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(2) "Licensed dental hygienist" includes, unless the context requires
otherwise, a holder of:

(i) A general license to practice dental hygiene; or

(ii) A teacher's license to practice dental hygiene.

[(j)] (K) (1) "Licensed dentist" means, unless the context requires otherwise, a
dentist who is licensed by the Board to practice dentistry.

(2)     "Licensed dentist" includes, unless the context requires otherwise, a
holder of:

(i) A general license to practice dentistry;

(ii) A limited license to practice dentistry; or

(iii) A teacher's license to practice dentistry.

(L) "PATIENT OF RECORD" MEANS A PATIENT ON WHOM A DENTIST HAS:

(1) TAKEN A COMPLETE MEDICAL HISTORY;

(2)     COMPLETED A CLINICAL EXAMINATION;

(3)     RECORDED ANY PATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; AND

(4)      PREPARED A TREATMENT PLAN.
[(k)](M)(L) "Practice dental hygiene" means to:

(!) Perform a preliminary dental examination;

(2)     Perform a complete prophylaxis, including the removal of any deposit,
accretion, or stain from the surface of a. tooth or a restoration;

(3)     Polish a tooth or a restoration;

(4)     Chart cavities, restorations, missing teeth, periodontal conditions, and
other features observed during preliminary examination, prophylaxis, or polishing;

(5)     Apply a medicinal agent to a tooth for a prophylactic purpose;

(6)     Take a dental X ray; or

(7)     Perform any other intraoral function that the Board authorizes by a rule
or regulation adopted under § 4-206 of this title.

[(l)] (N) (M) "Practice dentistry" means to:

(1)     Be a manager, a proprietor, or a conductor of or an operator in any
place in which a dental service or dental operation is performed intraorally;

(2)     Perform or attempt to perform any intraoral dental service or intraoral
dental operation;

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