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Pennsylvania Statutes Title 63 P.S. Professions and Occupations (State Licensed) § 130bb. Permanent marking

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) General rule.--Every complete upper and lower denture, removable partial dental prosthesis and removable acrylic orthodontic appliance fabricated by a dentist licensed in this Commonwealth or fabricated pursuant to the dentist's work order or under the dentist's direction or supervision shall be marked with the name of the patient for whom the denture is intended. The markings shall be done during the fabrication and shall be permanent, legible and cosmetically acceptable. The dentist or the dental laboratory fabricating the upper and lower denture, removable partial dental prosthesis or removable acrylic orthodontic appliance shall determine the exact location of the markings and the methods used to apply or implant them.

(b) Exceptions.--

(1) If in the professional judgment of the dentist or the dental laboratory this identification is not practical because the name cannot be placed in an obscure area, identification may be shown with the initials of the patient.

(2) If in the professional judgment of the dentist or the dental laboratory during manufacture or repair of the denture it is determined that the forms of identification identified above are not safe for the patient, the identification requirement established by subsection (a) is waived.

(3) Full or removable dentures that are relined are not subject to the identification requirement established by subsection (a).

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