DENTAL COUNCIL?

Taranaki Daily News, 3 September 1935, Page 11

DENTAL COUNCIL?

ESTABLISHMENT SUGGESTED.

BILL IN PRESENT SESSION

(By Wire —Parliamentary Reporter.) Wellington, Last Night. The establishment of a dental council within New Zealand to control the domestic affairs of the profession may be undertaken during this session of liament. It is probable that the Minister of Health and Internal Affairs, Sir Alexander Young, who was himself a dentist, will introduce a Bill giving effect to the aims of registered dentists. The Bill' will not be a Government measure ahd its fate in the House will, of course, be determined on its merits. It is stated, however, that there is a strong demand throughout the profession for statutory sanctions for control. It is understood that the dental coun-. cil will be modelled on the lines of other professional councils in New Zealand, an.l that Its constitution arid powers will be somewhat similar to those of the medical council established by the Medical ■Practitioners Act of 1914, which covers the interests of medicine, pharmacy and related professions. This council consists of seven members, including the Direc-tor-General of Health and six registered practitioners appointed by the Government.