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34-9-1
Section 34-9-1 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall
have the respective meanings ascribed by this section: (1) ANNUAL REGISTRATION. The
documentary evidence that the board has renewed the authority of the licensee to practice
dentistry or dental hygiene in this state. (2) BOARD. The Board of Dental Examiners of Alabama.
(3) COMMERCIAL DENTAL LABORATORY. A technician or group of technicians available to any or
all licensed dentists for construction or repair of dental appliances. (4) GENERAL ANESTHESIA.
A controlled state of unconsciousness, accompanied by a partial or complete loss of protective
reflexes, including inability to independently maintain an airway and respond purposefully
to physical stimulation or verbal command, produced by a pharmacologic method. (5) INFILTRATION
ANESTHESIA. A form of local anesthesia wherein the terminal or peripheral sensory portion
of either the maxillary or mandibular branch of the trigeminal nerve endings are...
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22-21-373
Section 22-21-373 Filing and approval of contracts with dentists and other providers
of services and amendments thereto; reports to commissioner. (a) All contracts made between
the corporation and participating dentists and all contracts with other providers of services
by the dental service plan corporation must be filed with and approved by the commissioner,
and any amendment or change thereto. (b) Dental service corporations must annually report
to the commissioner in such detail as is reasonably required, the number and geographical
distribution of dentists and other providers of services with whom it maintains contractual
relations, and the nature of the relations. For an individual corporation or groups of corporations
the commissioner may require more frequent reports. (Acts 1982, No. 82-463, p. 741, ยง14.)...
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34-9-60.1
Section 34-9-60.1 Administration of infiltration anesthesia by dental hygienists; permit
requirements. (a) The board may permit licensed dental hygienists to administer infiltration
anesthesia under the direct supervision of a licensed dentist. The board may promulgate rules
further limiting the administration of infiltration anesthesia by dental hygienists. In order
to administer infiltration anesthesia, a dental hygienist shall possess a dental hygiene infiltration
anesthesia permit issued by the board. To receive a dental hygiene infiltration anesthesia
permit from the board, a dental hygienist shall apply on an application form approved by the
board, submit the appropriate application fee, and have been engaged in the active practice
of dental hygiene for the 12 months immediately preceding initial application. A dental hygienist
applying for a dental hygiene infiltration anesthesia permit shall submit proof to the board
that he or she has fulfilled at least one of the following...
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34-9-82
Section 34-9-82 Requirements for treatment. (a) A dentist using oral conscious sedation
must comply with all of the following requirements: (1) Patients to be treated under oral
conscious sedation must be suitably evaluated prior to the start of any sedation procedure.
Using the American Society of Anesthesiologists Patient Physical Status classifications the
dentist should determine that the patient is an appropriate candidate for oral conscious sedation.
(2) The patient or guardian must be advised regarding the procedure associated with the delivery
of any sedative agents and the appropriate written informed consent should be obtained. (3)
Inhalation equipment used in conjunction with oral conscious sedation must be evaluated prior
to use on each patient. Determination of adequate oxygen supply must be completed prior to
use with each patient. (4) Appropriate verbal or written preoperative and postoperative instructions
must be given to the patient or guardian. (5) Baseline vital...
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16-47-76
Section 16-47-76 Board of Dental Scholarship Awards creation; establishment of scholarships;
composition of board. There is hereby created and established a board to be known as the Board
of Dental Scholarship Awards, which shall be authorized and required to establish scholarships
to provide for and further dental training, in pursuance of a dental degree, of qualified
applicants for admission to the University of Alabama School of Dentistry or any other dental
school accredited by the Council on Dental Education of the American Dental Association. The
board shall give first priority to Alabama students who will attend dental school in Alabama.
The board also shall establish the Alabama Dental Service Program as set out in Sections 16-47-77
through 16-47-81. The board shall also establish the Rural Dental Health Scholars Program
for the purpose of awarding scholarships to high school students who are interested in the
practice of dentistry in rural areas. Also, the board shall...
