                 TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                             PART I--CRIMES
 
                 CHAPTER 89--PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
 
Sec. 1821. Transportation of dentures

    Whoever transports by mail or otherwise to or within the District of 
Columbia, the Canal Zone or any Possession of the United States or uses 
the mails or any instrumentality of interstate commerce for the purpose 
of sending or bringing into any State or Territory any set of artificial 
teeth or prosthetic dental appliance or other denture, constructed from 
any cast or impression made by any person other than, or without the 
authorization or prescription of, a person licensed to practice 
dentistry under the laws of the place into which such denture is sent or 
brought, where such laws prohibit:
        (1) the taking of impressions or casts of the human mouth or 
    teeth by a person not licensed under such laws to practice 
    dentistry;
        (2) the construction or supply of dentures by a person other 
    than, or without the authorization or prescription of, a person 
    licensed under such laws to practice dentistry; or
        (3) the construction or supply of dentures from impressions or 
    casts made by a person not licensed under such laws to practice 
    dentistry--

    Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one 
year, or both.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 786; Pub. L. 104-294, title VI, 
Sec. 601(a)(8), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3498.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Secs. 420f, 420g, and 420h 
(Dec. 24, 1942, ch. 823, Secs. 1, 2, 3, 56 Stat. 1087).
    This section consolidates the offense, penalty, and definitive 
provisions of sections 420f, 420g, and 420h of title 18, U.S.C., 1940 
ed., as subsections (a) and (b).
    The definition of ``denture'' was omitted as unnecessary in view of 
the phraseology of the revised section, the context of which makes clear 
the meaning of dentures referred to.
    The definition of ``Territory'' was omitted as unnecessary. The 
revised section makes clear the places included in the application of 
the section without the use of definitions.
    The definition of ``Interstate Commerce'' was likewise omitted as 
unnecessary in view of definition of interstate commerce in section 10 
of this title.
    Changes of phraseology and arrangement were made, but without change 
of substance.

                       References in Text

    For definition of Canal Zone, referred to in text, see section 
3602(b) of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.


                               Amendments

    1996--Pub. L. 104-294 substituted ``fined under this title'' for 
``fined not more than $1,000'' in last par.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 14 of this title.
