Section 333.16644 - Record of dental treatment required; retention; rules prescribing form and content; using record for identification purposes.
PUBLIC HEALTH CODE (EXCERPT)
Act 368 of 1978
333.16644 Record of dental treatment required; retention; rules prescribing form and content; using record for identification purposes.
Sec. 16644.
(1) A dentist shall make a record of all dental treatment which has been performed upon a patient, and shall retain that treatment record for a period of not less than 10 years after the performance of the last service upon the patient.
(2) The board shall promulgate rules to prescribe the form and content of the record required by subsection (1), so that the record may be used for identification purposes.
History: Add. 1982, Act 482, Eff. Mar. 30, 1983
Popular Name: Act 368