(a)  All advertising by any facility rendering dental-care services to the public shall contain the name of the dentist or dentists who either directs or owns the facility.

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 5-31.1-38

  • 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.
  • Dentist: means a person with a license to practice dentistry in this state under the provisions of this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-31.1-1
  • Person: means any individual, partnership, firm, corporation, association, trust or estate, state or political subdivision, or instrumentality of a state. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-31.1-1

(b)  Any person or corporation who or that operates a dental referral service that is engaged in the business of offering to refer patients to dentists must disclose in all advertising that dentists pay a fee to the referral service to participate in the service.

History of Section.
P.L. 1999, ch. 425, § 1.