TITLE 37. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

CHAPTER 12. CHIROPRACTIC

Part 3. Licensing

Penalty For Violation

37-12-324. Penalty for violation. A person who practices or attempts to practice chiropractic or a person 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.", "Ph.C.", or any word title to influence belief that the person is engaged in the practice of chiropractic without first complying with the provisions of this chapter or a person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than $100 or more than $700 or by imprisonment in a county jail for not less than 30 days or more than 7 months, or both. Prosecutions for the violation of this chapter must be instituted in the district courts.

History: En. initiative measure, Nov. 1918; effective under governor's proclamation, Dec. 28, 1918; re-en. Sec. 3153, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3153, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 74, L. 1943; R.C.M. 1947, 66-516; amd. Sec. 1374, Ch. 56, L. 2009.