Minnesota Administrative Rules

3100.8800 DENTAL TECHNICIANS.

Subpart 1.

Permissible duties.

As prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, section 150A.10, subdivision 3, dental technicians may only upon a written authorization prepared and signed by a licensed dentist, construct, alter, repair, reline, reproduce, or duplicate any prosthetic device or other structure to be used in the human mouth.

Subp. 2.

Written authorization forms.

A dentist may not use the services of a technician without written authorization, and a carbon copy thereof shall be on printed forms and shall include:

A.

the date and city where the authorization was issued;

B.

the name of the laboratory or technician to whom the authorization was issued;

C.

the name of the patient, or an identifying symbol;

D.

a description of the work authorized;

E.

the signature of the dentist in his or her actual handwriting; and

F.

the dentist's license number issued by the board.

Subp. 3.

Records and inspections.

A duplicate copy of each written authorization issued by the dentist shall be retained by the dentist for not less than two years.

The original of each written authorization issued shall be retained by the technician or dental laboratory to whom it was issued for not less than two years.

The board or its agents may inspect the original and the duplicate copy of all written authorizations retained by either the dentist issuing the same, or the technician or dental laboratory to whom it was issued.

The board or its agents may inspect any devices being fabricated by a technician or dental laboratory, as well as the casts, impressions, interocclusal records, other materials sent to the technician or dental laboratory by the dentist, and the written authorization accompanying them.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 150A.04; 150A.10

History:

17 SR 1279; 35 SR 459

Published Electronically:

September 30, 2010