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(1)As used in this section:
(a)“Sub-work order” means a written instrument by which a dental laboratory registered under ORS 679.710 subcontracts all or part of the work directed to be done by a work order prescribed by a dentist licensed under ORS chapter 679. (b)“Work order” has the meaning given that term in ORS 679.700. (2)A dentist may not use the services of any person who is not licensed to practice dentistry in this state to make, provide, repair or alter dental prosthetic appliances or other artificial materials or devices that are returned to a dentist and inserted into the human oral cavity, or that come into contact with the human oral cavity’s adjacent structures and tissues, unless the dentist first provides to the person a work order, in substantially the following form:
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(1) As used in this section:
(a) “Sub-work order” means a written instrument by which a dental laboratory registered under ORS 679.710 subcontracts all or part of the work directed to be done by a work order prescribed by a dentist licensed under ORS chapter 679.
(b) “Work order” has the meaning given that term in ORS 679.700.
(2) A dentist may not use the services of any person who is not licensed to practice dentistry in this state to make, provide, repair or alter dental prosthetic appliances or other artificial materials or devices that are returned to a dentist and inserted into the human oral cavity, or that come into contact with the human oral cavity’s adjacent structures and tissues, unless the dentist first provides to the person a work order, in substantially the following form:
______________________________________________________________________________
(Date) ______, 2___
TO: (Name of dental laboratory with address) (Dental laboratory registration number)
RE: (Name or number of patient)
(Description of the work to be done, including diagrams if necessary, together with specifications of the type of materials to be used.)
(Name of ordering dentist)
(Address) ______
(Current license number) ___
______________________________________________________________________________
(3) A person that receives a work order prescribed by a dentist under subsection (1) of this section may not engage as a subcontractor another person that is not authorized to perform the services necessary to complete the work order unless the person that receives the work order first provides to the subcontractor a sub-work order in substantially the following form:
______________________________________________________________________________
(Date) ______, 2___
TO: (Name of subcontracted dental laboratory with address) (Subcontracted dental laboratory registration number, if applicable)
RE: (Name or number of patient)
(Description of the work to be done, including diagrams if necessary, together with specifications of the type of materials to be used.)
(Name of ordering dental laboratory)
(Address) ______
(Current dental laboratory registration
number) ___
______________________________________________________________________________
(4)(a) A dentist shall retain for at least two years from the date of prescription a duplicate copy of each work order prescribed by the dentist. The Oregon Board of Dentistry, or an agent of the board, may inspect, upon demand, the duplicate copies of all work orders and sub-work orders retained pursuant to this paragraph.
(b) A person described in subsection (3) of this section shall attach a duplicate copy of each sub-work order issued by the person to a duplicate copy of the associated work order and shall retain the duplicate copies for at least two years from the date of issuance. The Health Licensing Office, or an agent of the office, may inspect, upon demand, the duplicate copies of all work orders and sub-work orders retained pursuant to this paragraph.
(5) A work order or sub-work order may be transmitted or retained in an electronic format.
(6) A work order may not permit or require the taking of impressions of any part of the human oral cavity by any person who is not a dentist licensed under ORS chapter 679 or a denturist licensed under ORS 680.500 to 680.565.