Persons exempt from operation of this subchapter

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  • Nothing in this subchapter applies to the following practices, acts, or operations:
    • (1) Practice by a physician or a surgeon of the physician’s or surgeon’s profession licensed as such under the laws of this Territory, unless the physician or surgeon practices dentistry as a specialty;

    • (2) The giving of an anesthetic by a qualified anesthetist or registered nurse for a dental operation under the direct supervision of a licensed dentist;

    • (3) The practice of dentistry or dental hygiene in the discharge of their official duties by graduate dentists or dental surgeons or dental hygienists in the United States armed forces, public health service, Coast Guard, or Veterans Administration;

    • (4) Students or residents regularly employed by a Territorial or private hospital or federally qualified health center under an advanced dental education program accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association and approved and registered as such by the Board;

    • (5) The practice of dental hygiene by instructors and students or the practice of dentistry by students or residents in schools or colleges of dentistry, schools of dental hygiene, or schools of dental assistant education while such instructors, students, or residents are participating in accredited programs of such schools or colleges;

    • (6) The practice of dentistry or dental hygiene by dentists or dental hygienists licensed in good standing by other states or countries while appearing in programs of dental education or research at the invitation of any group of licensed dentists or dental hygienists in this Territory who are in good standing, so long as such practice is limited to five consecutive days in a twelve-month period and the name of each person engaging in such practice is submitted to the Board, in writing, and on a form approved by the Board, at least ten days before the planned performance of such practice;

    • (7) The filling of laboratory work orders of a licensed dentist by any person, association, corporation or other entity for the construction, reproduction, or repair of prosthetic dentures, bridges, plates or appliances to be used or worn as substitutes for natural teeth or for the restoration of natural teeth or replacement of structures relating to the jaws, maxillofacial area or adjacent and associated structures;

    • (8) The performance of acts by a person under the direct or indirect supervision of a dentist licensed in the Territory when authorized pursuant to the regulations of the Board or when authorized under other provisions of this subchapter; or

    • (9) The practice of dentistry or dental hygiene during the administration of an examination by an examiner representing a testing agency approved by the Board.


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