Chapter 447

CHAPTER 447

DENTISTRY AND DENTAL HYGIENE

SUBCHAPTER I

REGULATION OF DENTISTRY
AND DENTAL HYGIENE

447.01   Definitions.

447.02   Dentistry examining board.

447.03   License required.

447.035   Certification; expanded function dental auxiliaries.

447.04   Licensure; certification.

447.05   Expiration and renewal.

447.055   Continuing education; dental hygienists.

447.056   Continuing education; dentists.

447.057   Continuing education; dental therapists.

447.058   Mobile dentistry program registration.

447.059   Administering certain vaccines.

447.06   Practice limitations.

447.063   Preservation and transfer of patient health care records.

447.065   Delegation of remediable procedures and dental practices.

447.067   Identification of removable prosthetic devices.

447.07   Disciplinary proceedings.

447.09   Penalties.

447.10   Injunction.

447.11   Wisconsin Dental Association.

447.12   County and district dental societies.

447.13   Service insurance corporations for dental care.

447.15   Definitions applicable to indemnification and insurance provisions.

447.17   Mandatory indemnification.

447.19   Determination of right to indemnification.

447.21   Allowance of expenses as incurred.

447.23   Dental society may limit indemnification.

447.25   Additional rights to indemnification and allowance of expenses.

447.27   Court-ordered indemnification.

447.29   Indemnification and allowance of expenses of employees and agents.

447.31   Insurance.

447.34   Reliance by directors or officers.

447.36   Consideration of interests in addition to members’ interests.

447.38   Limited liability of directors and officers.

447.40   Informed consent.

SUBCHAPTER II

DENTIST AND DENTAL
HYGIENIST COMPACT

447.50   Dentist and dental hygienist compact.

447.51   Implementation of the dentist and dental hygienist compact.

Ch. 447 Cross-reference Cross-reference: See definitions in s. 440.01.

subch. I of ch. 447 SUBCHAPTER I

REGULATION OF DENTISTRY
AND DENTAL HYGIENE

447.01 447.01 Definitions. In this subchapter:

447.01(1) (1) “Accredited” means accredited by the American Dental Association commission on dental accreditation or its successor agency.

447.01(1e) (1e) “Administer” means to directly apply a vaccine to the body of a patient by any means.

447.01(1m) (1m) “Community rehabilitation program” means a nonprofit entity, county, municipality, or state or federal agency that directly provides, or facilitates the provision of, vocational rehabilitation services to individuals who have disabilities to maximize the employment opportunities, including career advancement, of such individuals.

447.01(1t) (1t) “Compact” means the dentist and dental hygienist compact under s. 447.50.

447.01(1u) (1u) “Compact privilege” means a compact privilege, as defined in s. 447.50 (2) (g), that is granted under the compact to an individual to practice in this state.

447.01(2) (2) “Dental disease” means any pain, injury, deformity, physical illness or departure from complete dental health or the proper condition of the human oral cavity or any of its parts.

447.01(3) (3) “Dental hygiene” means the performance of educational, preventive or therapeutic dental services. “Dental hygiene” includes any of the following:

447.01(3)(a) (a) Removing supragingival or subgingival calcareous deposits, subgingival cement or extrinsic stains from a natural or restored surface of or a fixed replacement for a human tooth.

447.01(3)(b) (b) Deep scaling or root planing a human tooth.

447.01(3)(c) (c) Conditioning a human tooth surface in preparation for the placement of a sealant and placing a sealant.

447.01(3)(d) (d) Conducting a substantive medical or dental history interview or preliminary examination of a dental patient’s oral cavity or surrounding structures, including the preparation of a case history or recording of clinical findings.

447.01(3)(e) (e) Conducting an oral screening without the written prescription of a dentist.