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Dental Bills in State Legislatures
J.A.D.A., Vol.
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ters, of paragraph 3 of this directive. This Branch shall consist of (a) a D ental Appoint ment and Advancement Section, (b) a D ental Assignment and T ran sfer Section and (c) an Enlisted Personnel Section. 12 . T h e Dental Appointment and A dvance ment Section shall perform the functions of the D ental Personnel Branch as they relate to professional qualifications of dental officer personnel. 13 . T h e D ental Assignment and Transfer Section shall perform the functions of the
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Dental Personnel Branch as they relate to complements, assignments, transfers and re leases of dental officer personnel. 14 . The Enlisted Personnel Section shall perform the functions of the Dental Personnel Branch as they relate to enlisted personnel. 15 . Reference (b) is hereby superseded and cancelled. Ross T . M clntire, V ice Adm iral (M C ) U S N C hief of Bureau
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Annual Registration. —M a r y la n d H .6 8 would require an annual registration of dentists. Board of Dental Examiners. — Connect icut H.69' would consolidate the admin istrative work of all professional and vo cational licensing boards. Corporations.— M a s s a c h u s e tts H .707 would prohibit the practice of dentistry by corporations. Education.— Colorado H.579, H.598 and S.231 (separate bills) would create the University of Colorado dental school and would provide for its maintenance and government. H.734 would levy an annual tax and make an appropriation therefrom for the use, benefit, maintenance and sup port of the dental school of the Univer sity of Colorado. S.336 would make an appropriation for the University of Colo rado dental school. New York A.732 and S.657 (compan ion bills) would provide for the estab lishment of a state university with a col lege of arts and sciences and schools of dentistry, medicine, law and engineering and such other colleges and professional schools as may be established by law,
subject to approval by voters at the gen eral election in 1947. A. 733 and S.656 (companion bills) would authorize the creation of a state debt of $50,000,000 for a state university with a school of arts and sciences and schools of dentistry, medicine, law and engineering and such other colleges and professional schools as may be established by law ; would require that qualified residents shall be admitted without charge and without dis crimination because of race, color, creed or national origin, and would require that the bill be submitted to the voters at the general election in 1947. New York A .7 and S .7 (companion bills) would create in the education department a commission against discrim ination in education with three members to be appointed by the governor, to formulate plans to prevent and eliminate practices of discrimination in education because of race, religion, color, national origin or ancestry; would define unfair educational practices, and would exempt sectarian institutions. A.45 and S . 11 2 (companion bills) would appropriate $150,000 for the expenses of the proposed
370 state commission against discrimination in education because of race, religion, color, national origin or ancestry. New York A .4 15 and S .n o (compan ion bills) would permit any person who because of race, color or religion is denied the use of facilities of a tax exempt edu cational corporation or association which claims to be nonsectarian to petition the attorney general to bring an action in the supreme court to have such tax exempt property placed on the taxable property rolls. A.647 and S.587 (com panion bills) would prohibit an inquiry by a nonsectarian organization as to the race, color or religion of an applicant for admission. Free Choice.— New York S.561 would permit an injured employee in a Work men’s Compensation case, where dental care is required, to select any dentist authorized by the rules of the commis sioner on recommendation of the State Board of Dental Examiners and would require that the reasonableness and
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necessity for dental care be determined by the Industrial Board. Hygienists.—Arizona S. 10 would provide for the licensing and registration of dental hygienists by the Arizona State Dental Board. Maine S. 102 would authorize a dental hygienist to operate an x-ray machine and to make applications of medicine to the teeth and gums. Laboratories and Technicians. — M a s s a chusetts S. 1421 would authorize the registration by the Board of Dental E x aminers »of dental mechanics, dental laboratories and the employees of such laboratories. Reciprocity.— Michigan H .34 would per mit veterans to practice dentistry in that state without examination if they have been duly admitted to practice in other states. Trade Names. — M assachusetts H . 1 4 2 2 would prohibit the use of a trade name to designate a dental office.— George H. Fox, Secretary.
Changing Character of Commercial Penicillin. — Penicillin as commercially distributed is not a single substance but a mixture of several. A t least four different penicillin species w hich differ chemically in the side chains attached to the basic nuclear structure have been identified. These are known in the U nited States as penicillins G, X , F and K . T h e relative content of these several penicillins in commercial penicillin m ay vary from time to tim e throughout the industry. In recent months some commercial penicillins have contained a substantial proportion of penicillin K . T h e several penicillins vary in their in vitro and in vivo activity against a variety of bacteria. Penicillin K is relatively inefficacious against the several infections against which it has been experimentally studied. Its inefficacy is apparently due to the fact that, unlike penicillins G, X and F , it is rapidly destroyed in the body. Commercial penicillin has also undergone a change in the direction of increasing purity (in units per m illigram ) with a consequent decrease in “ impurities” which m ay possibly possess therapeutic activity. T h e changing character of commercial penicillin is reflected in the fact that the results of penicillin treatment of early syphilis have been less satisfactory since M ay 1944 than prior to that date. . . . T h e factors responsible for the apparent decrease in efficacy of commercial penicillin are under intensive cooperative study in laboratories and clinics working under the sponsorship of the National Institute of H ealth and by industry, and practical steps to meet the difficulty are in progress by industrial producers.— Com m ittee on M edical Research, the U nited States Public Health Service and the Food and D rug Adm inistration, “ T h e Changing Character of Com m ercial Penicillin, with Suggestions as to the Use of Penicillin in Syphilis.” J.A .M .A . 1 3 1 : 2 7 1 (M a y 2 5 ) 1946.
Legislation
ters, of paragraph 3 of this directive. This Branch shall consist of (a) a D ental Appoint ment and Advancement Section, (b) a D ental Assignment and T ran sfer Section and (c) an Enlisted Personnel Section. 12 . T h e Dental Appointment and A dvance ment Section shall perform the functions of the D ental Personnel Branch as they relate to professional qualifications of dental officer personnel. 13 . T h e D ental Assignment and Transfer Section shall perform the functions of the
34,
March I,
1947. . . 369
Dental Personnel Branch as they relate to complements, assignments, transfers and re leases of dental officer personnel. 14 . The Enlisted Personnel Section shall perform the functions of the Dental Personnel Branch as they relate to enlisted personnel. 15 . Reference (b) is hereby superseded and cancelled. Ross T . M clntire, V ice Adm iral (M C ) U S N C hief of Bureau
D E N T A L B IL L S IN S T A T E L E G I S L A T U R E S
Annual Registration. —M a r y la n d H .6 8 would require an annual registration of dentists. Board of Dental Examiners. — Connect icut H.69' would consolidate the admin istrative work of all professional and vo cational licensing boards. Corporations.— M a s s a c h u s e tts H .707 would prohibit the practice of dentistry by corporations. Education.— Colorado H.579, H.598 and S.231 (separate bills) would create the University of Colorado dental school and would provide for its maintenance and government. H.734 would levy an annual tax and make an appropriation therefrom for the use, benefit, maintenance and sup port of the dental school of the Univer sity of Colorado. S.336 would make an appropriation for the University of Colo rado dental school. New York A.732 and S.657 (compan ion bills) would provide for the estab lishment of a state university with a col lege of arts and sciences and schools of dentistry, medicine, law and engineering and such other colleges and professional schools as may be established by law,
subject to approval by voters at the gen eral election in 1947. A. 733 and S.656 (companion bills) would authorize the creation of a state debt of $50,000,000 for a state university with a school of arts and sciences and schools of dentistry, medicine, law and engineering and such other colleges and professional schools as may be established by law ; would require that qualified residents shall be admitted without charge and without dis crimination because of race, color, creed or national origin, and would require that the bill be submitted to the voters at the general election in 1947. New York A .7 and S .7 (companion bills) would create in the education department a commission against discrim ination in education with three members to be appointed by the governor, to formulate plans to prevent and eliminate practices of discrimination in education because of race, religion, color, national origin or ancestry; would define unfair educational practices, and would exempt sectarian institutions. A.45 and S . 11 2 (companion bills) would appropriate $150,000 for the expenses of the proposed
370 state commission against discrimination in education because of race, religion, color, national origin or ancestry. New York A .4 15 and S .n o (compan ion bills) would permit any person who because of race, color or religion is denied the use of facilities of a tax exempt edu cational corporation or association which claims to be nonsectarian to petition the attorney general to bring an action in the supreme court to have such tax exempt property placed on the taxable property rolls. A.647 and S.587 (com panion bills) would prohibit an inquiry by a nonsectarian organization as to the race, color or religion of an applicant for admission. Free Choice.— New York S.561 would permit an injured employee in a Work men’s Compensation case, where dental care is required, to select any dentist authorized by the rules of the commis sioner on recommendation of the State Board of Dental Examiners and would require that the reasonableness and
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necessity for dental care be determined by the Industrial Board. Hygienists.—Arizona S. 10 would provide for the licensing and registration of dental hygienists by the Arizona State Dental Board. Maine S. 102 would authorize a dental hygienist to operate an x-ray machine and to make applications of medicine to the teeth and gums. Laboratories and Technicians. — M a s s a chusetts S. 1421 would authorize the registration by the Board of Dental E x aminers »of dental mechanics, dental laboratories and the employees of such laboratories. Reciprocity.— Michigan H .34 would per mit veterans to practice dentistry in that state without examination if they have been duly admitted to practice in other states. Trade Names. — M assachusetts H . 1 4 2 2 would prohibit the use of a trade name to designate a dental office.— George H. Fox, Secretary.
Changing Character of Commercial Penicillin. — Penicillin as commercially distributed is not a single substance but a mixture of several. A t least four different penicillin species w hich differ chemically in the side chains attached to the basic nuclear structure have been identified. These are known in the U nited States as penicillins G, X , F and K . T h e relative content of these several penicillins in commercial penicillin m ay vary from time to tim e throughout the industry. In recent months some commercial penicillins have contained a substantial proportion of penicillin K . T h e several penicillins vary in their in vitro and in vivo activity against a variety of bacteria. Penicillin K is relatively inefficacious against the several infections against which it has been experimentally studied. Its inefficacy is apparently due to the fact that, unlike penicillins G, X and F , it is rapidly destroyed in the body. Commercial penicillin has also undergone a change in the direction of increasing purity (in units per m illigram ) with a consequent decrease in “ impurities” which m ay possibly possess therapeutic activity. T h e changing character of commercial penicillin is reflected in the fact that the results of penicillin treatment of early syphilis have been less satisfactory since M ay 1944 than prior to that date. . . . T h e factors responsible for the apparent decrease in efficacy of commercial penicillin are under intensive cooperative study in laboratories and clinics working under the sponsorship of the National Institute of H ealth and by industry, and practical steps to meet the difficulty are in progress by industrial producers.— Com m ittee on M edical Research, the U nited States Public Health Service and the Food and D rug Adm inistration, “ T h e Changing Character of Com m ercial Penicillin, with Suggestions as to the Use of Penicillin in Syphilis.” J.A .M .A . 1 3 1 : 2 7 1 (M a y 2 5 ) 1946.