New Jersey Board of Dentistry Law DEPARTMENT OF LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY 45:6-11. Licensees to furnish names of practitioners or assistants in office; display of certificate; inspection of offices, etc. Every person practicing dentistry in this state shall, upon demand in writing made by the secretary- treasurer of the board, furnish, within thirty days after said demand to the secretary-treasurer, the name and address of each and every person practicing dentistry, or assisting in the practice thereof, in the office of such person. For failure so to do, he shall be liable to a penalty of twenty-five dollars, and costs. Every person practicing dentistry in this state shall at all times display his registration certificate for the current year in a conspicuous place in his main operating room where the same shall be in plain view of patients, and every person who practices dentistry within the meaning of this chapter without having such certificate on display as herein required shall be liable to a penalty of fifty dollars, besides costs. Every member and employee of the board, when identified as herein provided, shall be authorized during ordinary business hours to enter and inspect any dental office or dental laboratory for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this chapter. Each member and employee of the board shall, when inspecting any dental office or laboratory, carry and exhibit when properly requested, a card stating his name and connection with the board, verified by the signatures of the president and secretary-treasurer of the board and by its seal. 45:6-12. Practice of dentistry by corporations prohibited; practice under firm name regulated No corporation shall practice or continue to practice, offer or undertake to practice, or hold itself out as practicing dentistry. No person shall practice or continue to practice dentistry as an officer, agent or employee of any corporation, or under the name of any corporation. No person shall practice or continue to practice dentistry under any firm name or trade name or under any name other than his true name, but nothing herein contained shall prohibit the practice of dentistry by a partnership under a firm name containing nothing but the surname of every member of the partnership, and that nothing herein contained shall prohibit a licensed dentist from practicing under his own name or under a firm name containing only the surnames of each member of such firm. Every person or corporation, violating any of the foregoing provisions of this section shall be subject to a penalty of three hundred dollars for the first offense and six hundred dollars for the second and each subsequent offense. Every person practicing dentistry under a firm name as herein authorized and every person practicing dentistry or as an employee of another shall cause his name to be conspicuously displayed and kept in a conspicuous place at the entrance of the place where such practice shall be conducted, and any person who shall neglect to cause his name to be displayed as herein required, shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars. 45:6-13. Penalty for practicing without license No person shall practice dentistry within the meaning of this chapter unless licensed so to do, and no person shall be deemed so licensed unless he is now licensed and registered so to do or shall hereafter be licensed and registered under the provisions of this chapter. No person shall employ, for a stated salary or otherwise, or give aid or assist any person not regularly licensed to practice dentistry to perform any dental operation upon human beings in this State. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this section or of any provision of this chapter shall be subject to a penalty of $300.00 for the first offense and of $2,000.00 for the second and each subsequent offense unless otherwise specifically provided. Amended by L.1950, c. 193, p. 434, s. 1; L.1955, c. 91, p. 269, s. 1.
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