No person shall engage in the practice of dentistry or dental medicine unless such person has first obtained a license from the Department of Public Health.
(1949 Rev., S. 4446; 1959, P.A. 616, S. 32; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 80-484, S. 149, 176; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: 1959 act required registration with state department of health; P.A. 77-614 replaced department of health with department of health services, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-484 required that license be obtained from department rather than commissioners and deleted reference to registration with department; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.
Prohibition against practicing without license penal in its nature; “practicing” construed. 83 C. 300; 109 C. 74. Hospital which employed unlicensed dental assistant in violation of statute found guilty of corporate negligence; principles governing malpractice are determinative. 133 C. 64. Cited. 141 C. 288; 149 C. 262.