Regulatory Notice
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- Dental Practice Act: Act PDF
- Citation: Ala. Code §§ 34-9-1 to 34-9-90, especially § 34-9-21
- Board Rules or Additional Sources: Board rules page
- Lab-specific notes: Alabama expressly addresses dentists' use of a commercial dental laboratory or private technician. The act requires a prescription accompanying prosthetic, splint, and orthodontic work; it specifies required prescription contents and requires both the dentist and the lab/technician to retain the records for two years, open to board inspection.
- Dental Practice Act: Statutes/regulations compilation PDF
- Citation: Alaska Stat. ch. 08.36; 12 AAC ch. 28
- Board Rules or Additional Sources: Centralized licensing statutes/regulations listed here
- Lab-specific notes: In the official Alaska statutes and regulations compilation I located, I did not surface a distinct dental-laboratory licensure or registration chapter. The retrieved materials suggest Alaska governs lab activity indirectly through the general practice act and board regulations for dentist-centered practice rather than through a separate commercial-lab regime.
- Dental Practice Act: Board statutes/rules page
- Citation: A.R.S. Title 32, ch. 11, especially § 32-1201; Ariz. Admin. Code Title 4, ch. 11
- Board Rules or Additional Sources: Administrative rules page ; board compliance guidance
- Lab-specific notes: Arizona expressly defines a "dental laboratory technician" as a non-dentist who, pursuant to a dentist's written work order, fabricates artificial teeth, crowns, bridges, dentures, and similar restorations. That keeps technician work in the extraoral fabrication lane and firmly tied to dentist authorization rather than independent clinical judgment.
- Dental Practice Act: Dental Practice Act PDF
- Citation: Ark. Code Ann. § 17-82-101 et seq.; lab work-order provisions in the practice act compilation
- Board Rules or Additional Sources: Board rules are included in the same compilation
- Lab-specific notes: Arkansas is a classic written-work-authorization state. The official practice-act compilation requires the dentist's work authorization to state the patient identifier, date, work description, materials, and dentist signature and license number, and it requires the receiving person, firm, or corporation to retain the original.
- Dental Practice Act: Official laws page
- Citation: Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code, Dental Practice Act provisions; 16 CCR div. 10
- Board Rules or Additional Sources: Board rules reference page ; current DBC materials touching lab areas/infection control
- Lab-specific notes: The official Dental Board of California laws page is the correct starting point, but in the materials retrieved it did not cleanly surface a current standalone commercial-laboratory article comparable to Florida or Washington. Current California board materials nevertheless treat dental laboratory technicians, including commercial lab technicians, as part of the infection-control environment, and board forms specifically reference laboratory areas and laboratory lathes.
- Dental Practice Act: Board-linked practice act compilation
- Citation: Colo. Rev. Stat. Title 12, art. 220; 3 CCR 709-1
- Board Rules or Additional Sources: Colorado Dental Board rules ; board policies listed there
- Lab-specific notes: An accessible official legislature text was not surfaced in this session; the link located through the board directory was a board-linked practice-act compilation. In the materials I could retrieve, I did not identify a standalone dental-laboratory license, registration, or work-order section comparable to the stronger lab-regulation states.
- Dental Practice Act: Chapter 379 official statute page
- Citation: Conn. Gen. Stat. ch. 379; Conn. Agencies Regs. rules of practice
- Board Rules or Additional Sources: Rules of practice page
- Lab-specific notes: The official chapter 379 materials retrieved did not surface a separate dental-laboratory licensing or registration regime. Connecticut appears to govern laboratories indirectly through the general dentistry practice chapter and the board's general rules rather than through a distinct commercial-lab statute in the sources retrieved.
- Dental Practice Act: Official code chapter
- Citation: 24 Del. C. ch. 11; 24 Del. Admin. Code ch. 1100
- Board Rules or Additional Sources: Board regulations page
- Lab-specific notes: Delaware does not appear, in the materials I retrieved, to separately license commercial dental laboratories. It does, however, expressly include "dental laboratory work" within the generalized tasks that may be delegated to dental assistants, which shows Delaware treats lab activity as dentist-delegable support work rather than an independent clinical practice.
