Section 333.16645 - Marking identification on denture or orthodontic appliance.

PUBLIC HEALTH CODE (EXCERPT)
Act 368 of 1978

333.16645 Marking identification on denture or orthodontic appliance.

Sec. 16645.

(1) Unless the patient specifically declines, a dentist or dental laboratory that sells, supplies, furnishes, constructs, or repairs a full denture, partial denture with acrylic saddle, or removable orthodontic appliance with acrylic saddle for a specific patient shall permanently mark the patient's name or social security number, whichever the patient chooses, on the denture or orthodontic appliance.

(2) A dentist shall notify a patient who is to receive a denture or orthodontic appliance described in subsection (1) that the patient has the right to decline to have identification marked on the denture or orthodontic appliance, shall ask the patient to choose the information to be marked on the denture or orthodontic appliance, and shall indicate the patient's choices on the work order to the dental laboratory.


History: Add. 1989, Act 262, Imd. Eff. Dec. 26, 1989
Popular Name: Act 368