State ex rel. Jordan v. Department of Licenses

Citations

• 130 Wash. 82
• 226 P. 275
• 1924 Wash. LEXIS 827

Syllabus

<p>Physicians and Surgeons (2) — Regulation—Dentists-—Qualifications — Powers of Board — Statutes—Validity. It being within the constitutional power of the legislature to prescribe the qualifications of dental practitioners and to vest in an administrative board or person exclusive authority to pass upon the same, the dentistry act, Rem. 1923 Sup., § 10030-1 et seq., is not unconstitutional in that it requires an examining board to report the result of its examination to the -director of licenses who may determine therefrom W’hether an applicant is qualified, so long as he does not act dishonestly, arbitrarily or without due consideration.</p> <p>Same (4) —Dentists —Qualifications —Evidence —Sufficiency. Under Rem. 1923 Sup., § 10030-8, requiring an applicant for a dental license to pass certain examinations with a grade of 70%, an applicant cannot claim to have duly passed where the examiners reported to the director of licenses a grade of less than 70%.</p>