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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXXII
REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
Chapter 466
DENTISTRY, DENTAL HYGIENE, AND DENTAL LABORATORIES
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F.S. 466.026
466.026 Prohibitions; penalties.
(1) Each of the following acts constitutes a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084:
(a) Practicing dentistry or dental hygiene unless the person has an appropriate, active license issued by the department pursuant to this chapter.
(b) Using or attempting to use a license issued pursuant to this chapter which license has been suspended or revoked.
(c) Knowingly employing any person to perform duties outside the scope allowed such person under this chapter or the rules of the board.
(d) Giving false or forged evidence to the department or board for the purpose of obtaining a license.
(e) Selling or offering to sell a diploma conferring a degree from a dental college or dental hygiene school or college, or a license issued pursuant to this chapter, or procuring such diploma or license with intent that it shall be used as evidence of that which the document stands for, by a person other than the one upon whom it was conferred or to whom it was granted.
(2) Each of the following acts constitutes a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083:
(a) Using the name or title “dentist,” the letters “D.D.S.” or “D.M.D.”, or any other words, letters, title, or descriptive matter which in any way represents a person as being able to diagnose, treat, prescribe, or operate for any disease, pain, deformity, deficiency, injury, or physical condition of the teeth or jaws or oral-maxillofacial region unless the person has an active dentist’s license issued by the department pursuant to this chapter.
(b) Using the name “dental hygienist” or the initials “R.D.H.” or otherwise holding herself or himself out as an actively licensed dental hygienist or implying to any patient or consumer that she or he is an actively licensed dental hygienist unless that person has an active dental hygienist’s license issued by the department pursuant to this chapter.
(c) Presenting as her or his own the license of another.
(d) Knowingly concealing information relative to violations of this chapter.
(e) Performing any services as a dental assistant as defined herein, except in the office of a licensed dentist, unless authorized by this chapter or by rule of the board.
History.ss. 1, 3, ch. 79-330; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 17, 23, 24, ch. 86-291; s. 60, ch. 91-137; s. 7, ch. 91-156; s. 94, ch. 91-224; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 261, ch. 97-103; s. 56, ch. 2000-318.

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F.S. 466.026 on Casetext

Amendments to 466.026


Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 466.026
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S466.026 1a - HEALTH-SAFETY - PRACTICE DENTISTRY/DENTAL HYGIENE WO LICENSE - F: T
S466.026 1b - HEALTH-SAFETY - USE ATT TO USE SUSP REVOKED DENTAL HYGIENE LIC - F: T
S466.026 1c - HEALTH-SAFETY - EMPLOY PERSON DENTAL DUTIES OUTSIDE LIC SCOPE - F: T
S466.026 1d - PASS FORGED - EVIDENCE TO OBTAIN DENTAL HYGIENIST LICENSE - F: T
S466.026 1d - FRAUD-FALSE STATEMENT - GIVE FALSE EVID TO OBT DENTAL HYGIENIST LIC - F: T
S466.026 1e - FRAUD - SELL OR BUY DIPLOMA OR LIC OF DENTAL HYGIENIST - F: T
S466.026 2a - FRAUD-IMPERSON - USE TITLE DENTIST DDS DMD WITHOUT LICENSE - M: F
S466.026 2b - FRAUD-IMPERSON - USE TITLE DENTAL HYGIENIST RDH WITHOUT LICENSE - M: F
S466.026 2c - FRAUD-IMPERSON - PRESENT DENTAL HYGIENIST LICENSE OF ANOTHER - M: F
S466.026 2d - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - CONCEAL INFORMATION DENTAL HYGIENIST LICENSING - M: F
S466.026 2e - HEALTH-SAFETY - PERFORM DENTAL ASSIST SRVC OUTSIDE LIC OFFICE - M: F



Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

M. BERGER, D. D. S. v. DEPARTMENT OF PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, BOARD OF DENTISTRY,, 653 So. 2d 479 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995)

. . . Berger’s use of the designation “D.D.S.” following his name, which, the agency alleged, violated section 466.026 . . . The hearing officer concluded as a matter of law that section 466.026(2)(a) does not impose a total ban . . . Section 466.026(2)(a) prohibits the use of "the letters 'D.D.S.' or any other words, letters, title, . . .