lec 4 Flashcards
True or false:
Prior to the coming of the Americans, there were NO formal enactments to regulate the practice of dentistry in the Philippines.
True
The first attempt to regulate was during the __________ occupation when on _____________, requiring all unregistered dental practitioners who desire to continue practicing to take and pass an ___________ before a board established by provost ___________ of the City of __________ on _________.
- American Military
- August 13, 1898
- examination
- marshall general
- Manila
- August 2, 1899
- An act regulating the practice of dentistry in the Philippines Islands.
- This was the first dental law enacted on January 10, 1903 by the Philippine Commission.
- Creation of Board of Dental Examiners consisting of 3 dentists appointed by the Commissioner of Public Health.
Act No. 593
-An act granting dentist the right to prescribe and administer opium, cocaine, or any of its derivatives to the patients.
- Enacted on January 16, 1913.
Act No. 2205
- An act requiring dentist to pay an annual license fee of Forty (P40.00) Pesos.
- Enacted on February 7, 1913.
Act No. 2227
- Declaring the law related to dental surgery as applicable to non-christian tribes.
- Enacted on April 18, 1913
Act No. 2227
- An act providing for the imposition of a penalty of a fine not less than 300 pesos nor more than 100 pesos, or imprisonment for a period of 6 months, or both, upon dentists prescribing opium to, patients who do not need the use of such drugs.
- Enacted on February 28, 1914
Act No. 2381
- An act amending Act No. 2462 regarding qualifications, appointment, and removal of member of the Board.
- Enacted in February 4, 1916
Act No. 2602
- An act enacted on February 5, 1915 providing new regulations for examination of dentists and the practice of dentistry in the Philippines.
- This was the Second Dental Law.
- Its important features were: change of appointing power of the members of the Board of Dental Examiners from the Commission of Public Health to the Director of Health together with the approval
of the Secretary of the Interior, and suggestion for the need of a uniform curriculum in private dental schools and colleges.
Act No. 2462
- An act enacted on March 10, 1917 otherwise known as The Administrative Code of the Philippine Islands of 1917.
- This was the Third Dental Law.
Chapter 32 therein provides in part, to wit:
1. Qualifications for member of the Board of Dental Examiners were increased;
2. Reciprocity provision was required of foreign dentists desiring to be admitted to the practice of dentistry in the Philippines;
3. Age of twenty one (21) years was a requirement prior to the issuance of Certificate of Registration;
4. “Dental surgeons from the other countries
called for consultation” were on of those included in the exemption from the requisite of a certificate of registration.
Act No. 2711
An act enacted on October 16, 1930 requiring for reciprocity for foreign applicants to the dental board examination.
Act No. 3680
Eliminated age requirement for admission to the examination as provided in the Administrative Code but provided that no certificate of registration will be issued until the applicant attained the age of 21 years old.
Act No. 3681
This was passed by the Philippine Legislative on 1929, lengthening the course of Dentistry from three to four years
Act No. 3538
An act enacted on December 5, 1932 otherwise known as the Reorganization Law of 1932. It made basic changes in the conduct of board examinations and the supervision of the various government examining boards. It placed the conduct of board examinations under the direct supervision of the Bureau of Civil Service; it transferred the Board of Dental Examiners from the Department of Interior to the Department of Instruction.
Act No. 4007
An act enacted on September 5, 1938 creating a dental corps within the medical service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
Commonwealth Act No. 385
