AI-assisted research summary: Dentistry may be practiced by certain business forms, but names, registration receipts, and license receipts must be displayed in specified ways.
32-1262 - Corporate practice; display of name and license receipt or license; duplicate licenses; fee 32-1262 . Corporate practice; display of name and license receipt or license; duplicate licenses; fee A. It is lawful to practice dentistry as a professional corporation or professional limited liability company. B. It is lawful to practice dentistry as a business organization if the business organization is registered as a business entity pursuant to this chapter. C. It is lawful to practice dentistry under a name other than that of the licensed practitioners if the name is not deceptive or misleading. D. If practicing as a professional corporation or professional limited liability company, the name and address of record of the dentist owners of the practice shall be conspicuously displayed at the entrance to each owned location. E. If practicing as a business organization that is registered as a business entity pursuant to section 32-1213, the receipt for the current registration period must be conspicuously displayed at the entrance to each place of practice. F. A licensee's receipt for the current licensure period shall be displayed in the licensee's place of practice in a manner that is always readily observable by patients or visitors and shall be exhibited to members of the board or to duly authorized agents of the board on request. The receipt for the licensure period immediately preceding shall be kept on display until replaced by the receipt for the current period. During the year in which the licensee is first licensed and until the receipt for the following period is received, the license shall be displayed in lieu of the receipt. G. If a dentist maintains more than one place of practice, the board may issue one or more duplicate licenses or receipts on payment of a fee fixed by the board not exceeding twenty-five dollars for each duplicate. H. If a licensee legally changes the licensee's name from that in which the license was originally issued, the board, on satisfactory proof of the change and surrender of the original license, if obtainable, may issue a new license in the new name and shall charge the established fee for duplicate licenses.