1997 Minnesota Statutes

     150A.01 Definitions. 

    Subdivision 1.    Applicability.  As used in sections 
 150A.01 to 150A.12, the following terms shall have the meanings 
 given them.  

    Subd. 2.    Board.  "Board" means the state board of 
 dentistry.  

    Subd. 3.    Dental technician.  "Dental technician" 
 means a person performing acts authorized under section 150A.10, 
 subdivision 3.  

    Subd. 4.    Dental hygienist.  "Dental hygienist" means 
 a person licensed pursuant to sections 150A.01 to 150A.12 to 
 perform the services authorized pursuant to section 150A.10, 
 subdivision 1, or any other services authorized by sections 
 150A.01 to 150A.12.  

    Subd. 5.    Dental assistant.  "Dental assistant" means 
 a person performing acts authorized under section 150A.10, 
 subdivision 2.  

    Subd. 6.    Dentist.  "Dentist" means a dentist licensed 
 pursuant to sections 150A.01 to 150A.12.  

    Subd. 6a.    Faculty dentist.  "Faculty dentist" means a 
 person who is licensed to practice dentistry as a faculty member 
 of a school of dentistry. 

    Subd. 7.    Person.  "Person" includes an individual, 
 corporation, partnership, association or any other legal entity. 

    Subd. 8.    Registered dental assistant.  "Registered 
 dental assistant" means a person registered pursuant to section 
 150A.06. 

    Subd. 8a.    Resident dentist.  "Resident dentist" means 
 a person who is licensed to practice dentistry as an enrolled 
 graduate student or student of an advanced education program 
 accredited by the American Dental Association Commission on 
 Accreditation. 

    Subd. 9.    State.  "State," when used in reference to a 
 state other than Minnesota, means any other state of the United 
 States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto 
 Rico.  

    HIST: 1969 c 974 s 1; 1976 c 263 s 1; 1983 c 70 s 2; 1993 c 84 
 s 1,2