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17-82-105. Sales of dental services or appliances.
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17-82-105. Sales of dental services or appliances.
(a) Any person other than a licensed dentist who sells or delivers or offers to sell or deliver to the general public the services of construction, repair, reproduction, duplication, alteration, adjustment, cleaning, polishing, refinishing, or processing in any other manner of any artificial or prosthetic tooth or teeth, bridge, crown, denture, restoration, appliance, device, structure, or material or orthodontic appliance or material to be worn or used in the mouth is subject to the penalties and liabilities prescribed in § 17-82-301(b) and (c). This section does not prohibit selling or delivering or offering to sell or deliver any of such articles to a licensed dentist.
(b) Any licensed dentist who employs or engages the services of a dental laboratory or dental laboratory technician or any other person, firm, or corporation to perform any of the operations or to fabricate any of the appliances or devices referred to in subsection (a) of this section shall furnish that person, firm, or corporation with a written work authorization which shall contain:
(1) The name and address of the person, firm, or corporation to which the work authorization is directed;
(2) The patient's name or an identification number. If a number is used, the patient's name shall be written upon the duplicate copy of the work authorization retained by the dentist;
(3) The date on which the work authorization was written;
(4) A description of the work to be done, including diagrams, if necessary;
(5) A specification of the type and quality of materials to be used; and
(6) The signature of the dentist and the number of his or her license to practice dentistry.
(c) The person, firm, or corporation receiving a work authorization fro
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 17-82-105
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17-82-105. Sales of dental services or appliances.
(a) Any person other than a licensed dentist who sells or delivers or offers to sell or deliver to the general public the services of construction, repair, reproduction, duplication, alteration, adjustment, cleaning, polishing, refinishing, or processing in any other manner of any artificial or prosthetic tooth or teeth, bridge, crown, denture, restoration, appliance, device, structure, or material or orthodontic appliance or material to be worn or used in the mouth is subject to the penalties and liabilities prescribed in § 17-82-301(b) and (c). This section does not prohibit selling or delivering or offering to sell or deliver any of such articles to a licensed dentist.
(b) Any licensed dentist who employs or engages the services of a dental laboratory or dental laboratory technician or any other person, firm, or corporation to perform any of the operations or to fabricate any of the appliances or devices referred to in subsection (a) of this section shall furnish that person, firm, or corporation with a written work authorization which shall contain:
(1) The name and address of the person, firm, or corporation to which the work authorization is directed;
(2) The patient's name or an identification number. If a number is used, the patient's name shall be written upon the duplicate copy of the work authorization retained by the dentist;
(3) The date on which the work authorization was written;
(4) A description of the work to be done, including diagrams, if necessary;
(5) A specification of the type and quality of materials to be used; and
(6) The signature of the dentist and the number of his or her license to practice dentistry.
(c) The person, firm, or corporation receiving a work authorization from a licensed dentist shall retain the original work authorization and the dentist shall retain a duplicate copy for a period of two (2) years.
(d) Any licensed dentist shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and the Arkansas State Board of Dental Examiners may revoke or suspend the license of that dentist if that dentist:
(1) Employs or engages the services of any person, firm, or corporation to construct or repair, extraorally, prosthetic dentures, bridges, or other dental appliances without first providing the person, firm, or corporation with a written work authorization;
(2) Fails to retain a duplicate copy of the work authorization for two (2) years; or
(3) Commits any violation of this section.
(e) Any person, firm, or corporation shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor if that person, firm, or corporation:
(1) Furnishes such services to any licensed dentist without first obtaining a written work authorization from the dentist;
(2) Fails to retain the original work authorization for two (2) years; or
(3) Commits any violation of this section.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
17-82-301. License required — Penalty.
(a)(1) No person shall practice dentistry or dental hygiene or attempt or offer to practice either within the State of Arkansas without first having been authorized and issued a regular license by the Arkansas State Board of Dental Examiners.
(2) No person shall practice dentistry or dental hygiene or attempt or offer to practice either within the State of Arkansas during any period of suspension of his or her license by the board or after revocation by the board of any license theretofore issued to the offending person.
(b) The board is entitled to the equitable remedy of injunction against any person who practices dentistry or dental hygiene or attempts or offers to practice either in violation of subsection (a) of this section.
(c) Any person who violates any provision of subsection (a) of this section shall be guilty of a Class D felony and shall be subject to imprisonment not to exceed six (6) years in the Division of Correction or a fine of up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both. Each unauthorized act constitutes a separate offense.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 17-82-301
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 17-82-301. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.