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2009 Connecticut Code
Title 20 Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards
Chapter 372 Chiropractic
Sec. 20-33. Penalties.
Sec. 20-33. Penalties. Any person, except a physician or surgeon licensed under
the provisions of chapter 370, who practices or attempts to practice chiropractic, or any
person, including such physician or surgeon, who buys, sells or fraudulently obtains
any diploma or license to practice chiropractic, whether recorded or not, or who uses
the title "Chiropractor", "D.C.", or any word or title to induce the belief that he is engaged
in the practice of chiropractic, without complying with the provisions of this chapter,
or any person who violates any provision of this chapter, shall be fined not more than
five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than five years or both. For the purposes
of this section, each instance of patient contact or consultation which is in violation of
any provision of this chapter shall constitute a separate offense. Failure to renew a license
in a timely manner shall not constitute a violation for the purposes of this section.(1949 Rev., S. 4387; P.A. 76-83, S. 3; P.A. 84-526, S. 3; P.A. 96-123, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 76-83 deleted reference to the title "Ph. C."; P.A. 84-526 amended section by changing penalty for violation of any provision of chapter to a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment of not more than five years, and added provisions that each instance of patient contact or consultation shall constitute a separate offense and failure to renew license in timely manner is not a violation for purposes of section; P.A. 96-123 added physicians and surgeons to those prohibited from fraudulent use of term "chiropractor".
Cited. 141 C. 288. Cited. 211 C. 508.
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