153.13 - "PRACTICE OF DENTISTRY" DEFINED.
153.13 "PRACTICE OF DENTISTRY" DEFINED.
For the purpose of this subtitle the following classes of persons
shall be deemed to be engaged in the practice of dentistry:
1. Persons publicly professing to be dentists, dental surgeons,
or skilled in the science of dentistry, or publicly professing to
assume the duties incident to the practice of dentistry.
2. Persons who perform examination, diagnosis, treatment, and
attempted correction by any medicine, appliance, surgery, or other
appropriate method of any disease, condition, disorder, lesion,
injury, deformity, or defect of the oral cavity and maxillofacial
area, including teeth, gums, jaws, and associated structures and
tissue, which methods by education, background experience, and
expertise are common to the practice of dentistry.
3. Persons who offer to perform, perform, or assist with any
phase of any operation incident to tooth whitening, including the
instruction or application of tooth whitening materials or procedures
at any geographic location. For purposes of this subsection,
"tooth whitening" means any process to whiten or lighten the
appearance of human teeth by the application of chemicals, whether or
not in conjunction with a light source. Section History: Early Form
[S13, § 2600-o; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 2565; C46, 50, 54, 58,
62, 66, § 153.1; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 153.13] Section History: Recent Form
96 Acts, ch 1147, § 1; 2009 Acts, ch 56, §5, 13
Referred to in § 153.14