Michigan Compiled Laws 368-1978-15-166 Part 166 Dentistry (333.16601...333.16648)

• Section 333.16601 Definitions; Principles Of Construction.
  (1) As used in this part: (a) “Assignment” means that a dentist has designated a patient of record upon whom services are to be...
• Section 333.16605 Use Of Words, Titles, Or Letters.
  The following words, titles, or letters or a combination thereof, with or without qualifying words or phrases, are restricted in use only to those...
• Section 333.16608 Health Profession Specialty Field License; Qualifications; Renewal; Reference As Specialty Certification.
  (1) The board may issue a health profession specialty field license to a licensed dentist who has advanced training beyond that required for initial...
• Section 333.16611 Dentist, Dental Hygienist, Or Dental Assistant; License Or Authorization Required; Deep Scaling, Root Planing, And Removal Of Calcareous Deposits; Qualifications For Dental Hygienist Licensure; Administration Of Intraoral Block And Infiltration Anesthesia By Dental Hygienist; Administration Of Local Anesthesia Or Nitrous Oxide Analgesia; Requirements; Additional Delegation Of Procedures; Third Party Reimbursement; Practice Guidelines; Definitions.
  (1) An individual shall not engage in the practice of dentistry, the practice as a dental hygienist, or the practice as a dental assistant...
• Section 333.16620 Terms Of Office.
  The terms of office of individual members of the board and task force created under this part, except those appointed to fill vacancies, expire...
• Section 333.16621 Michigan Board Of Dentistry; Creation; Appointment And Qualifications Of Members; Meetings; Voting.
  (1) The Michigan board of dentistry is created in the department. Subject to subsection (2), the board consists of the following 19 voting members...
• Section 333.16624 Task Force; Creation; Purpose; Membership.
  A task force to advise the board is created for health profession specialty fields certified under this part. The task force shall consist of...
• Section 333.16625 Rules As To Dental Hygienist Or Dental Assistant; Dental Hygiene Services Performed Under Supervision Of Dentist As Part Of Program For Dentally Underserved Program; Designation Of Grantee Health Agency; Requirements; Notification; Advisory Committee; Definitions.
  (1) The board may promulgate rules to prohibit or otherwise restrict the assignment of procedures to a dental hygienist or a dental assistant if...
• Section 333.16626 Dental Assistant As Second Pair Of Hands.
  (1) Subject to subsection (2), and notwithstanding section 16601(1)(f) or the rules promulgated under section 16625(1), a dental hygienist may utilize a dental assistant...
• Section 333.16627 Establishment Of Dental Clinic By Nonprofit Corporation.
  The board shall not by rule or other action prohibit the establishment of a dental clinic by a nonprofit corporation organized for this purpose...
• Section 333.16631 Applicability Of Section To Dentist Who Uses Dental Amalgam And Who Removes Dental Amalgam; Exceptions; Procedures; Rules; Violations; Preemption.
  (1) Except as otherwise provided, this section applies to a dentist who uses dental amalgam and to a dentist who removes dental amalgam. This...
• Section 333.16641 Work Authorization For Dental Laboratory Services Required; Retention And Inspection Of Work Authorizations And Copies.
  (1) A dentist shall not use the services of a dental laboratory without furnishing a written work authorization to the dental laboratory and a...
• Section 333.16642 Work Authorization For Dental Laboratory Work; Form; Contents; Name Or Number Of Work Authorization To Accompany Invoice; Prohibition.
  (1) A written authorization for dental laboratory work shall be in a form prescribed by the board and shall contain the following: (a) The...
• Section 333.16643 Dental Laboratory; Prohibited Conduct.
  A dental laboratory shall not advertise, solicit, represent, or hold itself out to the general public that it will sell, supply, furnish, construct, repair,...
• Section 333.16644 Record Of Dental Treatment Required; Retention; Rules Prescribing Form And Content; Using Record For Identification Purposes.
  (1) A dentist shall make a record of all dental treatment which has been performed upon a patient, and shall retain that treatment record...
• Section 333.16645 Marking Identification On Denture Or Orthodontic Appliance.
  (1) Unless the patient specifically declines, a dentist or dental laboratory that sells, supplies, furnishes, constructs, or repairs a full denture, partial denture with...
• Section 333.16647 Dental Laboratory; Inspection; Compliance; Violation As Misdemeanor.
  (1) The board or an agent or employee of the board may inspect a dental laboratory to determine the laboratory's compliance with this part....
• Section 333.16648 Information Relative To Care And Treatment Of Dental Patient; Confidentiality; Privilege; Disclosure; Consent; Instances Not Prohibiting Disclosure.
  (1) Information relative to the care and treatment of a dental patient acquired as a result of providing professional dental services is confidential and...

Last modified: October 10, 2016