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Measure #24 - YES
Allows Licensed Denturists To Install Partial Dentures (Replacement Teeth); Authorizes Cooperative Dentist-Denturist Business Ventures

PEAPAC Explanation:
If passed, Measures 24 would break the state enforced monopoly of dentists over the installation of partial dentures. It would allow denturists to perform this procedure, as well as dentists.

PEAPAC Recommendation:
This Measure gives a greater degree of freedom to the consumer to choose who will install his partial dentures. It removes a state-enforced monopoly. We urge a Yes vote on Measure 24.

PEAPAC Commentary:
Well, this is a Measure you can really sink your teeth into, whether real or not! 

One of the hallmarks of our American greatness is our freedom: freedom to engage in business, freedom to choose which provider of services we wish to employ, and freedom to enter into various trades without government interference. Over the last few decades, this Bible-based freedom has been eroded as more and more government bureaucracies and rules have replaced vocational and professional associations and standards.

We see no reason for the State of Oregon to enforce a monopoly dictating who can and cannot install partial dentures. We believe the free market and voluntary associations with private board certification procedures are well able to handle its oversight. And we believe the average citizen should have the freedom to let a denturist he trusts put his false teeth in. This Measure provides him that freedom and we ask you to vote Yes on it.

This voters' guide produced by Parents Education Association, PAC.