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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" citation="COMAR 10.44.32.01" title_num="10" subtitle_num="44" chapter_num="32" heading="Definition.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>In this chapter, the following term has the meaning indicated.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Term Defined. “Practice dentistry” means to:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Be a manager, a proprietor, or a conductor of or an operator in any place in which a dental service or dental operation is performed intraorally;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Perform or attempt to perform any intraoral dental service or intraoral dental operation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Diagnose, treat, or attempt to diagnose or treat any disease, injury, malocclusion, or malposition of a tooth, gum, or jaw, or structures associated with a tooth, gum, or jaw if the service, operation, or procedure is included in:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The curricula of an accredited dental school; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>An approved dental residency program of an accredited hospital or teaching institution;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Perform or offer to perform dental laboratory work;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Place or adjust a dental appliance in a human mouth; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Administer anesthesia for the purposes of dentistry and not as a medical specialty.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>