Indiana § 25-14-1-25.5 Retirement, discontinuation of practice, moving or leaving community;
requirements; penalty; enforcement

Indiana Statutes

§ 25-14-1-25.5 — Retirement, discontinuation of practice, moving or leaving community; requirements; penalty; enforcement

Indiana § 25-14-1-25.5

Title 25PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

Art. 14DENTISTS

Ch. 1Regulation of Dentists; Creation of Board

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(a)As used in this section, "active patient" applies and refers to a person whom the dentist has examined, treated, cared for, or otherwise consulted with during the two (2) year period before retirement, discontinuation of practice, or moving from or leaving the community.

(b)This section does not apply to a dentist engaged solely in an internship, a residency, a preceptorship, a fellowship, teaching, or another postgraduate dental education or training program.

(c)Upon retirement, discontinuation of practice, or moving from or leaving a community, a dentist shall:

(1)notify all of the dentist's active patients in writing, or by publication once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the community, that the dentist intends to discontinue the

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5. (a) As used in this section, "active
patient" applies and refers to a person whom the dentist has examined,
treated, cared for, or otherwise consulted with during the two (2) year
period before retirement, discontinuation of practice, or moving from
or leaving the community.
(b) This section does not apply to a dentist engaged solely in an
internship, a residency, a preceptorship, a fellowship, teaching, or
another postgraduate dental education or training program.
(c) Upon retirement, discontinuation of practice, or moving from or
leaving a community, a dentist shall:
(1) notify all of the dentist's active patients in writing, or by
publication once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a
newspaper of general circulation in the community, that the
dentist intends to discontinue the dentist's practice of dentistry in
the community; and
(2) encourage the dentist's patients to seek the services of another
dentist.
(d) The dentist who is retiring, discontinuing practice, or moving
from or leaving a community shall make reasonable arrangements with
the dentist's active patients for the transfer of the dentist's records, or
copies of the records, to the succeeding dentist or, at the written request
of the patient, to the patient, in compliance with IC 16-39.
(e) Nothing in this section supersedes the requirements of IC 16-39.
(f) A person who intentionally prevents a dentist from complying
with the requirements in this section commits a Class A misdemeanor.
(g) The attorney general may enforce this section by bringing a civil
action to enjoin a violation of this section.
(h) In an action brought under subsection (g), the court may:
(1) issue an injunction;
(2) order the person to make payment of any money unlawfully
received to be held in escrow for distribution to any aggrieved
consumer;
(3) order the person to pay the state the reasonable costs of the
state's investigation and prosecution related to the action; and
(4) order, for knowing violations, the person to pay a civil penalty
of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) per violation.