PRINTER'S NO. 82
No. 57 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY KILLION, ADOLPH, BOYD, CALTAGIRONE, CURRY, GEORGE,
GINGRICH, KOTIK, MARKOSEK, MARSICO, McILHATTAN, PYLE,
REICHLEY, SIPTROTH, SONNEY, WALKO, WATSON, MILLARD, RUBLEY
AND GEIST, JANUARY 30, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE,
JANUARY 30, 2007
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of May 1, 1933 (P.L.216, No.76), entitled "An
2 act relating to dentistry; defining and providing for the
3 licensing and registration of dentists and dental hygienists,
4 and for the revocation and suspension of such licenses and
5 registrations, subject to appeal, and for their
6 reinstatement; defining the powers and duties of the State
7 Dental Council and Examining Board and the Department of
8 Public Instruction; providing penalties; and repealing
9 existing laws," further providing for imposition of
10 penalties.
11 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
12 hereby enacts as follows:
13 Section 1. Section 10(a) and (h) of the act of May 1, 1933
14 (P.L.216, No.76), known as The Dental Law, amended December 27,
15 1994 (P.L.1361, No.160), are amended to read:
16 Section 10. Penalties.--(a) It is unlawful for any person
17 to practice dentistry or as a dental hygienist or as an expanded
18 function dental assistant, or to hold himself or herself out as
19 a practitioner of or entitled or authorized to practice
20 dentistry or as a dental hygienist or as an expanded function
1 dental assistant, or to assume any title of "dentist," "dental
2 surgeon," "dental hygienist," expanded function dental
3 assistant" or other letters or titles in connection with his or
4 her name which in any way represent him or her as being engaged
5 in the practice of dentistry or as a dental hygienist or as an
6 expanded function dental assistant, or authorized so to do,
7 unless he or she has been duly licensed or certified, and
8 authorized to engage in such practice under the provisions of
9 this act. A person who violates this subsection commits a
10 misdemeanor of the third degree and shall, upon conviction, for
11 a first offense, be sentenced to a fine not to exceed [one
12 thousand dollars ($1,000)] two thousand five hundred dollars
13 ($2,500) or to imprisonment for not more than six months, or
14 both. A second offense shall be subject to a fine not to exceed
15 [two thousand dollars ($2,000)] five thousand dollars ($5,000)
16 or imprisonment for a term of six months to one year, or both.
17 * * *
18 (h) Any person violating any of the provisions of this
19 section other than subsection (a), or any other provisions of
20 this act except as provided in subsection (a), shall be guilty
21 of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be
22 sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding [five hundred dollars] two
23 thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), or to suffer
24 imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both, for a first
25 offense in the discretion of the court. For a second or
26 subsequent offense, a person shall be sentenced to pay a fine
27 not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000) or to suffer
28 imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both, in the discretion
29 of the court.
30 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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