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17-82-111. Nonclinical services.
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17-82-111. Nonclinical services.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a person or entity shall not practice dentistry or otherwise violate the Arkansas Dental Practice Act, § 17-82-101 et seq., or the Dental Corporation Act, § 4-29-401 et seq., if the person or entity contracted to provide the following services for a dentist or dental corporation in a dental practice:
(1) Owns or leases an asset used by a dental practice, including real property, furnishings, equipment, inventory, and other goods, but not including dental patient records;
(2) Employs or contracts for the services of personnel other than licensed dentists; or
(3) Provides administrative services, financial services, or other business activities of a dental practice that do not include practicing dentistry as defined in § 17-82-102.
(b) A person or entity that is not licensed to practice dentistry shall not engage in any activity that includes the practice of dentistry or interferes with the professional judgment or clinical decision-making of a licensed dentist.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 17-82-111
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17-82-111. Nonclinical services.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a person or entity shall not practice dentistry or otherwise violate the Arkansas Dental Practice Act, § 17-82-101 et seq., or the Dental Corporation Act, § 4-29-401 et seq., if the person or entity contracted to provide the following services for a dentist or dental corporation in a dental practice:
(1) Owns or leases an asset used by a dental practice, including real property, furnishings, equipment, inventory, and other goods, but not including dental patient records;
(2) Employs or contracts for the services of personnel other than licensed dentists; or
(3) Provides administrative services, financial services, or other business activities of a dental practice that do not include practicing dentistry as defined in § 17-82-102.
(b) A person or entity that is not licensed to practice dentistry shall not engage in any activity that includes the practice of dentistry or interferes with the professional judgment or clinical decision-making of a licensed dentist.
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17-82-101. Short title.
This chapter may be known and cited as the “Arkansas Dental Practice Act”.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 17-82-101
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17-82-102. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1)(A) “Practicing dentistry” means:
(i) The evaluation, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment by nonsurgical, surgical, or related procedures of diseases, disorders, and conditions of the oral cavity, maxillofacial area, and the adjacent and associated structures and their impact on the human body, but not for the purpose of treating diseases, disorders, and conditions unrelated to the oral cavity, maxillofacial area, and the adjacent and associated structures; and
(ii) The sale or offer for sale of those articles or services of dentistry enumerated in § 17-82-105(a).
(B) “Practicing dentistry” shall include, but not be limited to, the administration of anesthetics for the purpose of or in connection with the performance of any of the acts, services, or practices enumerated or described in this section.
(C) Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit a licensed physician from extracting teeth in an emergency when, in his or her considered professional judgment, it is necessary and when it is not practicable or reasonable to secure the services of a licensed dentist; and
(2)(A) “The practice of dental hygiene” means the assessment, prevention, and treatment of oral diseases provided by a licensed dental hygienist under the supervision of a licensed dentist as set out in the rules of the Arkansas State Board of Dental Examiners.
(B) The practice of dental hygiene shall include the removal of deposits from supergingival and subgingival surfaces of the teeth and any other services which the board may authorize by rule and which are not prohibited by any provision of this chapter.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 17-82-102
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4-29-401. Title and definitions.
(a) This subchapter may be cited as the “Dental Corporation Act”.
(b) As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) “Beneficial owner” means an individual who is the grantor and sole trustee of a revocable living trust wherein the individual reserves the unrestricted right to revoke the trust;
(2) “Professional service” means any type of professional service which may be legally performed only pursuant to license or other legal personal authorization, for example: the personal service rendered by certified public accountants, architects, engineers, dentists, doctors, and attorneys at law; and
(3) “Shareholder” means either the person in whose name shares are registered in the records of a corporation or the beneficial owner of shares of a revocable living trust where the shares are registered in the records of the corporation in the name of the revocable living trust.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 4-29-401
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 4-29-401. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.