Title 58, Title 58: Occupations and Professions

58-69-302. Qualifications -- Licensure as a dentist -- Licensure as a dental hygienist. (1) An applicant for licensure as a dentist, except as provided in Subsection, shall: (2) submit an application in a form the division approves; pay a fee as determined by the department under…

58-69-303. Term of license -- Expiration -- Renewal. (1) The division shall issue each license and permit under this chapter in accordance with a two-year renewal cycle established by division rule. The division may by rule extend or shorten a renewal period by as much as one yea…

58-69-304. Continuing education. During each two-year licensure cycle or other cycle defined by rule, a licensee under this chapter shall complete qualified continuing professional education requirements established by division rule made in collaboration with the board.

58-69-306. Exemptions from licensure. In addition to the exemptions from licensure in Section: (1) an individual performing mechanical work on inert matter in a laboratory pursuant to a written prescription from a licensed dentist may engage in acts and practices included in the …

58-69-307. Status of licenses held on the effective date of this chapter. An individual holding a current license or permit as a dentist or dental hygienist that was issued under any prior state law is considered to hold a current license or permit in the same classification unde…

58-69-401. Grounds for denial of license -- Disciplinary proceedings. Grounds for division action regarding the following are under Section: (1) refusing to issue a license to an applicant or refusing to renew the license of a licensee; (2) revoking, suspending, restricting, or p…

58-69-501. Unlawful conduct. "Unlawful conduct" includes, in addition to the definition in Section: (1) administering anesthesia or analgesia in the practice of dentistry or dental hygiene if the individual does not hold a current permit issued by the division authorizing that in…

58-69-502. Unprofessional conduct. (1) "Unprofessional conduct" includes, in addition to the definition in Section: 58-1-501 sharing professional fees with an unlicensed person or paying any person for sending or referring a patient; making an unsubstantiated claim of superiority…

58-69-503. Penalty for unlawful conduct. (1) Any person who violates the unlawful conduct provisions of Subsectionand Sectionwith regard to the practice of dentistry is guilty of a third degree felony. 58-1-501(1)(a) 58-69-501 (2) Any person who violates the unlawful conduct prov…

58-69-601. Mentally incompetent or incapacitated dentist or dental hygienist. (1) As used in this section: "Incapacitated person" means a person who is incapacitated, as defined in Section. 75-1-201 "Mental illness" is as defined in Section. 26B-5-301 (2) If a court of competent …

58-69-701. Immunity provisions apply. The provisions of, apply to licensees under this chapter.

58-69-702. Opiate antagonist -- Exclusion from unlawful or unprofessional conduct. (1) As used in this section: "Dispense" means the same as that term is defined in Section. 58-17b-102 "Expired opiate antagonist" means an opiate antagonist that is no more than 24 months past the …

58-69-801. Dental hygienist practice standards. (1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), a dental hygienist may engage in the practice of dental hygiene: in any setting under general supervision; and if done in accordance with a dentist's treatment plan for a patient. (2) A dent…

58-69-802. Practice within limits of law, education, training, experience, and competency. Each individual licensed under this chapter shall confine the individual's practice to those acts: (1) permitted by law; and (2) in which the dentist or dental hygienist is competent by edu…

58-69-803. Use of dental assistants. Standards regulating the use of dental assistants shall be established by division rule made in collaboration with the board.

58-69-804. Form of practice. (1) A dentist may engage in the practice of dentistry as: an individual operating as a business proprietor; an employee of another person; a partner in a lawfully organized partnership; a lawfully formed professional corporation; a lawfully organized …

58-69-805. Disclosure of financial interest by licensee. (1) Licensees under this chapter may not refer patients to any clinical laboratory or health care facility in which the licensee or a member of the licensee's immediate family has any financial relationship as that term is …

58-69-806. Consumer access to provider charges. Beginning January 1, 2011, a dentist licensed under this chapter shall, when requested by a consumer: (1) make a list of prices charged by the dentist available for the consumer which includes the dentist's 25 most frequently perfor…

58-69-807. Use of teledentistry -- Informed consent -- Rulemaking. (1) A dentist may provide dental services using teledentistry. (2) The standard of dental care a licensed dental professional provides through teledentistry is the same as the standard of dental care a licensed de…

58-69-808. Expanded functions of dental auxiliaries. (1) The division shall create certifications for dental auxiliaries to perform, under the indirect supervision of a dentist, various expanded functions, including: delegated maxillofacial administration of botulinum toxin by a …