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Regular Session, 2010
SENATE BILL NO. 34
BY SENATOR MARTINY
DENTISTRY. Provides relative to dental advertisements. (gov sig)
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 37:775(13), relative to the practice of dentistry; to provide for advertisements2
by dentists; to provide for disclosure requirements in advertisements; and to provide3
for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 37:775(13) is hereby enacted to read as follows: 6
ยง775. Unprofessional conduct defined7
As used in this Chapter, "unprofessional conduct" means:8
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(13) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section, when it is required10
by this Section that an advertisement include the name of the advertising dentist11
as it appears on the license or renewal certificate of the dentist or the specialties12
of all dentists practicing within or under the name of a corporation, company,13
association, limited liability company, or trade name be disclosed in the14
advertisement, such requirement shall be deemed to be sufficiently satisfied if15
the names and specialties of all dentists practicing in, with or under the said16
corporation, company, association, limited liability company, or trade name are17 SB NO. 34
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made available on an Internet web site fully disclosed in the advertisement, or1
are provided without delay to any individual requesting such information by2
contacting the advertiser at a telephone number also disclosed in the3
advertisement. Whether the advertisement is run by the corporation, company,4
association, limited liability company, or trade name, or any individual member5
practicing therein, all dentists practicing in, with or under the corporation,6
company, association, limited liability company, or trade name shall be7
responsible for the content of the advertisement.8
Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not9
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature10
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If11
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become12
effective on the day following such approval.13
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Greg Waddell
DIGEST
Proposed law provides that when it is required by present law that an advertisement include
the name of the advertising dentist as it appears on the license or renewal certificate of the
dentist or the specialties of all dentists practicing within or under the name of a corporation,
company, association, limited liability company, or trade name be disclosed in the
advertisement, such requirement shall be deemed to be sufficiently satisfied if the names and
specialties of all dentists practicing in, with or under the said corporation, company,
association, limited liability company, or trade name are made available on an Internet web
site fully disclosed in the advertisement, or are provided without delay to any individual
requesting same by contacting the advertiser at a telephone number also disclosed in the
advertisement.
Proposed law further provides that whether the advertisement is run by the corporation,
company, association, limited liability company, or trade name, or any individual member
practicing within same, all dentists practicing in, with or under the corporation, company,
association, limited liability company, or trade name shall be responsible for the content of
the advertisement.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Adds R.S. 37:775(13))