TITLE 5
Businesses and Professions
CHAPTER 5-31.1
Dentists and Dental Hygienists
SECTION 5-31.1-17
§ 5-31.1-17 Sanctions.
If the accused is found guilty of unprofessional conduct as defined in §
5-31.1-10, the director, at the direction of the board, shall impose one or
more of the following conditions:
(1) Administer a reprimand;
(2) Suspend, limit, or restrict his or her license or limited
registration to practice dentistry or license to practice dental hygiene or
license to practice DAANCE-certified maxillofacial surgery assisting;
(3) Require him or her to serve a period of probation subject
to certain conditions and requirements including, where appropriate, sanctions
or restitution;
(4) Revoke, indefinitely, his or her license or limited
registration to practice dentistry or license to practice dental hygiene or
license to practice DAANCE-certified maxillofacial surgery assisting;
(5) Require him or her to submit to the care, counseling, or
treatment of a physician or program acceptable to the board;
(6) Require him or her to participate in a program of
continuing dental, dental hygiene, or DAANCE-certified maxillofacial surgery
assisting education the area or areas in which he or she has been judged
deficient;
(7) Require him or her to practice under the direction of a
dentist in a public institution, public or private health care program, or
private practice for a period of time specified by the board;
(8) Assess against the dentist, dental hygienist or
DAANCE-certified maxillofacial surgery assistant the administrative costs of
the proceedings instituted against the dentist, dental hygienist or
DAANCE-certified maxillofacial surgery assisting under this chapter; provided,
that the assessment does not exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000); or
(9) Any other condition, conditions, or restrictions deemed
appropriate under the circumstances.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1987, ch. 358, § 2; P.L. 2014, ch. 95, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 163,
§ 1.)