- Dental Practice Act: D.C. Code chapter page
- Citation: D.C. Code tit. 3, ch. 12; 17 DCMR ch. 42
- Board Rules or Additional Sources: Dentistry regulations page
- Lab-specific notes: The D.C. code and dentistry regulations page retrieved for this report did not surface a standalone dental-laboratory licensing or registration program.
- Dental Practice Act: Official laws/rules booklet
- Citation: Fla. Stat. ch. 466, especially § 466.021 and related dental-laboratory provisions; Fla. Admin. Code chs. 64B27 and 64B5
- Board Rules or Additional Sources: Dental Laboratories rule division ; registration/CE rulemaking notices
- Lab-specific notes: Florida is one of the clearest laboratory-regulation states. Chapter 466 itself includes dental laboratories, requires dentists who use labs for constructing, altering, repairing, or duplicating prosthetic appliances to furnish a written prescription, and clarifies that issuing a written work authorization to a commercial dental laboratory does not by itself constitute "general supervision." Separate rule division 64B27 directly governs dental laboratories, including registration and discipline; Florida is therefore a true entity-regulation state for labs.
- Dental Practice Act: State code host via Lexis portal
- Citation: Ga. Code Title 43, ch. 11; Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. ch. 150
- Board Rules or Additional Sources: Board rules and policy manual listed here
- Lab-specific notes: The statute host surfaced here through a state-linked Lexis portal rather than a plainly accessible legislature page. In the materials retrieved for this report, I did not find a separate commercial dental-laboratory licensure or work-order section comparable to Florida, Minnesota, or Washington.
- Dental Practice Act: Official chapter link listed here; primary text fetch was blocked in this session
- Citation: Haw. Rev. Stat. ch. 448; Haw. Admin. R. Title 16, ch. 79
- Board Rules or Additional Sources: Administrative rules page listed here
- Lab-specific notes: The official chapter 448 link returned a 403 error in this session, so I could not inspect the primary text directly. Based on the official link set retrieved, I did not identify a separate dental-laboratory licensure or registration regime.
- Dental Practice Act: Official chapter link listed here; statute fetch was blocked by robots in this session
- Citation: Idaho Code Title 54, ch. 9; Idaho Board of Dentistry rules
- Board Rules or Additional Sources: Board rules link listed here
- Lab-specific notes: Idaho's official statute page was blocked to this session's search bot, so I could not inspect the underlying chapter directly. In the official link set I located, I did not surface a separate commercial dental-laboratory licensure or detailed work-order subchapter.
- Dental Practice Act: Official statute page
- Citation: 225 ILCS 25/1 et seq., especially §§ 4, 48, 50; 68 Ill. Adm. Code pt. 1220
- Board Rules or Additional Sources: Administrative rules page ; assistant-duty rule example
- Lab-specific notes: Illinois has a well-developed lab framework. The act defines "dental laboratory," requires a dentist to furnish a written prescription when a lab constructs or repairs extraoral prosthetic work, and requires a subcontracting laboratory to issue its own written order to the subcontractor; the statute also makes clear that a prescription to a lab does not constitute general supervision.
- Dental Practice Act: Board resource page
- Citation: Ind. Code art. 25-14; Indiana Board of Dentistry statutes/rules on work authorization
- Board Rules or Additional Sources: Board statutes/rules resource page
- Lab-specific notes: Indiana requires a separate written work authorization for each patient for whom dental technological work is to be performed. The official board compilation surfaced required authorization contents and confirms that a dentist or other authorized practitioner must issue the order, which places lab fabrication squarely in a prescription-controlled model.
- Dental Practice Act: Official code chapter PDF
- Citation: Iowa Code ch. 153; Iowa Admin. Code 481--570 and 481--575
- Board Rules or Additional Sources: Dental board rule chapters
- Lab-specific notes: Iowa is notable because its current rules expressly define "dental laboratory technician." The rules say a technician who performs duties of a dental assistant must also be registered as a dental assistant, which sharply polices the boundary between extraoral lab work and chairside delegated functions. Iowa therefore uses the rulebook, more than the bare statute chapter, to regulate technician status and crossover duties.
