18.30.010 - Definitions. - Washington Statutes

Definitions.

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.

     (6) "Secretary" means the secretary of health or the secretary's designee.

[2002 c 160 § 1; 1995 c 1 § 2 (Initiative Measure No. 607, approved November 8, 1994).]