[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 152 (Tuesday, August 6, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 40845]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-19942]


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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Docket No. 9259]


California Dental Association; Prohibited Trade Practices and 
Affirmative Corrective Actions

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Final order.

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SUMMARY: This final order prohibits the 19,000 member professional 
association from restricting, regulating, impeding, declaring 
unethical, or interfering with the advertising or publishing of the 
prices, terms or conditions of sale of dentists' services and the 
solicitation of patients, patronage or contracts to supply dentists' 
services. In addition, the final order requires, among other things, 
the respondent to update its Code of Ethics to comply with the 
provisions of the Commission's order and to publish the Commission's 
order and complaint, as well as an announcement describing the order's 
effect, in the California Dental Association Journal.

DATES: Complaint issued July 9, 1993. Final order issued March 25, 
1996.\1\

    \1\ Copies of the Complaint, Initial Decision, Opinion of the 
Commission, Final Order, and Statements of Commissioners Azcuenaga 
and Starek are available from the Commission's Public Reference 
Branch, H-130, 6th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, 
D.C. 20580.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sally Maxwell, FTC/S-3115, Washington, D.C. 20580. (202) 326-2674.

(Sec. 6, 38 Stat. 721; 15 U.S.C. 46. Interprets or applies sec. 5, 
38 Stat. 719, as amended; 15 U.S.C. 45)
Benjamin I. Berman,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-19942 Filed 8-5-96; 8:45 am]
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