§ 18.32.002 Findings — Purpose
§ 18.32.005 Regulation of health care professions — Criteria
§ 18.32.010 Words defined
§ 18.32.020 Practice of dentistry defined
§ 18.32.030 Exemptions from chapter
§ 18.32.0351 Commission established — Membership
§ 18.32.0353 Commission — Removal of member — Order of removal — Vacancy
§ 18.32.0355 Commission — Qualifications of members
§ 18.32.0357 Commission — Duties and powers — Attorney general to advise, represent
§ 18.32.0358 Commission successor to other boards
§ 18.32.0361 Compensation of commission members
§ 18.32.0363 Examinations — Contracts for administration — Multistate
§ 18.32.0365 Rules
§ 18.32.039 Application of uniform disciplinary act
§ 18.32.040 Requirements for licensure
§ 18.32.050 Compensation and reimbursement for administering examination
§ 18.32.091 License required
§ 18.32.100 Applications
§ 18.32.110 Application fee
§ 18.32.160 Licenses — Who shall sign
§ 18.32.170 Duplicate licenses — Fee
§ 18.32.180 License renewal
§ 18.32.185 Inactive license status
§ 18.32.190 Licenses display — Notification of address
§ 18.32.195 Licensure without examination — Dental school faculty and residents
§ 18.32.215 Licensure without examination — Licensed in another state
§ 18.32.220 Certificate available for dentists going out-of-state
§ 18.32.222 Commission report — Foreign-trained dentists — Licensure
§ 18.32.226 Community-based sealant programs in schools
§ 18.32.390 Penalty — General
§ 18.32.530 “Unprofessional conduct.”
§ 18.32.533 Unprofessional conduct — Abrogation of copayment provisions
§ 18.32.534 Dentist health program — Content — License surcharge
§ 18.32.640 Rules — Administration of sedation and general anesthesia
§ 18.32.655 Commission — Supervision of records — Rules
§ 18.32.665 Advertising — False — Credit terms
§ 18.32.675 Practice or solicitation by corporations prohibited — Penalty
§ 18.32.677 Interference with licensee’s independent clinical judgment
§ 18.32.683 Patient abandonment
§ 18.32.685 Prescriptions — Filled by druggists
§ 18.32.695 Identification of new dental prostheses
§ 18.32.705 Identification of previously fabricated prostheses
§ 18.32.715 Identification of dental prostheses — Violation
§ 18.32.725 Sanitary regulations
§ 18.32.735 Unlawful practice — Hygienists — Penalty
§ 18.32.745 Unlawful practice — Employing unlicensed dentist — Penalty
§ 18.32.755 Advertising — Names used — Penalty
§ 18.32.765 Pilot project — Commission — Authority over budget
§ 18.32.775 Disciplinary proceedings — Cost and fee recovery
§ 18.32.785 Pain management rules — Criteria for new rules
§ 18.32.800 Opioid drug prescribing rules — Adoption
§ 18.32.810 Opioid drugs — Right to refuse

Terms Used In Washington Code > Chapter 18.32 - Dentistry

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  • secretary: shall mean the secretary of health of the state of Washington. See Washington Code 18.32.010
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