Section 4-403 - Work authorization.
§ 4-403. Work authorization.
(a) In general.- The work authorization required by § 4-402 of this subtitle for dental laboratory work shall:
(1) Be on the form that the Board requires;
(2) Be signed by a licensed dentist who requests the work; and
(3) Contain the information required by this section.
(b) Prepared in duplicate; required information.- The work authorization shall be prepared in duplicate and contain:
(1) The name and address of the dental laboratory to do the work;
(2) Identification of the patient by name or number;
(3) The date on which the work authorization form was completed;
(4) A description of the work to be done, including diagrams if necessary;
(5) A specification of the type of dental materials to be used; and
(6) The name and license number of the dentist who requests the work.
(c) Subcontracted dental laboratory work.- A dental laboratory named in a work authorization may subcontract dental laboratory work, if that dental laboratory:
(1) Completes in duplicate the subcontracted work authorization form that the Board requires; and
(2) Complies with the record keeping requirements of § 4-404 of this subtitle.
(d) Standard forms.- The Board shall publish:
(1) An approved standard work authorization form; and
(2) An approved standard subcontracted work authorization form that is of a color different from the standard work authorization form.
(e) Work requests from outside State.- A dental laboratory in this State may do dental laboratory work on the request of a dentist licensed and practicing in any other state or a foreign country if the request:
(1) Is on the form that the Board requires or a reasonably equivalent form; and
(2) Otherwise meets the requirements of this subtitle.
[An. Code 1957, art. 32, § 25; 1981, ch. 8, § 2; 1990, ch. 6, § 11; 2010, ch. 72.]