1. (a) The work authorization required by § 4-402 of this subtitle for dental laboratory work shall:

   1. (1) Be on the form that the Board requires;
   2. (2) Be signed by a licensed dentist who requests the work; and
   3. (3) Contain the information required by this section.

2. (b) The work authorization shall be prepared in duplicate and contain:

   1. (1) The name and address of the dental laboratory to do the work;
   2. (2) Identification of the patient by name or number;
   3. (3) The date on which the work authorization form was completed;
   4. (4) A description of the work to be done, including diagrams if necessary;
   5. (5) A specification of the type of dental materials to be used; and
   6. (6) The name and license number of the dentist who requests the work.

3. (c) A dental laboratory named in a work authorization may subcontract dental laboratory work, if that dental laboratory:

   1. (1) Completes in duplicate the subcontracted work authorization form that the Board requires; and
   2. (2) Complies with the record keeping requirements of § 4-404 of this subtitle.

4. (d) The Board shall publish:

   1. (1) An approved standard work authorization form; and
   2. (2) An approved standard subcontracted work authorization form that is of a color different from the standard work authorization form.

5. (e) A dental laboratory in this State may do dental laboratory work on the request of a dentist licensed and practicing in any other state or a foreign country if the request:

   1. (1) Is on the form that the Board requires or a reasonably equivalent form; and
   2. (2) Otherwise meets the requirements of this subtitle.

Added by Acts 1981, c. 8, § 2, eff. July 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 1990, c. 6, § 11, eff. Feb. 16, 1990; Acts 2010, c. 72, § 1, eff. April 13, 2010.

Formerly Art. 32, § 25.