00)" and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "not to exceed twenty-five dollars ($25.00), which fee shall be annually fixed by the Board; and not later than November 30 of each year, the Board shall give notice of the amount of the renewal fee to each dentist licensed to practice in the State of North Carolina."
Sec. 4.  G.S. 90-41 is amended by inserting after the words "or practice" and before the words "or has been convicted" in line 18, the words: "or has wrongfully or fraudulently held himself out to be or represented himself to be qualified as a specialist in any branch of dentistry".
Sec. 5.  G.S. 90-43 is amended by striking out in line 4 the word "ten" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "twenty".
Sec. 6.  G.S. 90-40 is amended by striking out in line 4 the word and figure "June 30" and inserting in lieu thereof the word and figure "March 31".
Sec. 7.  Subsection (2) of G.S. 90-231 is amended by striking out in said subsection the words and figures "two dollars ($2.00)" and inserting in lieu thereof the words and figures "five dollars ($5.00)".
Sec. 8.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 9.  This Act shall become effective upon its ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 5th day of April, 1965.