# Health Occupations (GHO)

## Title 4. Dentistry

### Subtitle 5

#### Section 4-507

A dentist who has successfully completed a physical evaluation program or course at an accredited hospital or teaching institution, who is qualified and identified by the Board as a specialist in oral surgery, and who admits to a hospital any patient without known medical problems, if the dentist is deemed by the hospital to be qualified to do so:

(1) May complete a hospital admission history and a physical examination of that patient; and

(2) Shall assess the medical risks of the proposed procedures to that patient.

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Md. Code Ann., Health Occ. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)