Any authority in a 1[State]
2*** which grants a qualification
for dental hygienists may apply to the Council to have such qualification recognised, and the Council
may, after such inquiry, if any, as it thinks fit, and after consulting the Government and the 3[State]
Council of the 1[State] in which the authority making the application is situated, declare that such
qualification, or such qualification only when granted after a specified date, shall be a recognised dental
hygiene qualification for the purposes of this Act.
1. Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for "Province".
2. The words "of India" omitted, ibid.
3 Subs. ibid., for "Provincial".