Sec. 20-126. Penalties. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 20-126. Penalties. Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than five years or both. Any person who continues to practice dentistry, dental medicine or dental surgery, after his license, certificate, registration or authority to so do has been suspended or revoked and while such disability continues, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than five years or both. For purposes of this section each instance of patient contact or consultation which is in violation of any provision of this section shall constitute a separate offense. Failure to renew a license in a timely manner shall not constitute a violation for the purposes of this section.

      (1949 Rev., S. 4462; 1951, S. 2235d; 1967, P.A. 128; P.A. 76-436, S. 422, 681; P.A. 77-614, S. 407, 610; P.A. 84-526, S. 9; P.A. 94-149, S. 20.)

      History: 1967 act added "for a first offense" and "for a second or subsequent offense" to first sentence, increased fine to not less than $500 nor more than $1,000 for first, second or subsequent offenses plus term of imprisonment of not less than 30 days nor more than one year for second or subsequent offense; P.A. 76-436 deleted provision allowing application for injunction to court of common pleas and added reference to judicial districts, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 77-614 deleted provisions re applications for injunctions, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 84-526 amended section by changing penalty for violation of any provision of chapter to a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment of not more than five years, and added provisions that each instance of patient contact or consultation shall constitute a separate offense and failure to renew license in timely manner is not a violation for purposes of section; P.A. 94-149 deleted references to dental hygienists.

      Such part of section 20-123 as deals with making and repairing prosthetic dentures is not unreasonable or arbitrary exercise of police power and is constitutional, but such part as deals with advertising is unconstitutional. 141 C. 288. Cited. 159 C. 363.