37-4-326. Acts constituting misdemeanors. A person, company, or association is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished with a fine of not less than $50 or more than $200 or by imprisonment for not more than 6 months in the county jail or both if the person, company, or association:
(1) sells, barters, or offers to sell or barter a diploma or document conferring or purporting to confer any dental degree or any certificate or transcript made or purporting to be made pursuant to the laws regulating the license and regulation of dentists;
(2) purchases or procures by barter a diploma, certificate, or transcript with the intent of using the diploma, certificate, or transcript as evidence of the holder's qualification to practice dentistry or in fraud of the laws regulating dental practice;
(3) with fraudulent intent, alter in a material regard a diploma, certificate, or transcript;
(4) use or attempt to use a diploma, certificate, or transcript that has been purchased, fraudulently issued, counterfeited, or materially altered, either as a license or color of license to practice dentistry or in order to procure registration as a dentist;
(5) practice dentistry under a false or assumed name;
(6) in an affidavit required of an applicant for examination, license, or registration under this chapter, willfully make a false statement in a material regard;
(7) engage in the practice of dentistry under any title or name without causing to be displayed in a conspicuous manner and in a conspicuous place in the office the required certificate for the current period of licensed practice; or
(8) within 10 days after demand made by the secretary of the board, fail to furnish to the board the names and addresses of all persons practicing or assisting in the practice of dentistry in the office of the person, company, or association at any time within 60 days prior to the notice, together with a sworn statement showing under and by what license or authority the person, company, or association and the employee are and have been practicing dentistry, but the affidavit may not be used as evidence against the person, company, or association in any proceeding under this section.
History: En. Sec. 18, Ch. 48, L. 1935; re-en. Sec. 3115.18, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 66-918; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 492, L. 1997.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Title 37. Professions and Occupations
Chapter 4. Dentistry and Dental Hygiene
37-4-301. Qualifications -- fees
37-4-302. Recognition of dental schools and dental hygiene schools
37-4-307. Notice of name and address change -- local fees prohibited
37-4-308. through 37-4-310 reserved
37-4-312. Report of incompetence or unprofessional conduct
37-4-313. Compelling licensee evaluation
37-4-314. Immunity of person providing information
37-4-315. through 37-4-320 reserved
37-4-322. When publishing professional cards not unprofessional conduct
37-4-325. Witness fees and mileage
37-4-326. Acts constituting misdemeanors
37-4-327. Practicing dentistry without license -- penalty
37-4-328. Duty of county attorney -- jurisdiction of justices' courts -- injunction
37-4-329. through 37-4-339 reserved
37-4-340. Volunteer work -- licensure -- fee waiver -- rules
37-4-341. Licensure of out-of-state volunteer dentists and dental hygienists without examination