NRS631.348. Misleading statements; false advertising; fraud in securing license; practice under misleading name; submitting fraudulent claim to insurer; failure to notify insurer of forgiven debt.

  The following acts, among others, constitute unprofessional conduct:

      1.  Publishing or circulating, directly or indirectly, any fraudulent, false or misleading statement concerning the skill or method of practice of any dentist;

      2.  Using advertising which is false or misleading;

      3.  Claiming or inferring professional superiority over neighboring practitioners;

      4.  Using fraud or misrepresentation to secure a license;

      5.  Practicing under a name, other than a lawfully assumed or fictitious name, that is false or misleading;

      6.  Submitting a false or fraudulent claim for payment to an insurer for dental services rendered; or

      7.  Failing repeatedly to advise an insurer that the dentist has forgiven the patient’s share of the payment to the dentist under a policy of insurance. This failure to notify an insurer includes forgiving one patient’s debts more than once and forgiving the debt of different patients with different insurers on a regular basis.

      (Added to NRS by 1983, 1108)