New Jersey Addendum - Ethics

New Jersey Board of Dentistry Law

DEPARTMENT OF LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY

45:6-14. Construction of chapter as to unlicensed persons and as to physicians This chapter shall not be construed to prohibit an unlicensed person from performing mechanical work upon inert matter in a dental office or laboratory; nor to prohibit a duly licensed physician from treating the diseases of the mouth or performing operations in oral surgery; and nothing in this chapter shall be construed to permit the performance of dental operations by any unlicensed person under cover of the name of a registered practitioner. 45:6-15.1. "Dental clinic" defined Dental clinic, as used in this act, shall mean and include any clinic, infirmary, hospital, institution or other place of any kind whatsoever, in which science of dentistry in any of its branches is practiced, demonstrated or taught, upon or with respect to human beings but shall not include the private office of a regularly licensed dentist of this State. L.1951, c. 199, p. 728, s. 1. 45:6-15.2. Permit to operate dental clinic No industrial or corporate dental clinic shall be established, operated, conducted or maintained in this State unless and until a permit to do so has first been obtained from the State Board of Registration and Examination in Dentistry (hereinafter referred to as the board). Application for such permit shall be in the form prescribed by the board. All such permits shall expire on December thirty-first of each year. L.1951, c. 199, p. 729, s. 2. 45:6-15.3. Rules and regulations; standards The board shall adopt rules and regulations and establish standards for the establishment, operation, conduct and maintenance of industrial or corporate dental clinics. L.1951, c. 199, p. 729, s. 3. 45:6-15.4. Council on dental clinics; membership; vacancies; compensation There is hereby established a council on dental clinics which shall consist of seven members, each of whom shall be chosen with due regard to his knowledge of and interest in the practice of dentistry. Three members thereof shall consist of one representative of the State Department of Institutions and Agencies; one representative of the State Department of Health and one representative of the State Department of Education, chosen and appointed by the head of each respective department. A fourth member shall be chosen and appointed by the State Board of Registration and Examination in Dentistry, a fifth member shall be chosen and appointed by the New Jersey State Dental Society, a sixth member shall be chosen and appointed by the New Jersey Hospital Association, and the seventh member by the New Jersey State Health Officers' Association. Each member shall be appointed for a term of one year and until his successor is appointed and qualified. Any vacancy occurring in the membership for any cause shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment but for the unexpired term only. The members of the council shall serve without compensation, but may be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties by the agency appointing said member. L.1951, c. 199, p. 729, s. 4.

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