Ch. 431

1993 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(1991 Replacement Volume and 1992 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - Health Occupations

Section 4-315(a)(12) and (b)(4)                                                             

Annotated Code of Maryland                                                                       

(1991 Replacement Volume and 1992 Supplement)

BY adding to                                 

Article - Health Occupations
Section 4-605

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1991 Replacement Volume and 1992 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Health Occupations

4-101.                                                                                                                                                                                             

(a)     In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b)     "Board" means the State Board of Dental Examiners.

(c)     "Dental appliance" means any:         

(1)     Oral prosthesis;

(2)     Orthodontic appliance;

(3)     Regulatory appliance;

(4)     Supportive appliance; or

(5)     Other intraoral appliance or restoration.

(d)     "Dental hygienist" means an individual, other than a dentist, who practices
dental hygiene.

(e)     "Dental laboratory" means any commercial laboratory or workroom in which
a person engages in dental laboratory, work.

(f)      "Dental laboratory work" means making, repairing, or altering a dental
appliance extraorally.

(g)     "Dentist" means an individual who practices dentistry.

(H) "GENERAL EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN § 4-308(D)(2) OF THIS TITLE,
"SUPERVISION" MEANS SUPERVISION OF A DENTAL HYGIENIST BY A DENTIST,
WHERE THE DENTIST MAY OR MAY NOT BE PRESENT WHEN THE DENTAL HYGIENIST

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