New Jersey Board of Dentistry Law DEPARTMENT OF LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY fraudulently obtains a diploma or certificate showing or purporting to show graduation or completion of a course in dental hygiene or dental assisting, or who violates any of the provisions of this act, shall be liable to a penalty of $300.00 for the first offense and of $500.00 for the second and each subsequent offense. L.1979,c.46,s.11; amended 1988,c.31,s.2; 1995,c.367,s.5. 45:6-60. Disorderly persons offense; fines Any person, company or association who commits any of the following acts is a disorderly person, and upon every conviction thereof shall be subject to a fine of not less than $300.00 nor more than $500.00 or by imprisonment for not less than 30 days nor more than 90 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment: a. Selling or bartering, or offering to sell or barter, any diploma or document showing or purporting to show graduation as a dental hygienist or dental assistant; b. Purchasing or procuring by barter any such diploma, certificate or transcript with intent that it be used as evidence of the qualifications of the holder to practice dental hygiene or work as a registered dental assistant or limited registered dental assistant, or in fraud of the laws regulating such practice or work; c. With fraudulent intent, altering in a material regard, such diploma, certificate or transcript; d. Using or attempting to use such diploma, certificate or transcript which has been purchased, fraudulently issued, and counterfeited or materially altered, either as a license or registration or color of license or registration to practice dental hygiene or work as a registered dental assistant or limited registered dental assistant, or in order to procure registration as a dental hygienist; or e. In any affidavit or examination required of an applicant for examination, license or registration under the laws regulating the practice of dental hygiene or dental assisting, willfully making a false statement in a material regard, or impersonating another applicant at an examination. L.1979,c.46,s.13; amended 1995,c.367,s.7. 45:6-61. Penalty for violations by dentist Any licensed dentist who shall permit any unlicensed or unregistered person to practice dental hygiene or work as a registered dental assistant or limited registered dental assistant under his direction or control or shall permit or direct a licensed dental hygienist, registered dental assistant or limited registered dental assistant to perform any act not authorized in this act shall be guilty of a violation of this act and of conduct constituting willful and gross malpractice or willful and gross neglect in the practice of dentistry. L.1979,c.46,s.14; amended 1995,c.367,s.8. 45:6-62. Practice of dental hygiene. a. Any person who has graduated from a school or college of dental hygiene approved by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association and has been licensed to practice dental hygiene in this State and holds a current certification in Basic or Advanced Cardiac Life Support by an association approved by the board may, subject to the supervision of a New
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