MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972
As Amended

SEC. 73-9-57. Penalties for practicing illegally.

If any person for any reason whatsoever, shall practice, attempt, or offer to practice dentistry or dental hygiene illegally within the meaning of this chapter, he or she shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not less than Two Thousand Dollars ($2.000.00) nor more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or be imprisoned in the county jail not less than two (2) months nor more than six (6) months.

SOURCES: Codes, 1930, Sec. 4319; 1942, Sec. 8771; Laws, 1928, ch. 131; 1952, ch. 323, Sec. 3; reenacted without substantive change, 1983, ch. 488, Sec. 29; reenacted, 1991, ch. 483, Sec. 29, eff from and after July 1, 1991; 1997 Laws, Chapter 541, Sec. 30, SB2226; Laws, 2002, ch. 524, § 30, SB 2204, eff from and after June 30, 2002.

PREVIOUS VERSIONS: Pre-2002.


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