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126 DENTAL LAWS CONDENSED.
tal degree, or any certificate or transcript made or purporting to
be made, pursuant to the laws regulating the license and regis-
tration of dentists ; or
(2) Shall purchase or procure by barter any such diploma,
certificate or transcript with intent that the same shall be used
as evidence of the holder's qualifications to practise dentistry,
or in fraud of the laws regulating such practice ; or
(3) Shall, with fraudulent intent, alter in a material regard
any such diploma, certificate or transcript ; or
(4) Shall use or attempt to use any such diploma, or certifi-
cate or transcript, which has been purchased, fraudulently issued,
counterfeited or materially altered either as a license or color of
license to practise dentistry, or in order to procure registration as
a dentist ; or
Shall practise dentistry under a false or assumed name;
(5)
or
(6) Not being duly licensed and registered as a dentist, shall
assume the degree of "Doctor of Dental Surgery," or "'Doctor of
Dental Medicine," or shall append the letters "D.D.S.," or
"D.M.D.," to his or her name, not having had duly conferred
upon him or her by diploma from some college or school legally
empowered to confer the same, the right to assume said titles ; or
shall assume any title or append any letters to his or her name
with the intent to represent falsely that he has received a dental
degree or license ; or
(7) Any person w^ho, in any affidavit or examination re-
quired by an application for examination, license or registration
under the laws regulating the practice of dentistry, shall w'illfully
make a false statement in material regard, shall be guilty of a
high misdemeanor, punishable upon conviction thereof by a fine
not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment at hard
labor not exceeding five years, or both, at the discretion of the
court.
14. All fines and penalties or forfeitures imposed or collected
for violation of any of the foregoing provisions of this act shall
be paid as follows : one-half thereof to the county collector of the
county in which the prosecution is had, and one-half thereof to
the secretary of this board, to be held, disposed and accounted for
by him as herein above directed ; and it shall be the duty of the
county collector for each county, upon receipt by him of any such
fine, penalty or forfeiture, to forthwith pay over to the secretary
of this board one-half of the same ; said board or member or offi-
cer thereof may prefer complaint for violation of the law regu-
lating the practice of dentistry before any court, tribunal or
magistrate having jurisdiction, and may by its officers, counsel
and agents aid in presenting the law or facts before said court,
tribunal or magistrate in any proceedings taken thereon ; and it