54-900 Purpose
54-901 Definition — Practice of Dentistry
54-902 Definition — Practice of Dental Hygiene
54-902A Definition — Practice of Dental Therapy
54-903 General Definitions
54-904 Authorization for Procedures Performed Under General Supervision by Dental Hygienists
54-905 Unlawful Practice of Dentistry
54-906 Unlawful Practice of Dental Hygiene
54-906A Unlawful Practice of Dental Therapy
54-907 State Board of Dentistry Established
54-908 State Board of Dentistry — Vacancies
54-909 Board of Dentistry — Qualifications of Members
54-910 Occupational Licenses Fund — Receipts and Disbursements
54-911 Board of Dentistry — Organization — Meetings — Expenses — Per Diem
54-912 Board of Dentistry — Powers and Duties
54-913 Certificates — Licenses — Records
54-915 Qualifications Required for Dentist, Dental Therapist, or Dental Hygienist Licensure
54-916 Application for Licensure — Fee
54-916A Dental Hygiene Licensure by Credentials
54-916B Dental Licensure by Credentials
54-916C Dental Therapy Licensure by Credentials
54-918 Examinations — Certificate of Qualification
54-919 Cheating
54-920 Licensing — License Fees — Biennial Renewal of Licenses — Late Fees and Returned Checks — Classifications of Licenses — Rights of Licensees — Notification of Change of Address
54-921 Reinstatement of Canceled License
54-922 Display of License
54-923 Revocation for Convictions of Crime
54-924 Other Grounds of Refusal, Revocation or Suspension of Dentists — Probation Agreements
54-925 Other Grounds of Revocation or Suspension of Dental Hygienists — Probation Agreements
54-926 Other Grounds of Revocation or Suspension of Dental Therapists — Probation Agreements
54-930 Exceptions to Application of Act
54-933 Injunction — Procedure
54-934 Peer Review Committees — Immunity From Liability — Confidentiality of Records
54-935 Volunteer’S License — Qualifications — Permissible Practice — Immunity From Liability
54-936 Continued Operation of Dental Practice — Death of Sole Proprietor Dentist

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Terms Used In Idaho Code > Title 54 > Chapter 9 - Dentists

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Association: means the Idaho state dental association and the Idaho dental hygienists’ association. See Idaho Code 54-903
  • Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
  • Board: means the state board of dentistry. See Idaho Code 54-903
  • Chambers: A judge's office.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • convicted: means a finding of guilt by a judge or jury, an entry of a guilty plea by a defendant and its acceptance by the court, a forfeiture of a bail bond or collateral deposited to secure a defendant’s appearance, a judgment of conviction, a suspended sentence, probation, a withheld judgment, or a finding of guilt under the uniform code of military justice. See Idaho Code 54-903
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Dental assistant: is a person who need not be licensed under this chapter, but who is regularly employed at a dental office, who works under a dentist’s supervision, and is adequately trained and qualified according to standards established by the board to perform the dental services permitted to be performed by assistants by this chapter and applicable rules of the board. See Idaho Code 54-903
  • Dental hygienist: is a person both qualified and licensed by the laws of Idaho to practice dental hygiene. See Idaho Code 54-903
  • Dental therapist: is a person both qualified and licensed by the laws of Idaho to practice dental therapy. See Idaho Code 54-903
  • Dentist: is a person both qualified and licensed by the laws of Idaho to practice dentistry. See Idaho Code 54-903
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Extended access oral health care setting: means and includes:
Idaho Code 54-903
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Jurisprudence: The study of law and the structure of the legal system.
  • Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Idaho Code 73-114
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person;
  • Idaho Code 73-114
  • Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • seal: includes an impression of such seal upon the paper, alone, as well as upon wax or a wafer affixed thereto; or, alternatively, the seal may be the mark of a rubber stamp providing substantially the same information as the impression. See Idaho Code 73-111
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories; and the words "United States" may include the District of Columbia and territories. See Idaho Code 73-114
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Subpoena duces tecum: A command to a witness to produce documents.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.