Michigan Laws 333.16645 – Marking identification on denture or orthodontic appliance
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(1) Unless the patient specifically declines, a dentist or dental laboratory that sells, supplies, furnishes, constructs, or repairs a full denture, partial denture with acrylic saddle, or removable orthodontic appliance with acrylic saddle for a specific patient shall permanently mark the patient’s name or social security number, whichever the patient chooses, on the denture or orthodontic appliance.
(2) A dentist shall notify a patient who is to receive a denture or orthodontic appliance described in subsection (1) that the patient has the right to decline to have identification marked on the denture or orthodontic appliance, shall ask the patient to choose the information to be marked on the denture or orthodontic appliance, and shall indicate the patient’s choices on the work order to the dental laboratory.
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 333.16645
- 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