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1965, the Dental Law of 1949 or R.A. No. 417, was set aside and superseded by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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