New York Laws
Article 133 - Dentistry, Dental Hygiene, and Registered Dental Assisting
6610 - Exempt Persons.

§ 6610. Exempt persons. Nothing in this article shall be construed
to affect or prevent:

1. An unlicensed person from performing solely mechanical work upon
inert matter in a dental office or on a dental laboratory prescription
of a dentist holding a license or limited permit;

2. A student from engaging in clinical practice as part of a
registered program operated by a school of dentistry under supervision
of a dentist holding a license or limited permit for instructing in
dentistry in a school of dentistry:

3. A student from engaging in any procedure authorized under section
sixty-six hundred six of this article in clinical practice as part of a
registered program in dental hygiene under supervision of a dentist
holding a license or a limited permit for instructing in dentistry in a
school of dental hygiene;

4. An employee of a federal agency from using the title of and
practicing as a dentist or dental hygienist insofar as such activities
are required by his salaried position;

5. A dentist or a dental hygienist licensed in some other state or
country from making a teaching clinical demonstration before a regularly
organized dental or medical society or group, or from meeting licensed
dentists in this state for consultation, provided such activities are
limited to such demonstration or consultation.

6. A dentist licensed in another state or country who is employed on a
full-time basis by a registered dental school as a faculty member with
the rank of assistant professor or higher from conducting research and
clinical demonstrations as a part of such employment, under the
supervision of a licensed dentist and on the premises of the school. No
fee may be charged for the practice of dentistry authorized by this
subdivision.

7. A dentist licensed in another state or country who is visiting an
approved dental school or any other entity operating a residency program
that has been accredited by a national accrediting body approved by the
department to receive dental instruction for a period not to exceed
ninety days from engaging in clinical practice, provided such practice
is limited to such instruction and is under the direct supervision of a
licensed dentist.

8. Any student matriculated in an accredited dental school located
outside New York state from engaging in appropriately supervised
clinical practice as part of the school's dental program in a teaching
hospital which has a teaching affiliation agreement with the student's
dental school.