Section 36-6A-32 - Scope of dental practice defined. - South Dakota Statutes

36-6A-32. Scope of dental practice defined. A person shall be deemed to be practicing dentistry within the meaning of this chapter:
(1) Who uses a dental degree, or designation, or card, device, directory, sign, or other media whereby he represents himself as being able to diagnose, treat, prescribe, or operate for any disease, pain, deformity, deficiency, injury, or physical condition of the human tooth, teeth, alveolar process, gums or jaw, or adjacent or associated structures; or
(2) Who is a manager, proprietor, operator, or conductor of a place where dental operations are performed; or
(3) Who performs dental operations of any kind gratuitously, or for a fee, gift, compensation or reward, paid or to be paid, either to himself or to another person or agency; or
(4) Who uses a roentgen or X-ray machine for dental treatment, or roentgenograms for dental diagnostic purposes; or
(5) Who extracts a human tooth or corrects or attempts to correct malpositions of the human teeth or jaws; or
(6) Who offers and undertakes, by any means or method, to diagnose, treat or remove stains or accretions from human teeth or jaws; or
(7) Who takes impressions of the human teeth or jaws or performs any phase of any operation incident to the replacement of a part of a tooth, a tooth, teeth or associated tissues by means of a filling, a crown, a bridge, a denture, or other appliance; or
(8) Who furnishes, supplies, constructs, reproduces, or repairs, or offers to furnish, supply, construct, reproduce or repair prosthetic dentures or plates, bridges or other substitutes for natural teeth, to the user or prospective user thereof; or
(9) Who performs any clinical operation included in the curricula of recognized dental schools and colleges.

Source: SDC 1939, § 27.0601; SL 1965, ch 118; SL 1971, ch 213, § 14; SL 1992, ch 269, § 24.