Michigan Laws 333.16642 – Work authorization for dental laboratory work; form; contents; name or number of work authorization to accompany invoice; prohibition
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(1) A written authorization for dental laboratory work shall be in a form prescribed by the board and shall contain the following:
(a) The name and address of the laboratory.
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 333.16642
- Dental laboratory: means a dental workroom that is operated as a part of a dental office or otherwise, by a person, other than a dentist, who is engaged in, or holds himself, herself, or itself out as being directly or indirectly engaged in, constructing, repairing, or altering prosthetic dentures, bridges, orthodontic or other appliances, or structures to be used as substitutes for or as a part of human teeth or jaws or associated structures, or for the correction of malocclusions or deformities. See Michigan Laws 333.16601
- Dentist: means an individual who is licensed under this article to engage in the practice of dentistry. See Michigan Laws 333.16601
(b) An identification of the patient by name or number.
(c) The date on which the authorization was written.
(d) The description of the work to be done, with diagrams if necessary.
(e) A specification of the type and quality of materials to be used.
(f) The dentist‘s signature, complete business address, and license number.
(2) A dental laboratory shall return completed prescribed work to the prescribing dentist or the dentist’s office with the name or number of the written work authorization accompanying the invoice.
(3) A dental laboratory shall not have in its possession a prosthetic denture, bridge, orthodontic or other appliance, or structure to be used as a substitute for or as a part of human teeth or jaws or associated structures or for the correction of malocclusions or deformities, completed or being fabricated without having in its possession a written work authorization therefor.