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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2689
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AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
Passed Legislature - 1996 Regular Session
State of Washington 54th Legislature 1996
Regular Session
By
Read first time 02/02/96.
Defining the practice of oral and
maxillofacial surgery.
AN ACT Relating to the
practice of oral and maxillofacial surgery; amending RCW 18.32.020; and
declaring an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 18.32.020 and 1957 c
98 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
A person practices
dentistry, within the meaning of this chapter, who (1) represents himself as
being able to diagnose, treat, remove stains and concretions from teeth,
operate or prescribe for any disease, pain, injury, deficiency, deformity, or
physical condition of the human teeth, alveolar process, gums, or jaw, or (2)
offers or undertakes by any means or methods to diagnose, treat, remove stains
or concretions from teeth, operate or prescribe for any disease, pain, injury,
deficiency, deformity, or physical condition of the same, or take impressions
of the teeth or jaw, or (3) owns, maintains or operates an office for the
practice of dentistry, or (4) engages in any of the practices included in the
curricula of recognized and approved dental schools or colleges, or (5)
professes to the public by any method to furnish, supply, construct, reproduce,
or repair any prosthetic denture, bridge, appliance, or other structure to be
worn in the human mouth.
The fact that a person
uses any dental degree, or designation, or any card, device, directory, poster,
sign, or other media whereby he represents himself to be a dentist, shall be
prima facie evidence that such person is engaged in the practice of dentistry.
X-ray diagnosis as to
the method of dental practice in which the diagnosis and examination is made of
the normal and abnormal structures, parts or functions of the human teeth, the
alveolar process, maxilla, mandible or soft tissues adjacent thereto, is hereby
declared to be the practice of dentistry. Any person other than a regularly
licensed physician or surgeon who makes any diagnosis or interpretation or
explanation, or attempts to diagnose or to make any interpretation or
explanation of the registered shadow or shadows of any part of the human teeth,
alveolar process, maxilla, mandible or soft tissues adjacent thereto by the use
of x-ray is declared to be engaged in the practice of dentistry, medicine or
surgery.
The practice of
dentistry includes the performance of any dental or oral and maxillofacial
surgery. "Oral and maxillofacial surgery" means the specialty of
dentistry that includes the diagnosis and surgical and adjunctive treatment of
diseases, injuries, and defects of the hard and soft tissues of the oral and
maxillofacial region.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 2. This act is necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support
of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take
effect immediately.
