Section 4-403 - Work authorization. - Maryland Statutes

§ 4-403. Work authorization.
 

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

(1) Be on the form that the Board requires; 

(2) Be signed by a licensed dentist who requests the work; and 

(3) Contain the information required by this section. 

(b)  Prepared in duplicate; required information.- The work authorization shall be prepared in duplicate and contain: 

(1) The name and address of the dental laboratory to do the work; 

(2) Identification of the patient by name or number; 

(3) The date on which the work authorization form was completed; 

(4) A description of the work to be done, including diagrams if necessary; 

(5) A specification of the type of dental materials to be used; and 

(6) The name and license number of the dentist who requests the work. 

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

(1) Completes in duplicate the subcontracted work authorization form that the Board requires; and 

(2) Complies with the record keeping requirements of § 4-404 of this subtitle. 

(d)  Standard forms.- The Board shall publish: 

(1) An approved standard work authorization form; and 

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

(e)  Work requests from outside State.- 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) Is on the form that the Board requires or a reasonably equivalent form; and 

(2) Otherwise meets the requirements of this subtitle. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 32, § 25; 1981, ch. 8, § 2; 1990, ch. 6, § 11; 2010, ch. 72.]