Florida Statutes Title XXXII Chapter 466 - Dentistry, Dental Hygiene, And Dental Laboratories
- 466.001 - Legislative Purpose And Intent.
The legislative purpose for enacting this chapter is to ensure that every dentist or dental hygienist practicing in this state meets minimum requirements for safe...
- 466.002 - Persons Exempt From Operation Of Chapter.
Nothing in this chapter shall apply to the following practices, acts, and operations:(1) The practice of her or his profession including surgical procedures involving the oral...
- 466.003 - Definitions.
As used in this chapter:(1) “Board” means the Board of Dentistry.(2) “Dentist” means a person licensed to practice dentistry pursuant to this chapter.(3) “Dentistry” means the healing art...
- 466.004 - Board Of Dentistry.
(1) To carry out the provisions of this chapter, there is created within the department the Board of Dentistry consisting of 11 members who shall be...
- 466.005 - Expert Witness Certificate.
(1)(a) The department shall issue a certificate authorizing a dentist who holds an active and valid license to practice dentistry in another state or a province...
- 466.006 - Examination Of Dentists.
(1)(a) It is the intent of the Legislature to reduce the costs associated with an independent state-developed practical or clinical examination to measure an applicant’s ability...
- 466.0065 - Regional Licensure Examinations.
(1) It is the intent of the Legislature that schools of dentistry be allowed to offer regional licensure examinations to dental students who are in the...
- 466.0067 - Application For Health Access Dental License.
The Legislature finds that there is an important state interest in attracting dentists to practice in underserved health access settings in this state and further,...
- 466.00671 - Renewal Of The Health Access Dental License.
(1) A health access dental licensee shall apply for renewal each biennium. At the time of renewal, the licensee shall sign a statement that she or...
- 466.00672 - Revocation Of Health Access Dental License.
(1) The board shall revoke a health access dental license upon:(a) The licensee’s termination from employment from a qualifying health access setting;(b) Final agency action determining that the...
- 466.00673 - Repeal Of A Health Access Dental License.
Effective January 1, 2020, ss. 466.0067-466.00673 are repealed unless reenacted by the Legislature. Any health access dental license issued before January 1, 2020, shall remain...
- 466.007 - Examination Of Dental Hygienists.
(1) Any person desiring to be licensed as a dental hygienist shall apply to the department to take the licensure examinations and shall verify the information...
- 466.0075 - Applicants For Examination; Medical Malpractice Insurance.
The board may require any person applying to take the examination to practice dentistry in this state or the examination to practice dental hygiene in...
- 466.008 - Certification Of Foreign Educational Institutions.
(1) The Legislature recognizes the need to ensure that graduates of foreign dental schools who have received an education which is reasonably comparable to that of...
- 466.009 - Reexamination.
(1) The department shall permit any person who fails an examination which is required under s. 466.006 or s. 466.007 to retake the examination. If the...
- 466.011 - Licensure.
The board shall certify for licensure by the department any applicant who satisfies the requirements of s. 466.006, s. 466.0067, or s. 466.007. The board...
- 466.013 - Renewal Of License.
(1) The department shall renew a license upon receipt of the renewal application and the fee set by the board not to exceed $300.(2) The department shall...
- 466.0135 - Continuing Education; Dentists.
(1) In addition to the other requirements for renewal set out in this chapter, each licensed dentist shall be required to complete biennially not less than...
- 466.014 - Continuing Education; Dental Hygienists.
In addition to the other requirements for relicensure for dental hygienists set out in this act, the board shall require each licensed dental hygienist to...
- 466.015 - Inactive Status.
(1) The board shall adopt rules relating to application procedures for inactive status, to the renewal of inactive licenses, and to the reactivation of licenses. The...
- 466.016 - License To Be Displayed.
Every practitioner of dentistry or dental hygiene within the meaning of this chapter shall post and keep conspicuously displayed her or his license in the...
- 466.017 - Prescription Of Drugs; Anesthesia.
(1) A dentist shall have the right to prescribe drugs or medicine, subject to limitations imposed by law; perform surgical operations within the scope of her...
- 466.018 - Dentist Of Record; Patient Records.
(1) Each patient shall have a dentist of record. The dentist of record shall remain primarily responsible for all dental treatment on such patient regardless of...
- 466.019 - Advertising By Dentists.
(1) The purpose of this section is to ensure that the public has access to information which provides a sufficient basis upon which to make an...
- 466.021 - Retention Of Dental Laboratories By Dentist; Penalty.
