STATE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT

From Iowa Official Register 1909-1910 

   BOARD OF DENTAL EXAMINERS. (pg 230)
Appointed by the Governor. Term five years. Compensation $5.00 per diem.

                                                                                                                                                Terms Expire
ELMER H. BALL, President, Tama.........................................................................................July 31, 1910
EPHRIAM D. BROWER, Secretary and Treasurer, Le Mars.................................................July 31, 1913
FRED. H. RULE, Ackley..........................................................................................................July 31, 1912
GABRIEL N. BEEMER, Mason City........................................................................................July 31, 1911
JOHN V. CONZETT, Dubuque................................................................................................July 31, 1909

     Under the provisions of the law the board of dental examiners must hold one or more meetings annually for the examination of applicants for license. An applicant must be in possession of a diploma from a reputable dental school (reputable being construed to be a college that maintains a course equal to that recommended by the National Board of Dental Examiners). No European diplomas are accepted. The fee for examination is $20.00.
     The passing grade is 80 per cent. Practical examination in operative and prosthetic dentistry; written examination in anatomy, physiology, chemistry, pathology, therapeutics, materia medica, anaesthesia, histology, hygiene, bacteriology, prosthetic dentistry, oral surgery, metallurgy, operative dentistry, orthodontia and jurisprudence.
     The fee for interchange licenses is $25.00 and for exchange certificate is $5.00. Iowa has reciprocity with Vermont, New Jersey, District of Columbia, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma.
     Upon the payment to the board of the fee of $25.00 a renewal license is issued to any one who failed to record his license with the county clerk within one year after its issue.
     Duplicate license is issued to anyone whose license has been lost or destroyed; fee for same is $2.00.
     The dental board is under the law governing boards and commissions which provides that all moneys collected must be turned into the state treasury each month. A bill  for expenses and per diem must be rendered to the executive council each month.

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STATE BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS. (pg 234)

     President ALFRED P. HANCHETT, Council Bluffs.
    Secretary and Treasurer, LOUIS A. THOMAS, Des Moines
     Members. The physicians of the state board of health.
     The secretary receives an annual salary of $300.
     Examinations are held every three months.
     Correspondence relating to practice of medicine or osteopathy should be sent to the secretary of this board.
     Every person practicing medicine or osteopathy in the state is required to secure a certificate from this board.
     Every physician or osteopath itinerating within the state is required to produce a special license.
     The board is authorized to issue two classes of certificates:
     First, to physicians, under sections 2576 and 2582 of the code and second to osteopaths, under chapter 158, laws      Twenty-ninth General Assembly.
     There is no provision in the law for issuing permits to practice midwifery.

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