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Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 34-9-1 - Definitions. - For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall...
Section 34-9-2 - Legislative Findings. - (a) The Legislature hereby declares that the practice of dentistry...
Section 34-9-3 - License or Permit Required to Practice Dentistry. - It shall be unlawful for any person to practice dentistry...
Section 34-9-4 - License Required to Practice Dental Hygiene or Expanded Duty Dental Assisting. - It shall be unlawful for any person to practice dental...
Section 34-9-5 - Penalties. - Any person who shall engage in the practice of dentistry...
Section 34-9-6 - What Constitutes Practice of Dentistry. - Any person shall be deemed to be practicing dentistry who...
Section 34-9-6.1 - Mobile Dental Facilities or Portable Dental Operations. - (a) For purposes of this section, the following words have...
Section 34-9-7 - Exemption of Certain Practices and Operations. - (a) Nothing in this chapter shall apply to the following...
Section 34-9-7.1 - Exemption of Participation in Continuing Education Course. - The practice of dentistry by a dentist licensed in another...
Section 34-9-7.2 - Registration of a 501(c)(3) Entity. - A 501(c)(3) entity, as defined under Section 501(c)(3) of the...
Section 34-9-8 - Dental Facility Teaching Permits; Dental Facility Special Teaching Permits. - (a) The board shall annually issue dental faculty teaching permits...
Section 34-9-9 - Exercise of Independent Professional Judgment by Dentists; Prohibited Business Arrangements or Relationships; Penalties. - (a) No person other than a dentist licensed pursuant to...
Section 34-9-10 - Application; Licensure by Credentials; Special Purpose License. - (a) Every person who desires to practice dentistry within the...
Section 34-9-11 - Examination of Applicants; Issuance of Licenses. - When application and accompanying proof as are required herein are...
Section 34-9-12 - Recording, Reporting Requirements. - (a) Every person granted a license to practice dentistry or...
Section 34-9-13 - License and Registration Certificates to Be Kept in Office of Practitioner. - Every practitioner of dentistry and dental hygiene within the meaning...
Section 34-9-14 - Change of Address Generally. - Every licensed dentist and dental hygienist upon changing his or...
Section 34-9-15 - Annual Registration; Continuing Education. - (a) No person shall practice dentistry or dental hygiene in...
Section 34-9-15.1 - Release of Records. - (a) Upon the request of a patient or authorized agent...
Section 34-9-16 - Fee Schedule. - The board shall establish and collect reasonable fees provided for...
Section 34-9-17 - Use of Names. - (a) Any person or persons may practice or offer to...
Section 34-9-18 - Grounds for Disciplinary Action. - (a) The board may invoke disciplinary action as outlined in...
Section 34-9-19 - Advertising - Dentist; Specialty Requirements; Practice Emphasis; Purpose of Section; Rules and Regulations. - (a) For the purpose of this section, the following terms...
Section 34-9-19.1 - Advertising - Dental Referral Service; Requirements; Prohibitions; Penalties. - (a) For purposes of this section, the following words shall...
Section 34-9-20 - Unauthorized Advertising, Selling, or Offering of Dental Services and Appliances; Injunctions. - Any person, which word when used in this section shall...
Section 34-9-21 - Employing Services of Commercial Dental Laboratory or Private Technician. - (a) Every duly licensed and registered dentist who employs the...
Section 34-9-22 - Sale, Offer to Sell, Procurement, or Alteration of Diploma or Certificate; Fraud or Cheating. - Whoever sells or offers to sell a diploma conferring a...
Section 34-9-23 - Title and Letters Signifying Degree. - Any licensed dentist of this state being a graduate of...
Section 34-9-24 - Statement of Charges and Notice of Hearing Before Revocation or Suspension of License. - No action to revoke or suspend a license or permit...
Section 34-9-25 - Judicial Review of Orders of Board. - From any order of the board imposing any of the...
Section 34-9-26 - Examination, Qualifications, Licensing, etc., of Dental Hygienists. - No person shall practice as a dental hygienist in this...
