Title 25, Professions And Occupations

[§445-95.2] Unfair and deceptive practices defined. The following are defined as unfair or deceptive practices in the rooming house business:

[§445-95.3] Powers of the director. The director of the department of human services may examine and investigate the affairs of every person, partnership, corporation, or other organization engaged in the rooming house business in this State in order to determine whether any unfa…

[§445-95.4] Penalty. Any person, firm, company, association, or corporation committing any unfair or deceptive practice as defined in section 445-95.2 shall be fined $500 for each violation. [L 1988, c 313, pt of §3]

[§445-95.5] Suits by the State. The director of the department of human services, by and through the attorney general, may bring an action on behalf of the State to enjoin any violation of section 445-95.2, to enjoin any person, partnership, corporation or other organization who …

[§445-95.6] Suits by individuals. Any person injured by a violation of section 445-95.2 has a private right of action and may bring a civil action to recover three times the person's actual damages or $1,000 for each violation, whichever sum is greater. Any person bringing such a…

[§445-95.7] Jurisdiction, venue. An action under section 445-95.5 or 445-95.6 shall be brought in the district court and division in which the rooming house is located. [L 1988, c 313, pt of §3]

§445-96 Penalty. (a) Any person who violates or fails to observe any of the requirements or conditions of this chapter shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 per day of violation for each violation. (b) Any person who intentionally or knowingly obstructs or interf…

§446-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter: "Debt adjuster" means a person who for a profit engages in the business of acting as an intermediary between a debtor and the debtor's creditors for the purpose of settling, compromising, or in any way altering the terms of payment of …

§446-2 Debt adjusting prohibited; penalty; contracts void. Any person who acts or offers to act as a debt adjuster in this State shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. Any contract for debt adjusting entered into with a person engaged i…

§446-3 Persons not affected. The following persons are not debt adjusters for the purposes of this chapter:

§446-4 Certain loan functions not affected. Nothing in this chapter is intended to exclude, nor shall it exclude, or prohibit, any bank, financial services loan company, credit union, or any other person or firm licensed by the county, state, or federal government to make loans f…

§446E-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter: "Degree" means a post-secondary credential, earned or honorary, conferring on the recipient the title or designation of "associate", "bachelor", "baccalaureate", "master", "doctor", or "doctorate", or any designation, mark, appellatio…

§446E-1.6 Exceptions. This chapter shall not apply to the types of schools and courses of instruction that include:

[§446E-1.7] Powers and duties of the director. The director may adopt rules in accordance with chapter 91 to carry out the functions, powers, and duties set forth in this chapter. [L 1999, c 171, pt of §1]

§446E-2 Disclosures. (a) Any unaccredited institution shall disclose in all catalogs, promotional materials, and contracts for instruction, the fact that the institution is not accredited by any nationally recognized accrediting agency listed by the United States Secretary of Edu…

§446E-3 Sanction. Any person who violates this chapter shall be deemed to have engaged in an unfair or deceptive act or practice pursuant to section 480-2. [L 1979, c 135, pt of §2; am L 1999, c 171, §4]

§446E-4 Service of process. (a) Any unaccredited institution with a presence in the State shall designate and continuously maintain an agent in this State authorized to accept service of process on behalf of the institution and shall transmit to the director the name, address, an…

§446E-5 Prohibited practices. (a) No unaccredited institution shall indicate or suggest that the State licenses, approves, or regulates its operations. Acceptance by the director of any documents from an unaccredited institution shall not be construed as evidence that the directo…

§447-1 Who may become dental hygienists; fees. (a) Any person: upon written application made to and filed with the board may be examined for qualification as a dental hygienist. An application shall be accompanied by the applicant's certificate of graduation from an accredited de…

§447-1.5 Community service license. (a) The board of dentistry may issue, without examination, a community service license to practice dental hygiene in the employment of a federally qualified health center, Native Hawaiian health center, community health center, rural health cli…

§447-2 Temporary license. The board of dentistry may issue, without examination, to any person qualified to be examined, a temporary license to practice as a dental hygienist in the employment of the State or any county or any legally incorporated eleemosynary dispensary or infir…

§447-3 Employment of and practice by dental hygienists. (a) Any licensed dentist, legally incorporated eleemosynary dental dispensary or infirmary, private school, welfare center, hospital, nursing home, adult day care center or assisted living facility, mental institution, nonpr…

§447-3.5 Educational requirements for intra-oral block anesthesia. (a) The applicant for certification to administer intra-oral block anesthesia shall show proof that the applicant successfully completed a course of study that shall include the following categories of intra-oral …

§447-4 Revocation of dentist's license. The board of dentistry may revoke the license of any dentist who permits any dental hygienist employed by or working under the dentist's supervision to perform any dental operation other than that permitted under this chapter. [L 1931, c 15…

