Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 17:48C-30

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
Any dental service corporation which shall have violated any of the provisions of, or shall have neglected, failed or refused to comply with, any of the requirements of this act, except the failure to file an annual statement and the failure to reply in writing to inquiries of the commissioner, shall be liable to a penalty of $500.00, to be sued for and collected by the commissioner in a civil action in the name of the State. The penalties when recovered shall be paid by the commissioner into the State Treasury for the use of the State. Any officer, agent, employee or member of any such corporation or any other person who shall issue, circulate or cause or permit to be circulated, any estimate, illustration, circular of any sort misrepresenting the terms of any contract issued by such corporation or misrepresent the benefits or advantages promised thereby, or use any name or title of any contract or class of contracts misrepresenting the true nature thereof shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

L.1968, c. 305, s. 30, eff. Sept. 26, 1968.