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SENATE BILL NO. 5774
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C 252 L 87
State of Washington 50th Legislature 1987 Regular Session
By Senators Tanner and Anderson
Read first time 2/11/87 and referred to Committee on Human Services & Corrections.
AN ACT Relating to permanent identification remarks on removable dental prosthesis; and adding new sections to chapter 18.32 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 18.32 RCW to read as follows:
Every complete upper and lower denture and removable dental prosthesis fabricated by a dentist licensed under this chapter, or fabricated pursuant to the dentist's work order or under the dentist's direction or supervision, shall be marked with the name of the patient for whom the prosthesis is intended. The markings shall be done during fabrication and shall be permanent, legible, and cosmetically acceptable. The exact location of the markings and the methods used to apply or implant them shall be determined by the dentist or dental laboratory fabricating the prosthesis. If, in the professional judgment of the dentist or dental laboratory, this identification is not practical, identification shall be provided as follows:
(1) The initials of the patient may be shown alone, if use of the name of the patient is impracticable; or
(2) The identification marks may be omitted in their entirety if none of the forms of identification specified in subsection (1) of this section is practicable or clinically safe.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 18.32 RCW to read as follows:
Any removable prosthesis in existence before the effective date of this section that was not marked in accordance with section 1 of this act at the time of its fabrication, shall be so marked at the time of any subsequent rebasing.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. A new section is added to chapter 18.32 RCW to read as follows:
The department of social and health services shall provide technical assistance for marking methods and materials and other matters necessary to effectuate the provisions of sections 1 and 2 of this act.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 4. A new section is added to chapter 18.32 RCW to read as follows:
Failure of any dentist to comply with sections 1 and 2 of this act is a violation for which the dentist may be subject to proceedings if the dentist is charged with the violation within two years of initial insertion of the dental prosthetic device.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 5. If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected.