1. A. Each of the following acts constitutes a misdemeanor punishable upon conviction by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) or more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or by imprisonment not to exceed one year, or both:

   1. (1) practice of chiropractic or an attempt to practice chiropractic without a license;
   2. (2) obtaining or attempting to obtain a license or practice in the profession for money or any other thing of value by fraudulent misrepresentation;
   3. (3) willfully falsifying any oath or affirmation required by the Chiropractic Physician Practice Act;
   4. (4) practicing or attempting to practice under an assumed name; or
   5. (5) advertising or attempting to attract patronage in any unethical manner prohibited by the rules and regulations of the board.
2. B. Any second violation of the act constitutes a fourth degree felony.

History: 1953 Comp., § 67-3-19, enacted by Laws 1968, ch. 3, § 11; 1975, ch. 176, § 3; 1993, ch. 198, § 11.

ANNOTATIONS

Delayed repeals. — For delayed repeal of this section, see 61-4-17 NMSA 1978.

The 1993 amendment, effective June 18, 1993, designated all of the provisions of this section as Subsection A and redesignated former Subsections A to E as Paragraphs (1) to (5) of that subsection; in Subsection A, substituted "or more than one thousand dollars ($1000)" for "nor more than five hundred dollars ($500)" and "one year" for "six months" in the introductory paragraph, inserted "Physician" in Paragraph (3), and made a minor stylistic change; and added Subsection B.

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 70 C.J.S. Physicians, Surgeons, and Other Health-Care Providers §§ 28, 53 to 57.