Wisconsin Statutes 447.01 – Definitions
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In this subchapter:
Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 447.01
- Dentist: means a person who is licensed as a dentist under subch. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
- Following: when used by way of reference to any statute section, means the section next following that in which the reference is made. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
- Municipality: includes cities and villages; it may be construed to include towns. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
- Person: includes all partnerships, associations and bodies politic or corporate. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
- State: when applied to states of the United States, includes the District of Columbia, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the several territories organized by Congress. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
(1) “Accredited” means accredited by the American Dental Association commission on dental accreditation or its successor agency.
(1e) “Administer” means to directly apply a vaccine to the body of a patient by any means.
(1m) “Community rehabilitation program” means a nonprofit entity, county, municipality, or state or federal agency that directly provides, or facilitates the provision of, vocational rehabilitation services to individuals who have disabilities to maximize the employment opportunities, including career advancement, of such individuals.
(1t) “Compact” means the dentist and dental hygienist compact under s. 447.50.
(1u) “Compact privilege” means a compact privilege, as defined in s. 447.50 (2) (g), that is granted under the compact to an individual to practice in this state.
(2) “Dental disease” means any pain, injury, deformity, physical illness or departure from complete dental health or the proper condition of the human oral cavity or any of its parts.
(3) “Dental hygiene” means the performance of educational, preventive or therapeutic dental services. “Dental hygiene” includes any of the following:
(a) Removing supragingival or subgingival calcareous deposits, subgingival cement or extrinsic stains from a natural or restored surface of or a fixed replacement for a human tooth.
(b) Deep scaling or root planing a human tooth.
(c) Conditioning a human tooth surface in preparation for the placement of a sealant and placing a sealant.
(d) Conducting a substantive medical or dental history interview or preliminary examination of a dental patient’s oral cavity or surrounding structures, including the preparation of a case history or recording of clinical findings.
(e) Conducting an oral screening without the written prescription of a dentist.
(f) Participating in the development of a dental patient’s dental hygiene treatment plan.
(g) Any other practice specified in the rules promulgated under s. 447.02 (1) (d).
(4) “Dental hygiene student” means an individual who is enrolled in and in regular attendance at an accredited dental hygiene school.
(5) “Dental hygienist” means an individual who practices dental hygiene.
(6) “Dental student” means an individual who is enrolled in and in regular attendance at an accredited dental school.
(6g) “Dental therapist” means an individual who practices dental therapy.
(6r) “Dental therapy” means the limited practice of dentistry, consisting of the services, treatments, and procedures specified in s. 447.06 (3) (b).
(7) “Dentist” means an individual who practices dentistry.
(8)
(am) “Dentistry” means the examination, evaluation, diagnosis, prevention, or treatment, including surgery, of diseases, disorders, or conditions of the human oral cavity or its adjacent or associated tissues and structures, or of the maxillofacial area, and their impact on the human body.
(az) “Dentistry” includes administering vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and influenza under s. 447.059 (1).
(bm) A dentist who is licensed under this subchapter or who is exercising the compact privilege in this state may not perform dental services that are outside the scope of the dentist’s relevant education, training, and experience.
(9) “Examining board” means the dentistry examining board.
(10) “Mobile dentistry program registrant” means a person registered under s. 447.058.
(11) “Prescription order” has the meaning given in s. 450.01 (21).
(12) “Remediable procedures” means patient procedures that create changes within the oral cavity or surrounding structures that are reversible and do not involve any increased health risks to the patient.
(13) “Written or oral prescription” means specific written or oral authorization by a dentist to perform patient procedures according to a clearly defined treatment plan developed by the dentist.