MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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Article 32 - Dentistry

1.

It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the
practice of dentistry in the State of Maryland, unless
such person shall have obtained a license from the State
Board of Dental Examiners of the State of Maryland as
hereinafter provided, except that the license of any
dentist, existing on June 1, 1959, shall continue in
force unless suspended or revoked by the Board in the
manner hereinafter provided.

All licenses issued by the Board shall be issued to
individual persons, and it shall be unlawful for any
dentist to practice in this State under any name except
his own true name- No license shall be issued to any
corporation, association, partnership, parlor, or any
entity or association of any kind or character. It shall
be unlawful for any individual or group of individuals
to practice dentistry in this state as a corporation or
under a corporate name; or under a partnership name; as
an association or under an association name; as a parlor
or under any parlor name, or an entity or under the name
of any entity of any kind or character. HOWEVER, A
PERSON LICENSED UNDER THESE PROVISIONS MAY PRACTICE
DENTISTRY UNDER HIS OWN NAME AS AN EMPLOYEE OF A HEALTH
MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION, WHICH PROVIDES DENTAL SERVICES
TO MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION, PROVIDED THE ORGANIZATION
IS CERTIFIED BY THE STATE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER UNDER
ARTICLE 43, SECTION 843 OF THIS CODE.

31.

(b) Any person licensed to practice dental hygiene
under the provisions of this subtitle may practice only
in the private offices of a licensed dentist; in a
private office or a dental clinic provided by a federal,
State, county, or municipal agency, or in hospitals,
schools, or charitable institutions, or in an industrial
clinic supervised by a licensed dentist, conducted only
for employees of the firm providing the clinic; OR UNDER
THE -SUPERVISION OF A LICENSED DENTIST IN A HEALTH
MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION, CERTIFIED BY THE STATE
INSURANCE COMMISSIONER UNDER ARTICLE 43, SECTION 843, OF
THIS CODE, WHICH PROVIDES DENTAL SERVICES FOR MEMBERS OF
THE ORGANIZATION.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1976.

Approved April 13, 1976.