California · Business and Professions Code - BPC
BPC §1701: (a) Any person is for the first offense guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by a fine of not less than two hundred dollars ($200) or more than three thousand dollars ($3,000), or by impris
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First offense is a misdemeanor; second or subsequent offense is a felony. The statute prohibits selling fake dental licenses, counterfeiting dental credentials, practicing dentistry without a license, and related fraud.
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