45:6-12 - Practice of dentistry by corporations prohibited; practice under firm name regulated - New Jersey Statutes

45:6-12.  Practice of dentistry by corporations prohibited;  practice under  firm name regulated
    No corporation shall practice or continue to practice, offer or undertake to  practice, or hold itself out as practicing dentistry.  No person shall practice  or continue to practice dentistry as an officer, agent or employee of any  corporation, or under the name of any corporation. No person shall practice or  continue to practice dentistry under any firm name or trade name or under any  name other than his true name, but nothing herein contained shall prohibit the  practice of dentistry by a partnership under a firm name containing nothing but  the surname of every member of the partnership, and that nothing herein  contained shall prohibit a licensed dentist from practicing under his own name  or under a firm name containing only the surnames of each member of such firm.   Every person or corporation, violating any of the foregoing provisions of this  section shall be subject to a penalty of three hundred dollars for the first offense and six hundred dollars for the second and each subsequent offense.

    Every person practicing dentistry under a firm name as herein authorized and  every person practicing dentistry or as an employee of another shall cause his  name to be conspicuously displayed and kept in a conspicuous place at the  entrance of the place where such practice shall be conducted, and any person  who shall neglect to cause his name to be displayed as herein required, shall  be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars.