2016 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 12 - Professions and Occupations
Health Care
Article 35 - Dentists and Dental Hygienists
Part 1 - General Provisions
§ 12-35-115. Persons exempt from operation of this article

(1) This article does not apply to the following practices, acts, and operations:

(a) Practice of his or her profession by a physician or surgeon licensed as such under the laws of this state unless the physician or surgeon practices dentistry as a specialty;

(b) The administration of an anesthetic by a qualified anesthetist or registered nurse for a dental operation;

(c) The practice of dentistry or dental hygiene in the discharge of their official duties by graduate dentists or dental surgeons or dental hygienists in the United States armed forces, public health service, Coast Guard, or veterans administration;

(d) Students or residents regularly employed by a private hospital or by a city, county, city and county, or state hospital under an advanced dental education program accredited by the commission on dental accreditation or its successor commission and approved and registered by the board;

(e) The practice of dental hygiene by instructors and students or the practice of dentistry by students or residents in schools or colleges of dentistry, schools of dental hygiene, or schools of dental assistant education while such instructors, students, or residents are participating in accredited programs of such schools or colleges;

(f) The practice of dentistry or dental hygiene by dentists or dental hygienists licensed in good standing by other states or countries while appearing in programs of dental education or research at the invitation of any group of licensed dentists or dental hygienists in this state who are in good standing, so long as such practice is limited to five consecutive days in a twelve-month period and the name of each person engaging in such practice is submitted to the board, in writing and on a form approved by the board, at least ten days before the person performs such practice;

(g) The filling of laboratory work orders of a licensed dentist, as provided by section 12-35-133, by any person, association, corporation, or other entity for the construction, reproduction, or repair of prosthetic dentures, bridges, plates, or appliances to be used or worn as substitutes for natural teeth or for restoration of natural teeth, or replacement of structures relating to the jaws, maxillofacial area, or adjacent and associated structures;

(h) The performance of acts by a person under the direct or indirect supervision of a dentist licensed in Colorado when authorized pursuant to the rules of the board or when authorized under other provisions of this article;

(i) The practicing of dentistry or dental hygiene by an examiner representing a testing agency approved by the board, during the administration of an examination; or

(j) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2010, (HB 10-1128), ch. 172, p. 611, § 5, effective April 29, 2010.)

(k) The practice of dentistry or dental hygiene by dentists or dental hygienists licensed in good standing by other states while providing care as a volunteer, at the invitation of any group of licensed dentists or dental hygienists in this state who are in good standing, so long as such practice is limited to five consecutive days in a twelve-month period and the name of each person engaging in such practice is submitted to the board, in writing and on a form approved by the board, at least ten days before the person performs such practice.