Section 34-9-27 - Employment, Supervision, and Practice of Dental Hygienists. - Dental hygienists shall work only under the direct supervision of...
Section 34-9-28 - Notification of Change of Address or Employer; Annual Registration Requirements. - It shall be the duty of all licensed dental hygienists...
Section 34-9-29 - Injunctions Against Violations of Chapter. - When it appears to the board that any person is...
Article 2 - Board of Dental Examiners.
Section 34-9-40 - Creation; Composition. - (a) In order to accomplish the purposes and to provide...
Section 34-9-41 - Officers of Board; Seal; Meetings; Compensation; Disposition of Funds. - The board shall annually elect from its membership a president,...
Section 34-9-42 - Bond of Secretary-Treasurer of Board; Annual Report and Audit; National Affiliation. - The secretary-treasurer of the board shall give bond in such...
Section 34-9-43 - Powers and Duties Generally. - (a) The board shall exercise, subject to this chapter, the...
Section 34-9-43.1 - Administration and Enforcement of Duties; Consultants. - (a) The board may employ investigators, attorneys, agents, and any...
Section 34-9-43.2 - Legislative Findings; Rulemaking Authority; Liability; Scope. - (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...
Section 34-9-44 - Records to Be Kept by Secretary-Treasurer; Copies and Certificates as Evidence. - The secretary-treasurer of the board shall keep a registry in...
Section 34-9-45 - Board to Assist Prosecuting Officers. - The board and its members and officers shall assist prosecuting...
Section 34-9-46 - Subpoenas and Testimony. - In all matters pending before it, the board shall have...
Section 34-9-47 - Taking of Depositions. - Depositions may be taken within or without the State of...
Article 3 - Use of Anesthesia by Dentists.
Section 34-9-60 - Use of Local Anesthesia; Permit to Use General Anesthesia. - Any person licensed or permitted to practice dentistry in the...
Section 34-9-60.1 - Administration of Infiltration Anesthesia by Dental Hygienists; Permit Requirements. - (a) The board may permit licensed dental hygienists to administer...
Section 34-9-61 - Review and Renewal of Permit; Reevaluation of Credentials and Facility. - (a) Any dentist holding a permit of authorization issued by...
Section 34-9-62 - Certification in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. - Any dentist using general anesthesia, and his or her auxiliary...
Section 34-9-63 - Permit to Use Parenteral Sedation. - The issuance of a permit for general anesthesia shall include...
Section 34-9-64 - Annual Renewal of Parenteral Sedation Permit; Reevaluation of Credentials and Facility. - The board shall renew the parenteral sedation permit annually, upon...
Section 34-9-65 - Reports of Mortalities and Other Incidents Resulting From General Anesthesia or Sedation. - (a) All licensees engaged in the practice of dentistry in...
Article 4 - Oral Conscious Sedation.
Section 34-9-80 - Definitions. - As used in this article, the following terms shall have...
Section 34-9-81 - Permits Required. - In order to administer oral conscious sedation, a dentist must...
Section 34-9-82 - Requirements for Treatment. - (a) A dentist using oral conscious sedation must comply with...
Section 34-9-83 - Requirements for Assistants. - Allied dental personnel who assist dentists during oral conscious sedation...
Section 34-9-84 - Report of Adverse Consequences. - Any adverse consequence occurring with oral conscious sedation shall be...
Section 34-9-85 - Limits on Advertisements. - The availability of oral conscious sedation, if advertised, shall be...
Section 34-9-86 - On-Site Inspection. - The board, prior to issuance of a permit for oral...
Section 34-9-87 - Permit Limitations. - A dentist who holds only an oral conscious sedation permit...
Section 34-9-88 - Renewal of Permit. - An oral conscious sedation permit must be renewed annually upon...
Section 34-9-89 - Treatment of Patients Under 12 Years of Age. - When oral conscious sedation is used on any patient under...
Section 34-9-90 - Violations and Penalties. - Violation of any provision of this article shall subject the...