Sections
Article 1 Dental Board 32-1201 – 32-1213
Article 2 Licensing 32-1231 – 32-1241
Article 3 Regulation 32-1261 – 32-1272
Article 3.1 Licensing and Regulation of Dental Therapists 32-1276 – 32-1276.08
Article 4 Licensing and Regulation of Dental Hygienists 32-1281 – 32-1292.01
Article 5 Certification and Regulation of Denturists 32-1293 – 32-1297.09
Article 6 Dispensing of Drugs and Devices 32-1298
Article 7 Rehabilitation 32-1299
Article 8 Mobile Dental Facilities and Portable Dental Units 32-1299.21 – 32-1299.26

Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 32 > Chapter 11 - Dentistry

  • Affiliated practice dental hygienist: means any licensed dental hygienist who is able, pursuant to Section 32-1289. See Arizona Laws 32-1201
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Applicant: means a person who is applying for licensure to practice dental therapy in this state. See Arizona Laws 32-1276
  • Auxiliary personnel: means all dental assistants, dental technicians, dental x-ray technicians and other persons employed by dentists or firms and businesses providing dental services to dentists. See Arizona Laws 32-1201
  • Board: means the state board of dental examiners. See Arizona Laws 32-1201
  • Board: means the Arizona early childhood development and health board established by this chapter. See Arizona Laws 8-1152
  • Business entity: means a business organization that has an ownership that includes any persons who are not licensed or certified to provide dental services in this state, that offers to the public professional services regulated by the board and that is established pursuant to the laws of any state or foreign country. See Arizona Laws 32-1201
  • Dental assistant: means any person who acts as an assistant to a dentist, dental therapist or dental hygienist by rendering personal services to a patient that involve close proximity to the patient while the patient is under treatment or observation or undergoing diagnostic procedures. See Arizona Laws 32-1201
  • Dental hygienist: means any person who is licensed and engaged in the general practice of dental hygiene and all related and associated duties, including educational, clinical and therapeutic dental hygiene procedures. See Arizona Laws 32-1201
  • Dental incompetence: means lacking in sufficient dentistry knowledge or skills, or both, in that field of dentistry in which the dentist, dental therapist, denturist or dental hygienist concerned engages, to a degree likely to endanger the health of that person's patients. See Arizona Laws 32-1201
  • Dental laboratory technician: means any person, other than a licensed dentist, who, pursuant to a written work order of a dentist, fabricates artificial teeth, prosthetic appliances or other mechanical and artificial contrivances designed to correct or alleviate injuries or defects, both developmental and acquired, disorders or deficiencies of the human oral cavity, teeth, investing tissues, maxilla or mandible or adjacent associated structures. See Arizona Laws 32-1201
  • Dental therapist: means any person who is licensed and engaged in the general practice of dental therapy and all related and associated duties, including educational, clinical and therapeutic dental therapy procedures. See Arizona Laws 32-1201
  • Denturist: means a person practicing denture technology pursuant to article 5 of this chapter. See Arizona Laws 32-1201
  • Direct supervision: means that a licensed dentist is present in the office and available to provide treatment or care to a patient and observe a dental therapist's work. See Arizona Laws 32-1276
  • Director: means the director of the department. See Arizona Laws 8-201
  • Disciplinary action: means regulatory sanctions that are imposed by the board in combination with, or as an alternative to, revocation or suspension of a license and that may include:

    (a) Imposition of an administrative penalty in an amount not to exceed two thousand dollars for each violation of this chapter or rules adopted under this chapter. See Arizona Laws 32-1201

  • Early childhood development and health programs: means programs and services provided to children prior to kindergarten and their families for the purpose of assisting child development by providing education and other support, including parent and family support programs, child care, preschool, health screenings and access to preventive health services. See Arizona Laws 8-1152
  • Irregularities in billing: means submitting any claim, bill or government assistance claim to any patient, responsible party or third-party payor for dental services rendered that is materially false with the intent to receive unearned income as evidenced by any of the following:

    (a) Charges for services not rendered. See Arizona Laws 32-1201

  • Jurisprudence: The study of law and the structure of the legal system.
  • Letter of concern: means an advisory letter to notify a licensee or a registered business entity that, while the evidence does not warrant disciplinary action, the board believes that the licensee or registered business entity should modify or eliminate certain practices and that continuation of the activities that led to the information being submitted to the board may result in board action against the practitioner's license or the business entity's registration. See Arizona Laws 32-1201
  • Licensed: means licensed pursuant to this chapter. See Arizona Laws 32-1201
  • Licensee: means a person who holds a license to practice dental therapy in this state. See Arizona Laws 32-1276
  • Mobile dental facility: means a facility in which dentistry is practiced and that is routinely towed, moved or transported from one location to another. See Arizona Laws 32-1299.21
  • Moral turpitude: means an offense, whether a misdemeanor or felony, that is related to extortion, burglary, larceny, bribery, embezzlement, robbery, racketeering, money laundering, forgery, fraud, murder, voluntary manslaughter or a sexual offense that requires the individual to register pursuant to section 13-3821. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Permit holder: means a dentist, dental hygienist, denturist or registered business entity that is authorized by this chapter to offer dental services in this state or a nonprofit organization, school district or school or institution of higher education that may employ a licensee to provide dental services and that is authorized by this article to operate a mobile dental facility or portable dental unit. See Arizona Laws 32-1299.21
  • Place of practice: means each physical location at which a person who is licensed pursuant to this chapter performs services subject to this chapter. See Arizona Laws 32-1201
  • Portable dental unit: means a nonfacility in which dental equipment used in the practice of dentistry is transported to and used on a temporary basis at an out-of-office location. See Arizona Laws 32-1299.21
  • Primary mailing address: means the address on file with the board and to which official board correspondence, notices or documents are delivered in a manner determined by the board. See Arizona Laws 32-1201
  • Qualified anesthesia provider: means any of the following:

    (a) A licensee who holds a permit to administer anesthesia and sedation from the board pursuant to section 32-1207. See Arizona Laws 32-1201

  • Recognized dental hygiene school: means a school that has a dental hygiene program with a minimum two academic year curriculum, or the equivalent of four semesters, and that is approved by the board and accredited by the American dental association commission on dental accreditation. See Arizona Laws 32-1201
  • Recognized dental school: means a dental school that is accredited by the American dental association commission on dental accreditation. See Arizona Laws 32-1201
  • Recognized dental therapy school: means a school that is accredited or that has received initial accreditation by the American dental association commission on dental accreditation. See Arizona Laws 32-1201
  • Recognized denturist school: means a denturist school that maintains standards of entrance, study and graduation and that is accredited by the United States department of education or the council on higher education accreditation. See Arizona Laws 32-1201
  • Supervised personnel: means all dental hygienists, dental assistants, dental laboratory technicians, dental therapists, denturists, dental x-ray laboratory technicians and other persons supervised by licensed dentists. See Arizona Laws 32-1201
  • Teledentistry: means the use of data transmitted through interactive audio, video or data communications for the purposes of examination, diagnosis, treatment planning, consultation and directing the delivery of treatment by dentists and dental providers in settings permissible under this chapter or specified in rules adopted by the board. See Arizona Laws 32-1201
  • Wilfully: means , with respect to conduct or to a circumstance described by a statute defining an offense, that a person is aware or believes that the person's conduct is of that nature or that the circumstance exists. See Arizona Laws 1-215