TITLE 37. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

CHAPTER 3. MEDICINE

Part 3. Licensing

Violations -- Penalties

37-3-325. Violations -- penalties. (1) A person practicing medicine in this state without complying with parts 1 through 3 of this chapter or an association or corporation, except a professional service corporation under Title 35, chapter 4, practicing medicine in this state or a person, association, or corporation violating parts 1 through 3 of this chapter or an officer or director of an association or corporation violating parts 1 through 3 of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction shall be fined not less than $250 or more than $1,000 or be imprisoned in the county jail for not less than 90 days or more than 1 year, or both. Each daily failure to comply with or each daily violation of parts 1 through 3 of this chapter constitutes a separate offense.

(2) A person presenting or attempting to file as the person's own the diploma, license, certificate, or credentials of another or who gives false or forged evidence to the board, a member of the board, or the department in connection with an application for a license to practice medicine or who practices medicine under a false or assumed name or who falsely impersonates another licensee is guilty of a felony and on conviction shall be imprisoned in the state penitentiary for a term of not less than 1 year or more than 10 years.

History: En. Sec. 32, Ch. 338, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 109, Ch. 350, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 66-1041; amd. Sec. 1359, Ch. 56, L. 2009.