Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 679.170 (2026)

Prohibited practices

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679.170 Prohibited practices. A person may not:

(1) Sell or barter, or offer to sell or barter, any diploma or document conferring or purporting to confer any dental degree, or any certificate or transcript made or purporting to be made, pursuant to the laws regulating the license and registration of dentists.

(2) Purchase or procure by barter, any diploma, certificate or transcript described in subsection (1) of this section, with intent that it be used as evidence of the holder’s qualification to practice dentistry, or in fraud of the laws regulating the practice of dentistry.

(3) With fraudulent intent, alter in a material regard any diploma, certificate or transcript described in subsection (1) of this section.

(4) Use or attempt to use any diploma, certificate or transcript described in subsection (1) of this section, which has been purchased, fraudulently issued, counterfeited or materially altered, either as a license or color of license to practice dentistry, or in order to procure registration as a dentist.

(5) Willfully make a false written or recorded oral statement to the Oregon Board of Dentistry in a material regard.

(6) Within 10 days after demand made by the board, fail to respond to the board’s written request for information or fail to furnish to the board the name and address of all persons practicing or assisting in the practice of dentistry in the office of such person at any time within 60 days prior to the notice, together with a sworn statement showing under and by what license or authority such person and employee are and have been practicing dentistry.

(7) Employ or use the services of any unlicensed person, to practice dentistry, dental hygiene or dental therapy, except as permitted by ORS 679.025, 679.176 and 680.010 to 680.205. [Amended by 1963 c.284 §10; 1977 c.192 §5; 1981 c.185 §3; 1983 c.169 §14; 1995 c.199 §4; 1999 c.578 §2; 2021 c.530 §15]

679.175 [1953 c.574 §3; repealed by 1957 c.552 §9]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 1978–2018 · leading case: Angle v. Bd. of Dentistry, 431 P.3d 447 (Or. Ct. App. 2018).

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Angle v. Bd. of Dentistry, 431 P.3d 447 (Or. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 37× “*471 The Board of Dentistry suspended petitioner's license to practice dentistry after concluding that he violated ORS 679.170(6) by failing to respond to two information requests from the board.”

Megdal v. Oregon State Bd. of Dental Examiners, 605 P.2d 273 (Or. 1980). · cites it 4× “"(d) Any violation of ORS 679.170 or 679.176. "(2) Unprofessional conduct as used in this chapter includes but is not limited to the following: "(a) Employing what are known as `cappers' or `steerers' to obtain business.”

Morgan v. Bd. of Dentistry, 848 P.2d 650 (Or. Ct. App. 1993). · cites it 13× “140 1 and ORS 679.170(6). We affirm. Petitioner is licensed to practice dentistry in Oregon.”

Oregon State Denturist Ass'n v. Bd. of Dentistry, 19 P.3d 986 (Or. Ct. App. 2001). “140 and ORS 679.170. 10 OSDA also asked for a declaratory ruling as to whether the Board must consider the statute in promulgating its rules, to which the Board answered in the affirmative.”

Megdal v. Oregon State Bd. of Dental Examiners, 586 P.2d 816 (Or. Ct. App. 1978). · cites it 2× “"(d) Any violation of ORS 679.170 or 679.176. "(2) Unprofessional conduct as used in this chapter includes but is not limited to the following: "(a) Employing what are known as `cappers' or `steerers' to obtain business.”

— Or. Rev. Stat. § 679.170(6) — 2 cases

Angle v. Bd. of Dentistry, 431 P.3d 447 (Or. Ct. App. 2018). “*471 The Board of Dentistry suspended petitioner's license to practice dentistry after concluding that he violated ORS 679.170(6) by failing to respond to two information requests from the board.”

Morgan v. Bd. of Dentistry, 848 P.2d 650 (Or. Ct. App. 1993). “140 1 and ORS 679.170(6). We affirm. Petitioner is licensed to practice dentistry in Oregon.”

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