TITLE 5

Businesses and Professions

CHAPTER 5-31.1

Dentists and Dental Hygienists

SECTION 5-31.1-35



   § 5-31.1-35  Penalty for violations

generally – Evidence of unauthorized practice. –

Any person who practices or attempts to practice dentistry in this state,

without being licensed by and registered with the board, or without registering

and obtaining annually a certificate of registration, as provided in this

chapter, or who violates any of the provisions of this chapter, penalty for the

violation of which is not provided by law, and any person, firm, or corporation

owning or carrying on a dental business and in that business employing or

permitting any person to practice dentistry in this state, without being

licensed and obtaining an annual certificate as stated in this section, is

guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than two

thousand dollars ($2,000) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or

imprisoned for not more than two (2) years, either or both, in the discretion

of the court. In no case where any provision of this chapter has been violated

is the person violating the provision entitled to receive compensation for

service rendered. The opening or maintaining of a dentist's office, displaying

of a dentist's sign or door plate, or the advertising in the public prints or

by cards, circulars, posters, of a readiness to practice dentistry in this

state by that person, firm, or corporation is evidence of the violation.



History of Section.

(P.L. 1987, ch. 358, § 2.)