Section 36-6A-39 - Fee-splitting as misdemeanor--Partnerships and employment excepted.
36-6A-39. Fee-splitting as misdemeanor--Partnerships and employment excepted. Except as permitted by chapter 47-12, it is a Class 2 misdemeanor for any dentist to divide fees with, or to promise to pay a part of his fee to, or to pay a commission to any dentist or any other person, who calls him in consultation or who sends patients to him for treatment or operation. However, nothing in this section prohibits licensed dentists from forming a bona fide partnership for the practice of dentistry, nor the actual employment of a licensed dentist or a licensed dental hygienist.
Source: SDC 1939, §§ 27.0615, 27.9916; SL 1971, ch 213, § 27; SL 1977, ch 190, § 150; SL 1992, ch 269, § 41.