Chapter 466 Dentistry, Dental Hygiene, And Dental Laboratories
- 466.001 Legislative purpose and intent.
The legislative purpose for enacting this chapter is to ensure that every dentist or dental hygienist practicing in this state meets minimum requirements for safe...
- 466.002 Persons exempt from operation of chapter.
Nothing in this chapter shall apply to the following practices, acts, and operations: (1) The practice of her or his profession including surgical procedures involving the...
- 466.003 Definitions.
As used in this chapter: (1) "Board" means the Board of Dentistry. (2) "Dentist" means a person licensed to practice dentistry pursuant to this chapter. (3) "Dentistry" means...
- 466.004 Board of Dentistry.
(1) To carry out the provisions of this chapter, there is created within the department the Board of Dentistry consisting of 11 members who shall be...
- 466.006 Examination of dentists.
(1) Any person desiring to be licensed as a dentist shall apply to the department to take the licensure examinations and shall verify the information required...
- 466.0065 Regional licensure examinations.
(1) It is the intent of the Legislature that schools of dentistry be allowed to offer regional licensure examinations to dental students who are in the...
- 466.007 Examination of dental hygienists.
(1) Any person desiring to be licensed as a dental hygienist shall apply to the department to take the licensure examinations and shall verify the information...
- 466.0075 Applicants for examination; medical malpractice insurance.
The board may require any person applying to take the examination to practice dentistry in this state or the examination to practice dental hygiene in...
- 466.008 Certification of foreign educational institutions.
(1) The Legislature recognizes the need to ensure that graduates of foreign dental schools who have received an education which is reasonably comparable to that of...
- 466.009 Reexamination.
(1) The department shall permit any person who fails an examination which is required under s. 466.006 or s. 466.007 to retake the examination. If the...
- 466.011 Licensure.
The board shall certify for licensure by the department any applicant who satisfies the requirements of s. 466.006 or s. 466.007. The board may refuse...
- 466.013 Renewal of license.
(1) The department shall renew a license upon receipt of the renewal application and the fee set by the board not to exceed $300. (2) The department...
- 466.0135 Continuing education; dentists.
(1) In addition to the other requirements for renewal set out in this chapter, each licensed dentist shall be required to complete biennially not less than...
- 466.014 Continuing education; dental hygienists.
In addition to the other requirements for relicensure for dental hygienists set out in this act, the board shall require each licensed dental hygienist to...
- 466.015 Inactive status.
(1) The board shall adopt rules relating to application procedures for inactive status, to the renewal of inactive licenses, and to the reactivation of licenses. The...
- 466.016 License to be displayed.
Every practitioner of dentistry or dental hygiene within the meaning of this chapter shall post and keep conspicuously displayed her or his license in the...
- 466.017 Prescription of drugs; anesthesia.
(1) A dentist shall have the right to prescribe drugs or medicine, subject to limitations imposed by law; perform surgical operations within the scope of her...
- 466.018 Dentist of record; patient records.
(1) Each patient shall have a dentist of record. The dentist of record shall remain primarily responsible for all dental treatment on such patient regardless of...
- 466.019 Advertising by dentists.
(1) The purpose of this section is to ensure that the public has access to information which provides a sufficient basis upon which to make an...
- 466.021 Employment of unlicensed persons by dentist; penalty.
Every duly licensed dentist who uses the services of any unlicensed person for the purpose of constructing, altering, repairing, or duplicating any denture, partial denture,...
- 466.022 Peer review; records; immunity; confidentiality.
(1) The Legislature finds that effective peer review of consumer complaints by professional associations of dentists is a valuable service to the public. In performing such...
- 466.023 Dental hygienists; scope and area of practice.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in s. 466.024, only dental hygienists may be delegated the task of removing calculus deposits, accretions, and stains from exposed surfaces...
- 466.0235 Dental charting.
(1) For purposes of this section, the term "dental charting" means a recording of visual observations of clinical conditions of the oral cavity without the use...
- 466.024 Delegation of duties; expanded functions.
(1) A dentist may not delegate irremediable tasks to a dental hygienist or dental assistant, except as provided by law. A dentist may delegate remediable tasks...
- 466.025 Permitting of dental interns serving at state institutions; certification of dentists practicing at government facilities; permitting of nonprofit corporations.
(1) The department shall, upon presentation of satisfactory credentials meeting such requirements as the board may by rule prescribe, issue a permit to a graduate of...
- 466.026 Prohibitions; penalties.
(1) Each of the following acts constitutes a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084: (a) Practicing dentistry...
- 466.027 Sexual misconduct.
The dentist-patient relationship is founded on mutual trust. Sexual misconduct in the practice of dentistry means violation of the dentist-patient relationship through which the dentist...
- 466.0275 Lawful investigations; consent handwriting samples; mental or physical examination.
Every dentist who accepts a license to practice dentistry in this state shall, by so accepting the license or by making and filing a renewal...
- 466.028 Grounds for disciplinary action; action by the board.
(1) The following acts constitute grounds for denial of a license or disciplinary action, as specified in s. 456.072(2): (a) Attempting to obtain, obtaining, or renewing a...
- 466.0282 Specialties.
(1) A dentist licensed under this chapter may not hold himself or herself out as a specialist, or advertise membership in or specialty recognition by an...
- 466.0285 Proprietorship by nondentists.
(1) No person other than a dentist licensed pursuant to this chapter, nor any entity other than a professional corporation or limited liability company composed of...
- 466.031 "Dental laboratory" defined.
The term "dental laboratory" as used in this chapter: (1) Includes any person, firm, or corporation who performs for a fee of any kind, gratuitously, or...
- 466.032 Registration.
(1) Every person, firm, or corporation operating a dental laboratory in this state shall register biennially with the department on forms to be provided by the...
- 466.033 Registration certificates.
The department shall not require an examination, but shall issue a registration certificate upon completion of the registration form and compliance with any rules promulgated...
- 466.034 Change of ownership or address.
When the ownership or address of any dental laboratory operating in this state is changed, the owner thereof shall notify the department within 30 days...
- 466.035 Advertising.
Dental laboratories shall not solicit or advertise, directly or indirectly, by mail, card, newspaper, pamphlet, radio, television, or otherwise to the general public to construct,...
- 466.036 Information; periodic inspections; equipment and supplies.
The department may require from the applicant for a registration certificate to operate a dental laboratory any information necessary to carry out the purpose of...
- 466.037 Suspension and revocation; administrative fine.
The department may suspend or revoke the certificate of any dental laboratory registered under s. 466.032, for failing to comply with the provisions of this...
- 466.038 Rules.
The department, upon consultation with the Board of Dentistry and industry representatives of the dental laboratory profession, has authority to adopt rules pursuant to ss....
- 466.039 Violations.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to operate as a dental laboratory as defined in this chapter, except those registered as...
- 466.041 Hepatitis B carriers.
(1) Any licensee or applicant for licensure who is a carrier of the hepatitis B virus is required to so notify the board. (2) The board shall...
