(1) (a) It is unlawful for any person to use or attempt to use:
(I) As the person's own, a diploma from a dental college or school or school of dental therapy or dental hygiene, or a license or license renewal certificate, that was issued or granted to another person; or
(II) A forged diploma, license, license renewal certificate, or identification.
(b) It is also unlawful for any person to file with the board a forged document in response to a request by the board for documentation of an applicant's qualifications for licensure.
(2) It is unlawful to sell or offer to sell a diploma conferring a dental, dental therapy, or dental hygiene degree or a license or license renewal certificate granted pursuant to this article 220 or prior dental practice laws, or to procure such diploma or license or license renewal certificate:
(a) With the intent that it be used as evidence of the right to practice dentistry, dental therapy, or dental hygiene by a person other than the one upon whom it was conferred or to whom the license or license renewal certificate was granted; or
(b) With fraudulent intent to alter the document and use or attempt to use it when it is so altered.
Source: L. 2020: Entire article amended with relocations, (HB 20-1056), ch. 64, p. 235, § 1, effective September 14. L. 2022: (1)(a)(I), IP(2), (2)(a) amended, (SB 22-219), ch. 381, p. 2716, § 14, effective January 1, 2023.