Ohio § 4715.01

§ 4715.01.

Any person shall be regarded as practicing dentistry, who is a manager, proprietor,

operator, or conductor of a place for performing dental operations, or who teaches

clinical dentistry, or who performs, or advertises to perform, dental operations of

any kind, or who diagnoses or treats diseases or lesions of human teeth or jaws, or

associated structures, or attempts to correct malpositions thereof, or who takes impressions

of the human teeth or jaws, or who constructs, supplies, reproduces, or repairs any

prosthetic denture, bridge, artificial restoration, appliance, or other structure

to be used or worn as a substitute for natural teeth, except upon the order or prescription

of a licensed dentist and constructed upon or by the use of casts or models made from

an impression taken by a licensed dentist, or who advertises, offers, sells, or delivers

any such substitute or the services rendered in the construction, reproduction, supply,

or repair thereof to any person other than a licensed dentist, or who places or adjusts

such substitute in the oral cavity of another, or uses the words “ dentist ,” “ dental surgeon ,” the letters “ D.D.S. ,” or other letters or title in connection with his name, which in any way represents

him as being engaged in the practice of dentistry. Manager, proprietor, operator, or conductor as used in this section includes any person: (A) Who employs licensed operators;  (B) 1 Who places in the possession of licensed operators dental offices or dental equipment

necessary for the handling of dental offices on the basis of a lease or any other

agreement for compensation or profit for the use of such office or equipment, when

such compensation is manifestly in excess of the reasonable rental value of such premises

and equipment; (C) Who makes any other arrangements whereby he derives profit, compensation, or advantage

through retaining the ownership or control of dental offices or necessary dental equipment

by making the same available in any manner for the use of licensed operators;  provided

that this section does not apply to bona fide sales of dental equipment secured by

chattel mortgage. Whoever having a license to practice dentistry or dental hygiene enters the employment

of, or enters into any of the arrangements described in this section with, an unlicensed

manager, proprietor, operator, or conductor, or who is determined mentally incompetent

by a court of competent jurisdiction, or is committed by a court having jurisdiction

for treatment of mental illness, may have his license suspended or revoked by the

state dental board. 1

 So in original;  1981 H 243.