§ 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.

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