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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="4-104" title_number="4" title_name="Dentistry" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Definitions; General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>“Infection control activities” means structural infection control or infection control that impacts the entirety of the private dental office, as determined by the Board in regulation.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>“Infection control activities” includes:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Adherence to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guidelines for Infection Control in Dental Health–Care Settings, or its successor guidelines;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Water quality testing; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>Spore testing.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>“Infection control activities” does not include activities in control of individual dentists, including use of adequate personal protective equipment or sterilization of instruments.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Private dental office” has the meaning stated in § 4–308(l)(1) of this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This section applies only with respect to private dental offices.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>This section may not be construed to prevent an unlicensed individual from assisting with regulatory compliance consistent with § 4–103(e)(12) of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Each owner of a private dental office shall designate a licensed dentist to be the supervising dentist for the private dental office.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A supervising dentist designated under subsection (c) of this section shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Complete the registration required by the Board; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Be responsible for all infection control activities within the private dental office.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>If a supervising dentist for a private dental office relinquishes the supervising dentist’s responsibility under subsection (d)(2) of this section for any reason, the owner of the private dental office shall immediately designate an interim supervising dentist who shall be responsible for all infection control within the private dental office until a new supervising dentist for the private dental office registers with the Board.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The Board may charge a fee for the registration of a supervising dentist under this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
