Maryland § 4-403

§ 4-403.

    (a)    The work authorization required by § 4-402 of this subtitle for dental laboratory work shall:

        (1)    Be on the form that the Board requires;

        (2)    Be signed by a licensed dentist who requests the work; and

        (3)    Contain the information required by this section.

    (b)    The work authorization shall be prepared in duplicate and contain:

        (1)    The name and address of the dental laboratory to do the work;

        (2)    Identification of the patient by name or number;

        (3)    The date on which the work authorization form was completed;

        (4)    A description of the work to be done, including diagrams if necessary;

        (5)    A specification of the type of dental materials to be used; and

        (6)    The name and license number of the dentist who requests the work.

    (c)    A dental laboratory named in a work authorization may subcontract dental laboratory work, if that dental laboratory:

        (1)    Completes in duplicate the subcontracted work authorization form that the Board requires; and

        (2)    Complies with the record keeping requirements of § 4-404 of this subtitle.

    (d)    The Board shall publish:

        (1)    An approved standard work authorization form; and

        (2)    An approved standard subcontracted work authorization form that is of a color different from the standard work authorization form.

    (e)    A dental laboratory in this State may do dental laboratory work on the request of a dentist licensed and practicing in any other state or a foreign country if the request:

        (1)    Is on the form that the Board requires or a reasonably equivalent form; and

        (2)    Otherwise meets the requirements of this subtitle.