[§447-4.5] Revocation of license or denial of application to renew, restore, or reinstate a license based on conviction requiring registration as a sex offender; conditions. (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the board of dentistry shall automatically revoke a license o…

§447-5 Dental hygiene school. Any legally incorporated eleemosynary dental dispensary or infirmary, maintaining proper standards and equipment, may establish for students a school of dental hygiene, providing courses of study in oral hygiene. All such students, upon entrance, sha…

§447-6 Prohibited acts; discipline; penalty. (a) In addition to any other actions authorized by law, the board of dentistry may suspend or revoke any license issued under this chapter or fine a licensee for any cause authorized by law, including but not limited to the following: …

§447-7 Filing of false information; revocation of license. The board of dentistry shall refuse to grant a license to any applicant or shall revoke the license of any person who knowingly records, registers, or files, or offers for recordation, registration, or filing with the dep…

[§447-8] Remedies or penalties cumulative. Unless otherwise expressly provided, the remedies or penalties provided by this chapter are cumulative to each other and to the remedies or penalties available under all other laws of this State. [L 1986, c 151, §1]

§448-1 Dentistry defined; exempted practices. A person practices dentistry, within the meaning of this chapter, who represents oneself as being able to diagnose, treat, operate or prescribe for any disease, pain, injury, deficiency, deformity, or physical condition of the human t…

§448-1.5 Lead apron during x-ray; required. (a) A dentist shall cover a patient's torso from the neck to the pelvis including the genital area with a lead apron while conducting an x-ray procedure on the patient. (b) The board of dentistry, by rule adopted pursuant to chapter 91,…

§448-11 Investigations and hearings. The board of dentistry, or its duly authorized representative, may inquire of any applicant for examination concerning the applicant's character, qualifications, or experience and may conduct investigations and hearings in order to secure furt…

§448-12 Temporary license. [(a)] The board of dentistry may issue without examination to any resident or nonresident otherwise qualified to be examined a temporary license to practice dentistry in the employment of or while under contract with the State or any county, or any lega…

§448-13 Certificate, evidence. All certificates of license issued by the board of dentistry shall be signed by the chairperson, sealed, and shall be presumptive evidence of the right of the holder to practice dentistry. No person shall practice dentistry without first having proc…

[§448-14.5] Prohibition on ownership and interference. (a) No dentist licensed pursuant to this chapter who engages in the practice of dentistry shall permit a person or entity, other than a dentist licensed pursuant to this chapter, to directly or indirectly own, direct, control…

§448-15 No corporation to practice dentistry; penalty. No corporation shall practice dentistry or engage therein, or hold itself out as being entitled to practice dentistry, or furnish dental services or dentists, or advertise under or assume the title of dentist or dental surgeo…

§448-16 Duty to furnish names, etc. Every person or association practicing dentistry in the State shall, upon demand in writing by the secretary of the board of dentistry, furnish within fifteen days after such demand, to the board, through its secretary, a true statement of the …

§448-16.5 Board of dentistry; summary suspension. (a) The board of dentistry may summarily suspend any license issued under this chapter upon a specific determination that the failure to take such an action may result in an immediate and unreasonable threat to personal safety or …

§448-17 Refusal, revocation, suspension, and administrative penalties. (a) The board shall refuse to issue a license to any applicant who fails to meet all of the requirements imposed by this chapter and may refuse to issue a license to any applicant who has been disciplined by a…

[§448-17.5] Revocation of license or denial of application to renew, restore, or reinstate a license based on conviction requiring registration as a sex offender; conditions. (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the board shall automatically revoke a license or deny an ap…

§448-18 Hearings. In all proceedings before it, the board and each member thereof shall have the same powers respecting administering oaths, compelling the attendance of witnesses, and the production of documentary evidence, and examining witnesses as are possessed by circuit cou…

§448-19 Using assumed name or degree prohibited. Nothing in this chapter shall permit the performance of dental operations by an unlicensed person under cover of the name of a registered and licensed practitioner, and no person shall practice dentistry under an assumed name, titl…

§448-2 Practice without license prohibited. No person shall practice dentistry or dental surgery in the State, either gratuitously or for pay, or shall offer to so practice or shall advertise or announce oneself, either publicly or privately, as prepared or qualified to so practi…

§448-20 Practicing for advertising purposes, penalty. Any person who extracts teeth or performs any other operation pertaining to dentistry for the purpose of advertising, exhibiting, or selling any medicine, instrument, or business of any description, whether the extraction or o…

§448-21 Criminal penalties. Any person who violates, or fails to comply with, any of the provisions of this chapter, where a criminal penalty is not otherwise provided, shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than six months, and each day's violation or failure t…

§448-22 Prosecuting officers, duty. On notice from any member of the board of dentistry, the several prosecuting officers of the State shall institute prosecutions for offenses under this chapter. [L 1903, c 40, §16; RL 1925, §1082; RL 1935, §997; RL 1945, §2169; RL 1955, §61-22;…