{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-5-31.1-17","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-31.1-17","heading":"Sanctions.","body":"If the accused is found guilty of unprofessional conduct as defined in § 5-31.1-10, the director, at the direction of the board, shall impose one or more of the following conditions:\n(1) Administer a reprimand;\n(2) Suspend, limit, or restrict his or her license or limited registration to practice dentistry or license to practice dental hygiene or license to practice DAANCE-certified maxillofacial surgery assisting;\n(3) Require him or her to serve a period of probation subject to certain conditions and requirements including, where appropriate, sanctions or restitution;\n(4) Revoke, indefinitely, his or her license or limited registration to practice dentistry or license to practice dental hygiene or license to practice DAANCE-certified maxillofacial surgery assisting;\n(5) Require him or her to submit to the care, counseling, or treatment of a physician or program acceptable to the board;\n(6) Require him or her to participate in a program of continuing dental, dental hygiene, or DAANCE-certified maxillofacial surgery assisting education in the area or areas in which he or she has been judged deficient;\n(7) Require him or her to practice under the direction of a dentist in a public institution, public or private healthcare program, or private practice for a period of time specified by the board;\n(8) Assess against the dentist, dental hygienist, or DAANCE-certified maxillofacial surgery assistant the administrative costs of the proceedings instituted against the dentist, dental hygienist, or DAANCE-certified maxillofacial surgery assisting under this chapter; provided, that the assessment does not exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000); or\n(9) Any other condition, conditions, or restrictions deemed appropriate under the circumstances.","path":["Title 5 Businesses and Professions","Chapter 31.1 Dentists and Dental Hygienists"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE5/5-31.1/5-31.1-17.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T14:50:54Z","sha256":"3b587b065d44c439d176518d9dafb99b7a61db033e19a6ba023af38258e95043","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-5-31.1-16","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-5-31.1-18"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}