I hereby give My Sanction to the Regulations governing the Organization of the State Examination Committee for Dentists and cause the same to be promulgated
Signed: HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor
This thirtieth day of the eighth month of the twenty-first year of Showa (August 30, 1946)
Countersigned: Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru
Minister of Welfare KAWAI Yoshinari
Imperial Ordinance No. 406
Regulations governing the Organization of the State Examination Committee for Dentists
Article 1. The State Examination Committee for Dentists (to be called the Examination Committee hereinafter) is under the superintendence of the Minister of Welfare, and takes charge of business relating to the State Examination Committee for Dentists (to be called the Examination hereinafter).
Article 2. The Examination Committee shall be composed of a chairman and members of committee.
Article 3. The Chairman shall be appropriated with President of the State Examination Inquiry Committee for Dentists.
Half the committeemen shall be appointed from among presidents of dental universities, directors of dental colleges, professors or assistant professors of dental faculties, and the other half shall be appointed not from among those who are the professors or the staff of dental universities or dental colleges but from among those who are engaging in dental professions. by the Cabinet through the recommendation of the Minister of Welfare.
In case of making the above petition the Minister of Welfare shall inquire of the State Examination Inquiry Commttiee and solicit the views thereof.
If those who are not government officials have been appointed committeemen shall be treated as the second class officials.
Article 4. Committeeman's term of office shall be one year.
He shall not be in the same office after the expiration of his term of office.
Article 5. The Chairman presides over business relating to the examination.
Article 6. Committeeman, under the superintendence of the chairman, shall share in business relating to the examination.
Article 7. Two secretaries of the State Examination for Dentists shall be appointed and the Minister of Welfare shall appoint them from among the second class officials of the Ministry of Welfare.
Those secretaries, under the direction of the chairman, shall make adjustment of general affairs relating to the examination.
Article 8. Five clerks of the State Examination for Dentists shall be appointed, and the Minister of Welfare shall appoint them from among the third class officials of the Ministry of Welfare.
These clerks, under the direction of the superiors, shall take charge of general affairs.
Supplementary Provision:
The present Ordinance shall come into force as from September 1, 1946.