{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-112-46","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, § 46","heading":"Reputable dental college; definition","body":"Section 46. A dental college shall be considered reputable which possesses the following qualifications:\nFirst, It shall be incorporated and authorized by its charter to confer degrees of doctor of dental medicine, doctor of dental surgery or doctor of dental science.\nSecond, It shall have a competent faculty and corps of instructors. The teaching staff shall deliver a comprehensive and satisfactory course of lectures supplemented by adequate clinical and laboratory exercises in all subjects pertaining to modern dentistry.\nThird, It shall give a course of not less than four separate academic years to matriculants who are graduates of accredited high schools or who present proof of equivalent training, or a course of not less than three separate academic years to matriculants who present satisfactory proof of having successfully completed two years of appropriate pre-dental training in a college or university authorized to grant degrees. Each academic year shall consist of not less than thirty-two weeks.\nThe administrative policy of the dental college shall be such as to accomplish the requirements of this section.","path":["Part I","Title XVI","Chapter 112"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXVI/Chapter112/Section46","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:22:48Z","sha256":"5e6af331e314cac436c21c7aa4c21d581413950d204678a1a1e3b57f063c436d","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-112-45c","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-112-46a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}