Ch. 221

2003 LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAPTER 221
(Senate Bill 225)

AN ACT concerning

Health Occupations - Dental Hygienists - Supervised Practice in a Private

Dental Office

FOR the purpose of authorizing a dental hygienist practicing with a general license to
practice under the supervision of a licensed dentist who is not on the premises
while the authorized dental hygiene services are being performed; authorizes
authorizing a dental hygienist practicing under a general license to practice
dental hygiene under the supervision of a licensed dentist in a private dental
office; requiring a private dental office supervising a dental hygienist to ensure
certain licensing requirements are met; authorizing a dental hygienist to
perform dental hygiene services without the supervising dentist on the premises
only if certain requirements are met; prohibiting a supervising dentist from
employing more than two dental hygienists to work under the dentist's general
supervision at any given time; defining a certain term; and generally relating to
the supervised practice of dental hygienists in a private dental office.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Health Occupations
Section 4-308

Annotated Code of Maryland
(2000 Replacement Volume and 2002 Supplement)

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

Article — Health Occupations

4-308.

(a)     A general license to practice dentistry issued under this title authorizes
the licensee to practice dentistry while the license is effective.

(b)     While it is effective, a limited license to practice dentistry issued under
this title authorizes the licensee to practice dentistry, including as an intern or a
resident:

(1)     Only for the institution named on the license; and

(2)     Only on patients of the institution named on the license.

(c)     While it is effective, a retired volunteer dentist's license to practice
dentistry issued under this title authorizes the licensee to practice dentistry:

(1) Only in a dental office, dental clinic, ambulatory care facility, or
hospital;

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