BILL REQ. #:  H-4551.1 

     AN ACT Relating to the practice of denturism; and amending RCW 18.30.010.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1   RCW 18.30.010 and 2002 c 160 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.
     (1) "Board" means the Washington state board of denturists.
     (2) "Denture" means a removable full or partial upper or lower dental appliance to be worn in the mouth to replace missing natural teeth.
     (3) "Denturist" means a person licensed under this chapter to engage in the practice of denturism.
     (4) "Department" means the department of health.
     (5) "Practice of denturism" means:
     (a) Making, placing, constructing, altering, reproducing, or repairing a denture; ((and))
     (b) Taking impressions and furnishing or supplying a denture directly to a person or advising the use of a denture, and maintaining a facility for the same;
     (c) Making, placing, constructing, altering, reproducing, or repairing all other nonorthodontic removable oral devices; and
     (d) Teeth whitening using bleaching solutions of twenty percent or less.
     (6) "Secretary" means the secretary of health or the secretary's designee.