Each licensed dentist who uses the services of any dental laboratory for the purpose of constructing, altering, repairing, or duplicating any denture, implant, veneer, partial...
- 466.022 - Peer Review; Records; Immunity; Confidentiality.
(1) The Legislature finds that effective peer review of consumer complaints by professional associations of dentists is a valuable service to the public. In performing such...
- 466.023 - Dental Hygienists; Scope And Area Of Practice.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in s. 466.024, only dental hygienists may be delegated the task of removing calculus deposits, accretions, and stains from exposed surfaces...
- 466.0235 - Dental Charting.
(1) For purposes of this section, the term “dental charting” means a recording of visual observations of clinical conditions of the oral cavity without the use...
- 466.024 - Delegation Of Duties; Expanded Functions.
(1) A dentist may not delegate irremediable tasks to a dental hygienist or dental assistant, except as provided by law. A dentist may delegate remediable tasks...
- 466.025 - Permitting Of Dental Interns Serving At State Institutions; Certification Of Dentists Practicing At Government Facilities; Permitting Of Nonprofit Corporations.
(1) The department shall, upon presentation of satisfactory credentials meeting such requirements as the board may by rule prescribe, issue a permit to a graduate of...
- 466.026 - Prohibitions; Penalties.
(1) Each of the following acts constitutes a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084:(a) Practicing dentistry or...
- 466.027 - Sexual Misconduct.
The dentist-patient relationship is founded on mutual trust. Sexual misconduct in the practice of dentistry means violation of the dentist-patient relationship through which the dentist...
- 466.0275 - Lawful Investigations; Consent Handwriting Samples; Mental Or Physical Examination.
Every dentist who accepts a license to practice dentistry in this state shall, by so accepting the license or by making and filing a renewal...
- 466.02751 - Establishment Of Practitioner Profile For Designation As A Controlled Substance Prescribing Practitioner.
The Department of Health shall establish a practitioner profile for dentists licensed under this chapter for a practitioner’s designation as a controlled substance prescribing practitioner...
- 466.028 - Grounds For Disciplinary Action; Action By The Board.
(1) The following acts constitute grounds for denial of a license or disciplinary action, as specified in s. 456.072(2):(a) Attempting to obtain, obtaining, or renewing a license...
- 466.0282 - Specialties.
(1) A dentist licensed under this chapter may not hold himself or herself out as a specialist, or advertise membership in or specialty recognition by an...
- 466.0285 - Proprietorship By Nondentists.
(1) No person other than a dentist licensed pursuant to this chapter, nor any entity other than a professional corporation or limited liability company composed of...
- 466.031 - “dental Laboratory” Defined.
The term “dental laboratory” as used in this chapter:(1) Includes any person, firm, or corporation who performs for a fee of any kind, gratuitously, or otherwise,...
- 466.032 - Registration.
(1) Every person, firm, or corporation operating a dental laboratory in this state shall register biennially with the department on forms to be provided by the...
- 466.033 - Registration Certificates.
The department shall not require an examination, but shall issue a registration certificate upon completion of the registration form and compliance with any rules promulgated...
- 466.034 - Change Of Ownership Or Address.
When the ownership or address of any dental laboratory operating in this state is changed, the owner thereof shall notify the department within 30 days...
- 466.035 - Advertising.
Dental laboratories shall not solicit or advertise, directly or indirectly, by mail, card, newspaper, pamphlet, radio, television, or otherwise to the general public to construct,...
- 466.036 - Information; Periodic Inspections; Equipment And Supplies.
The department may require from the applicant for a registration certificate to operate a dental laboratory any information necessary to carry out the purpose of...
- 466.037 - Suspension And Revocation; Administrative Fine.
The department may suspend or revoke the certificate of any dental laboratory registered under s. 466.032, for failing to comply with the provisions of this...
- 466.038 - Rules.
The department, upon consultation with the Board of Dentistry and industry representatives of the dental laboratory profession, has authority to adopt rules pursuant to ss....
- 466.039 - Violations.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to operate as a dental laboratory as defined in this chapter, except those registered as...
- 466.041 - Hepatitis B Carriers.
(1) Any licensee or applicant for licensure who is a carrier of the hepatitis B virus is required to so notify the board.(2) The board shall by...
- 466.051 - Confidentiality Of Certain Information Contained In Dental Workforce Surveys.
(1) Personal identifying information that is contained in a record provided by a dentist or dental hygienist licensed under this chapter in response to a dental...
Last modified: September 23, 2016