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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
(a) No person, unless such person holds a license to practice medicine and surgery or a license to practice dentistry, shall use the Roentgen-ray or the x-ray or radium for the therapeutic or cosmetic treatment of another person, unless such person uses the same under the prescription, direction or supervision of a licensed physician, surgeon or dentist.
(b) Any person who violates any provision of subsection (a) shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than three hundred dollars or be imprisoned not more than one year or be both fined and imprisoned for the first offense, and for each subsequent offense shall be fined not less than two hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or be imprisoned not less than thirty days nor more than one year or be both fined and imprisoned.
(c) The provisions of this section shall not be construed to prohibit the use of the Roentgen-ray or the x-ray for diagnostic purposes.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Connecticut General Statutes Title 53. Crimes § 53-212. Use of Roentgen-rays, x-rays and radium - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ct/title-53-crimes/ct-gen-st-sect-53-212/
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