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2006 South Dakota Code - 36-6A-32 — Scope of dental practice defined.
36-6A-32. Scope of dental practice defined. A person shall be deemed to be practicing dentistry within the meaning of this chapter:
(1) Who uses a dental degree, or
designation, or card, device, directory, sign, or other media
whereby he represents himself as being able to diagnose, treat,
prescribe, or operate for any disease, pain, deformity, deficiency,
injury, or physical condition of the human tooth, teeth, alveolar
process, gums or jaw, or adjacent or associated structures;
or
(2) Who is a manager, proprietor,
operator, or conductor of a place where dental operations are
performed; or
(3) Who performs dental operations of any
kind gratuitously, or for a fee, gift, compensation or reward, paid
or to be paid, either to himself or to another person or agency;
or
(4) Who uses a roentgen or X-ray machine
for dental treatment, or roentgenograms for dental diagnostic
purposes; or
(5) Who extracts a human tooth or corrects
or attempts to correct malpositions of the human teeth or jaws;
or
(6) Who offers and undertakes, by any
means or method, to diagnose, treat or remove stains or accretions
from human teeth or jaws; or
(7) Who takes impressions of the human
teeth or jaws or performs any phase of any operation incident to
the replacement of a part of a tooth, a tooth, teeth or associated
tissues by means of a filling, a crown, a bridge, a denture, or
other appliance; or
(8) Who furnishes, supplies, constructs,
reproduces, or repairs, or offers to furnish, supply, construct,
reproduce or repair prosthetic dentures or plates, bridges or other
substitutes for natural teeth, to the user or prospective user
thereof; or
(9) Who performs any clinical operation
included in the curricula of recognized dental schools and
colleges.
Source: SDC 1939, § 27.0601; SL 1965, ch 118; SL 1971, ch 213, § 14; SL 1992, ch 269, § 24.
Source: SDC 1939, § 27.0601; SL 1965, ch 118; SL 1971, ch 213, § 14; SL 1992, ch 269, § 24.
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