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 D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017)
 Title 17. BUSINESS, OCCUPATIONS, AND PROFESSIONALS
 Chapter 17-42. DENTISTRY

  Section 17-4299. DEFINITIONS

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    4299.1As used in this chapter, the following terms have the meaning ascribed:

     

    Act - The District of Columbia Health Occupation Revision Act of 1985 ("Act"), effective March 25, 1986 (D.C. Law 6-99; D.C. Official Code § 3-1201.01 et seq.)

     

    ADEX- American Board of Dental Examiners.

     

    Applicant - a person applying for a license to practice dentistry under this chapter.

     

    Auxiliary - means a person who may perform dental supportive procedures authorized by District of Columbia law or regulations under the specified supervision of a licensed dentist.

     

    Bleaching - external tooth whitening procedures.

     

    Bloodborne pathogen- means pathogenic microorganisms that are present in human blood and can cause disease in humans. These pathogens include, but are not limited to, hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

     

    Board - the Board of Dentistry, established by § 201 of the Act, D.C. Code § 2-3302.1 (1987 Supp.).

     

    Dental hygienist - a person licensed to practice dental hygiene under the Act.

     

    Dentist - a person licensed to practice dentistry under the Act.

     

    NERB - the North East Regional Board of Dental Examiners, Inc.

     

    NERB Examination—the examination in dentistry offered by the North East Regional Board of Dental Examiners, Inc.; or its successor.

     

    Passed a Regional Board - means that an applicant has earned a score of seventy-five (75%) in each discipline, clinical skill, procedure, or knowledge that is tested on the NERB examination using the internal weighting and scoring methods the NERB uses to score the NERB's examination of dentistry or dental hygiene as applicable.

     

    Regional Board – the examination in dentistry offered by any of the following dental examination organizations:

     

    (a)The Central Regional Dental Testing Service;

     

    (b)The North East Regional Board of Dental Examiners, Inc.;

     

    (c)The Southern Regional Testing Agency, Inc.; and

     

    (d)The Western Regional Examining Board, Inc.

     

    Universal precautions - means blood and body fluid precautions as defined by the Center for Disease Control.

     

    4299.2The definition in §4099 of Chapter 40 of this title are incorporated by reference into and are applicable to this chapter.

     

authority

Section 302(14) of the District of Columbia Health Occupations Revision Act of 1985 (“Act”), effective March 25, 1986 (D.C. Law 6-99; D.C. Official Code § 3-1203.02 (14)), and Mayor’s Order 98-140, dated August 20, 1998

source

Final Rulemaking published at 35 DCR 927, 935 (February 12, 1988); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 52 DCR 10685 (December 9, 2005); Final Rulemaking published at 54 DCR 3457 (April 20, 2007); as mended by Final Rulemaking published at 56 DCR 302 (January 9, 2009); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 56 DCR 6989 (August 28, 2009); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 8527, 8528 (July 20, 2012); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 60 DCR 2862 (March 8, 2013).