Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 25 > Article 13 - Dental Hygienists

• access practice agreement: means an agreement that:

  Indiana Code 25-13-3-2

• access practice dentist: means a licensed dentist who is licensed under IC 25-14 and has entered into an access practice agreement under this chapter with a dental hygienist. See Indiana Code 25-13-3-3
• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• approved organization: means the following:

  Indiana Code 25-13-2-2

• Board: means the state board of dentistry established by IC 25-14-1. See Indiana Code 25-13-1-2
• continuing education course: means an orderly process of instruction designed to directly enhance the practicing dental hygienist's knowledge and skill in providing relevant dental hygiene services that is approved by an approved organization. See Indiana Code 25-13-2-3
• Dental hygienist: means one who is especially educated and trained in the science and art of maintaining the dental health of the individual or community through prophylactic or preventive measures applied to the teeth and adjacent structures. See Indiana Code 25-13-1-2
• Direct supervision: means that a licensed dentist is physically present in the facility when patient care is provided by the dental hygienist. See Indiana Code 25-13-1-2
• Employer dentist: means a proprietor dentist who employs at least one (1) dental hygienist to supplement the proprietor dentist's dental service to the proprietor dentist's clientele. See Indiana Code 25-13-1-2
• 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.
• in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• License: means the license to practice dental hygiene issued by the state board of dentistry to dental hygienist candidates who satisfactorily pass the board's examinations. See Indiana Code 25-13-1-2
• license period: means the two (2) year period beginning on March 2, 1992, and every two (2) years thereafter. See Indiana Code 25-13-2-4
• Licensed dentist: refers to a dentist licensed under IC 25-14. See Indiana Code 25-13-1-2
• minor: means a person less than eighteen (18) years of age. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Prescriptive supervision: means that a licensed dentist is not required to be physically present in the facility when patient care is provided by the dental hygienist if:

  Indiana Code 25-13-1-2

• Proprietor dentist: means a licensed dentist who is the owner and operator of the dental office in which the licensed dentist practices the profession of dentistry and who employs at least one (1) licensed dentist or dental hygienist to supplement the licensed dentist's operation and conduct of the licensed dentist's dental office. See Indiana Code 25-13-1-2
• Public health setting: means a location, including a mobile health care vehicle, where the public is invited for health care, information, and services by a program sponsored or endorsed by a governmental entity or charitable organization. See Indiana Code 25-13-1-2
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• Screening: means to identify and assess the health of the hard or soft tissues of the human oral cavity. See Indiana Code 25-13-1-2
• study club: means a group of at least five (5) dental hygienists who do the following:

  Indiana Code 25-13-2-5

• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the commonwealths, possessions, states in free association with the United States, and the territories. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5