Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-103
Dental commissioners
Section 20-103 is repealed.
General Statutes of Connecticut Chapter 379 — Dentistry
Connecticut · statute · Conn. Gen. Stat. ch. 379 · 34 active provisions
Provisions
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-103a
State Dental Commission
(a) The State Dental Commission shall consist of nine members appointed by the Governor, subject to the provisions of section 4-9a, six of whom shall be practitioners in dentistry residing in this state who are in good standing in their profession and three of whom shall be public members. No member of said commission…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-106
License
No person shall engage in the practice of dentistry or dental medicine unless such person has first obtained a license from the Department of Public Health.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-106a
Designation of limited practice
No licensed and registered dentist shall designate in any manner that he has limited his practice to one of the specialty areas of dentistry expressly approved by the American Dental Association unless such dentist has completed two years of advanced or postgraduate education in the area of such specialty and has notif…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-107
Application for license. Graduates of foreign dental schools
(a) Each application for a license to practice dentistry shall be submitted by the applicant and no license shall be issued to any person unless he or she presents (1) a diploma or other certificate of graduation conferring a dental degree from a dental college or from a department of dentistry of a medical college acc…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-108
Examination of applicants in lieu of one year of postdoctoral general practice or residency program
The State Dental Commission may, with the consent of the Commissioner of Public Health, accept and approve the results of clinical or practical examinations, subject to such conditions as said commission, with the consent of the Commissioner of Public Health, may prescribe in lieu of the clinically based postdoctoral g…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-109
Fee for examination
Upon the payment of a fee of five hundred sixty-five dollars by an applicant, the Department of Public Health, under the supervision of the dental commissioners shall examine applicants. All examinations shall be given at least once per year and at other times prescribed by the department. The department shall grant li…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-110
Licenses to out-of-state applicants
The Department of Public Health may, upon receipt of an application and a fee of five hundred sixty-five dollars, issue a license without examination to a practicing dentist in another state or territory who (1) holds a current valid license in good professional standing issued after examination by another state or ter…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-112a
Dental assistants and expanded function dental assistants
(a) As used in this section: (1) “Direct supervision” means a licensed dentist has authorized certain procedures to be performed on a patient by a dental assistant or an expanded function dental assistant with such dentist remaining on-site in the dental office or treatment facility while such procedures are being perf…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-113
Display of license
The license for the current year shall be displayed conspicuously in the office, place of business or place of employment of each licensee. Each licensed dentist shall forthwith notify the department of any change of address or employment subsequent to his licensure. Any association of dentists which has registered wit…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-113a
Renewal of licenses
Licenses issued under this chapter shall be renewed annually in accordance with the provisions of section 19a-88.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-113b
Renewal of license by person who practices dentistry for no fee
Any person who practices dentistry for no fee, for at least one hundred hours per year at a public health facility, as defined in section 20-126l, and does not otherwise engage in the practice of dentistry, shall be eligible to renew a license, as provided in subsection (a) of section 19a-88, without payment of the pro…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-114
Disciplinary action by Dental Commission concerning dentists and dental hygienists
(a) The Dental Commission may take any of the actions set forth in section 19a-17 for any of the following causes: (1) The presentation to the department of any diploma, license or certificate illegally or fraudulently obtained, or obtained from an institution that is not reputable or from an unrecognized or irregular…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-118
Dentist removing from state
Any licensed dentist changing his residence or place of business to another state shall, upon application to the dental commissioners, receive a certificate which shall state that he is a licensed dentist in this state; and such certificate shall be given without payment of any fee.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-119
Employer to file list of dentists and hygienists with commission
Section 20-119 is repealed.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-120
Practice of dentistry in clinics, schools of dentistry and state institutions
(a) Any graduate of a recognized dental college may practice dentistry in a clinic for a period not exceeding six months, provided such graduate obtains the written consent and approval of the Dental Commission. (b) A full-time faculty member of a school of dentistry in this state who is licensed in another state or wh…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-121
Operation of dental offices
Section 20-121 is repealed.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-122
Ownership and operation of offices by unlicensed persons or by corporations. Penalty. Exception
(a) No person, except a licensed and registered dentist, and no corporation, except a professional service corporation organized and existing under chapter 594a for the purpose of rendering professional dental services, and no institution shall own or operate a dental office, or an office, laboratory or operation or co…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-122a
Work authorization for unlicensed person
No dentist shall use the services of any person not licensed to practice dentistry in this state, or the services of any partnership, corporation or association, to construct, alter, repair or duplicate any denture, plate, bridge, splint or orthodontic or prosthetic appliance, without first furnishing such unlicensed p…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-122b
Subwork authorization. Failure of dentist to provide written authorization
(a) If upon receiving such written authorization an unlicensed person, partnership, corporation or association, hereinafter referred to as “contractor”, engages another person, partnership, corporation or association, hereinafter referred to as “subcontractor”, to perform some of the services relative to such work auth…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-122c
Inspection of authorization files by Department of Public Health
The Department of Public Health or its authorized agent may inspect the written authorization files of any licensed dentist or unlicensed person, partnership, organization or association to determine its compliance with section 20-122a. Any licensed dentist or unlicensed person, partnership, organization or association…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-123
Scope of practice of dentistry. Activities restricted to licensed dentists. Extended scope of practice for graduates of post-doctoral dental training programs. Penalties. Exceptions
(a) No person shall engage in the practice of dentistry unless he or she is licensed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. The practice of dentistry or dental medicine is defined as the diagnosis, evaluation, prevention or treatment by surgical or other means, of an injury, deformity, disease or condition of the…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-123a
Anesthesia and sedation: Definitions
For purposes of this section and section 20-123b: (1) “Deep sedation” means a drug-induced depression of consciousness during which (A) a person cannot be easily aroused but responds purposefully following repeated or painful stimulation, (B) a person's ability to independently maintain ventilator function may be impai…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-123b
Permit for use of anesthesia required. Exception. Regulations
(a) On and after the effective date of the regulations adopted in accordance with subsection (e) of this section, no dentist licensed under this chapter shall use moderate sedation, deep sedation or general anesthesia, as these terms are defined in section 20-123a, on any patient unless such dentist has a permit, curre…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-123c
Point-of-service test for HbA1c percentage
(a) As used in this section: (1) “Point-of-service test” means diagnostic testing performed at the site where patients will receive care or treatment; and (2) “HbA1c percentage” means the proportion of hemoglobin to which glucose is attached and measures the average circulating blood glucose level over the previous two…
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