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16-47-80
Section 16-47-80 Contractual agreement of recipients; penalties for breach. (a) Each
recipient of a scholarship loan under the provisions of this article shall enter into a contract
with the Board of Dental Scholarship Awards whereby he or she agrees to repay the scholarship
loan in a manner prescribed by the board not inconsistent with any provision of this article.
Breach of contract by the recipient shall make him or her immediately liable for the unpaid
balance of the loan and shall constitute a ground for the revocation of his or her certificate
or license to practice dentistry in the State of Alabama. In the event of death or total and
permanent disability of the recipient to engage in the practice of dentistry, repayment of
the loan may be excused by the board. The Attorney General of Alabama, upon request of the
Board of Dental Scholarship Awards, shall institute proceedings in the name of the state for
the purpose of recovering any amount due the state under the provisions of...
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27-26-1
Section 27-26-1 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases
shall have the respective meanings ascribed by this section: (1) MEDICAL PRACTITIONER.
Anyone licensed to practice medicine or osteopathy in the State of Alabama, engaged in such
practice, and shall include medical professional corporations, associations, and partnerships.
(2) DENTAL PRACTITIONER. Anyone licensed to practice dentistry in the State of Alabama, engaged
in such practice, and such term includes professional dental corporations, associations, and
partnerships. (3) MEDICAL INSTITUTION. Any licensed hospital, or any physicians' or dentists'
offices or clinics containing facilities for the examination, diagnosis, treatment, or care
of human illnesses. (4) PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION. Any medical or dental professional corporation
or any medical or dental professional association. (5) PHYSICIAN. Any person licensed to practice
medicine in Alabama. (6) DENTIST. Any person licensed to practice...
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27-7-1
Section 27-7-1 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall
have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) BUSINESS ENTITY.
A corporation, association, partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership,
or other legal entity. (2) COMMISSIONER. The Alabama Commissioner of Insurance. (3) HOME STATE.
The District of Columbia and any state or territory of the United States in which an insurance
producer maintains his or her principal place of residence or principal place of business
and is licensed to act as an insurance producer. (4) INSURANCE. As defined in Section
27-1-2. (5) INSURANCE PRODUCER or PRODUCER. A person required to be licensed under the laws
of this state to sell, solicit, or negotiate insurance. (6) INSURER. As defined in Section
27-1-2. For the purposes of this chapter, insurer shall also mean an insurance company licensed
pursuant to Chapter 3, commencing with Section 27-3-1 of this title; a health...
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34-9-17
Section 34-9-17 Use of names. (a) Any person or persons may practice or offer to practice
dentistry in connection with any dental office or offices by or under the use of a name other
than their own provided their name or names as they appear on their license certificate granted
to him or them as a dentist pursuant to this chapter appear in a reasonably dignified manner
either following or beneath any name selected and further provided that such person or persons
are personally present in their office or offices operating as a dentist or personally overseeing
such operations as they are performed in their office or each of their offices. When an associate
in practice is on temporary active duty with the armed forces, his or her name may continue
to appear in connection with the practice of dentistry at any office or offices. Nothing herein
shall allow or permit any person or persons to select a name that suggests or implies a nonprofit
or charitable activity. The violation of any of...
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34-9-63
Section 34-9-63 Permit to use parenteral sedation. The issuance of a permit for general
anesthesia shall include the privilege of administering parenteral sedation in accordance
with this section. The issuance of a permit for parenteral sedation shall include the
privilege of administering intravenous sedation. All current intravenous sedation permit holders
are entitled to a parenteral sedation permit subject to the renewal and regulatory provisions
afforded to the Board of Dental Examiners by this chapter. The term parenteral sedation shall
not include the use or regulation of nitrous oxide. (1) No dentist shall use parenteral sedation
on an outpatient basis for dental patients unless the dentist possesses a permit of authorization
issued by the board. The dentist applying for or holding the permit shall be subject to on-site
inspections as provided in paragraph b. of subdivision (2) of Section 34-9-60. a. In
order to receive the permit, the dentist shall: 1. Apply on a prescribed...
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