Section 33June 2, 2007, Sec./Art. 33

Penal Provision. - The following, shall be punished by a fine of not less than Two hundred thousand pesos (P200,000.00) nor more than Five hundred thousand pesos (P500,000.00) or to suffer imprisonment for a period of not less than two years and one day nor more than five years, or both, in the discretion of the court:

(a) Any person who shall practice dentistry, dental hygiene or dental technology in the Philippines as defined in this Act, without a certificate of registration and professional identification card and special permit issued in accordance with the provisions of this Act, or has been declared exempt;

(b) Any person who practice the profession to whom the definition of the practice of dentistry, dental hygiene or dental technology does not apply;

(c) Any licensed dentist who shall abet the illegal practice of dentistry;

(d) Any person presenting or using as his/her own the certificate of registration and professional identification card and special permit of another;

(e) Any person who shall give any false or forged evidence to the Board in obtaining a certificate of registration;

(f) Any person who shall impersonate any registrant of like or different name;

(g) Any person who shall use a revoked or suspended certificate of registration and professional identification card;

(h) Any person who shall assume, use or advertise as a bachelor of dental surgery, doctor of dental surgery, master of dental surgery, licentiate of dental surgery, doctor of dental medicine, or dental surgeon, or append to his name the letters D.D.S., B.D.S., L.D.S., or D.M.D. without having been conferred such title or degree in a legally constituted school, college or university, duly recognized and authorized to confer the same or other degrees; and

(i) Any person who advertises any title or description tending to convey the impression that he/she is a dentist, without holding valid certificate of registration and professional identification card and special permit from the Board.