Sec. 20-126t. Penalties.

      Sec. 20-126t. Penalties. Any person who violates any provision of sections 20-126h to 20-126w, inclusive, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than five years or both. Any person who continues to practice dental hygiene or engage as a dental hygienist, after his license or authority to so do has been suspended or revoked and while such disability continues, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than five years or both. For purposes of this section each instance of patient contact or consultation which is in violation of any provision of this section shall constitute a separate offense. Failure to renew a license in a timely manner shall not constitute a violation for the purposes of this section.

      (P.A. 94-149, S. 13.)