1. (a) No legal action under this chapter may be commenced by the attorney general against a for-profit dental referral service until the attorney general has given the service thirty (30) days written notice of the violation.

2. (b) Notice under subsection (a) must comply with the following:

   1. (1) Be sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested.
   2. (2) Include a copy of the code sections of the chapter alleged to have been violated.
   3. (3) Describe the alleged unlawful advertising.

   4. (4) Include a statement that the for-profit dental referral service has the lesser of:

      1. (A) thirty (30) days from the date the notice was received; or

      2. (B) thirty-five (35) days from the date the notice was sent;

         to cure the violation.

3. (c) A for-profit dental service that does not cure a violation within the time period required under subsection (b) is subject to sections 6 and 7 of this chapter.

As added by P.L.33-1993, SEC.23.