Upon completion of this course, the dental healthcare professional (DHCP) will be able to: 1  1. Follow an appropriate process for the segregation, cleaning and sterilization of re-usable items, and for the appropriate disposal of single-use items.
Instead, on September 28, Congress directed the state legislatures to call ratification conventions in each state. Article VII stipulated that nine states had to ratify the Constitution for it to go into effect. Beyond the legal requirements for ratification, the state conventions fulfilled other purposes.
Even if the five most populous states all refused to ratify, the remaining nine still would represent a majority of the electorate. But what if nine small states all ratified by very narrow margins, and five big states rejected the Constitution by huge margins? Wouldnât that result in ratification by a minority? This was theoretically possible.