12-220-210. Use or sale of forged or invalid diploma, license, license renewal certificate,

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CO Code › Title 12 › Article 220 › Part 2 › Section 12-220-210

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12-220-210. Use or sale of forged or invalid diploma, license, license renewal certificate, or identification. (1) (a) It is unlawful for any person to use or attempt to use:

(I) As the person's own, a diploma from a dental college or school or school of dental therapy or dental hygiene, or a license or license renewal certificate, that was issued or granted to another person; or

(II) A forged diploma, license, license renewal certificate, or identification.

(b) It is also unlawful for any person to file with the board a forged document in response to a request by the board for documentation of an applicant's qualifications for licensure.

(2) It is unlawful to sell or offer to sell a diploma conferring a dental, dental therapy, or dental hygiene degree or a license or license renewal certificate granted pursuant to this article 220 or prior dental practice laws, or to procure such diploma or license or license renewal certificate:

(a) With the intent that it be used as evidence of the right to practice dentistry, dental therapy, or dental hygiene by a person other than the one upon whom it was conferred or to whom the license or license renewal certificate was granted; or

(b) With fraudulent intent to alter the document and use or attempt to use it when it is so altered.

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