Sunday, 31 May 2015

The Philippine Dental Act of 1965

   

In 1965, the Dental Law of 1949 or R.A. No. 417, was set aside and superseded by R.A. No.4419, passed by the Fifth Congress of the Philippines and signed into law by President Diosdado Macapagal on June 19, 1965.

A salient provision of this Dental Act of 1965 was the increase of the members in the composition of the Board of Dental Examiners from 3 to 5 members and their respective term of office, also raised to five years. The law created, in addition to the Board of Dental Examiners, the Council on Dental Education, for the regulation and standardization of dental education, and the Council for the Advancement of Dental Research, to promote and develop dental research in the Philippines.

The Penal Provision states that, any person who shall violate any provision of this Act, shall be guilty of “misdemeanor”, and shall upon conviction be sentenced to a fine of not less than P3,000 nor more than P5,000 or to suffer an imprisonment for a period of not less than one year nor more than 5 years, or both, in the discretion of the court. The penalty provided for violation of this dental law, although may be ample during those few years, is however now too light in these present times.


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