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Business and Professions Code § 1700.5

ARTICLE 5. Offenses Against This Chapter

Current as of September 28, 2026Bus. & Prof. Code, § 1700.5Official source ↗

Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 792, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1998.

Notwithstanding Section 1700, any person who holds a valid, unrevoked, and unsuspended certificate as a dentist under this chapter may append the letters “D.D.S.” to his or her name, regardless of the degree conferred upon him or her by the dental college from which the licensee graduated.