- Dental Practice Act: Official chapter page
- Citation: K.S.A. ch. 65, art. 14; K.A.R. Agency 71
- Board Rules or Additional Sources: Board regulations and board compilation listed here
- Lab-specific notes: The official Kansas dentistry chapter retrieved for this report did not surface a separate dental-laboratory license or registration section. Kansas appears to regulate labs mainly through the general dental practice act and the Kansas Dental Board's rules rather than through a dedicated lab statute in the materials I could access.
- Dental Practice Act: Official statute chapter page
- Citation: KRS ch. 313; 201 KAR 8:016
- Board Rules or Additional Sources: Board regulations chapter ; specific lab-registration rule
- Lab-specific notes: Kentucky directly regulates commercial dental laboratories by administrative rule. 201 KAR 8:016 requires each commercial dental laboratory operating or doing business in Kentucky to register with the board, and it defines doing business broadly enough to include work product prepared under a written authorization originating in Kentucky.
- Dental Practice Act: Official board DPA PDF
- Citation: La. Rev. Stat. Title 37, ch. 9; La. Admin. Code tit. 46, ch. 33
- Board Rules or Additional Sources: Administrative code chapter listed here
- Lab-specific notes: The Louisiana Dental Practice Act and board rules materials retrieved did not surface a separate commercial dental-laboratory licensure chapter. Louisiana therefore appears, from the accessible materials reviewed here, to regulate lab activity through the general dental practice act and board rules rather than through a freestanding laboratory statute.
¶ Maine
- Dental Practice Act: Official chapter page
- Citation: 32 M.R.S. ch. 143; Maine Board of Dental Examiners rules
- Board Rules or Additional Sources: Board rules link listed here
- Lab-specific notes: The Maine dental professions chapter retrieved for this report did not surface a separate commercial dental-laboratory licensure or registration regime. Maine appears to govern laboratories indirectly through the general dental professions chapter and board rules rather than through a dedicated technician or lab subchapter in the materials I could access.
¶ Maryland
- Dental Practice Act: Code citation link listed here; primary text page was not accessible in this session
- Citation: Md. Health Occ. § 4-101 et seq.; COMAR 10.44
- Board Rules or Additional Sources: COMAR Board of Dental Examiners link listed here
- Lab-specific notes: The link surfaced for Maryland's statute text was a Westlaw-hosted code page that did not load in this session. In the available materials reviewed for this report, I did not identify a separate commercial dental-laboratory license or work-order chapter.
- Dental Practice Act: Official chapter page
- Citation: Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, §§ 43-53; 234 CMR
- Board Rules or Additional Sources: Board regulations link listed here
- Lab-specific notes: The Massachusetts chapter and board-rule links retrieved did not surface a distinct commercial dental-laboratory licensure or technician-practice framework. Massachusetts appears to regulate laboratories mainly through the general Board of Registration in Dentistry statute and rules rather than a separate lab subchapter in the materials I could access.
- Dental Practice Act: Official statute section
- Citation: MCL 333.16641-.16642; Mich. Admin. Code, Board of Dentistry rules
- Board Rules or Additional Sources: Board rules page listed here
- Lab-specific notes: Michigan expressly requires a dentist to furnish a written work authorization to a dental laboratory. The related section on authorization contents shows Michigan uses a board-prescribed form model, which makes documentation--not separate lab licensure--the main visible compliance mechanism in the statute excerpts surfaced here.
- Dental Practice Act: Official chapter page
- Citation: Minn. Stat. §§ 150A.24-.27; Minn. R. 3100.8800
- Board Rules or Additional Sources: Official rules part on records/inspections
- Lab-specific notes: Minnesota has one of the more developed laboratory statutes in the country. It defines both "work order" and "work authorization," requires registered dental laboratories to work only from valid dentist work orders or properly issued work authorizations, gives a clear statutory framework for lab-to-lab subcontracting, and requires material-content notice to the prescribing dentist.
- Dental Practice Act: Official board act page
- Citation: Miss. Code Ann. dental practice act provisions under the Mississippi Dental Practice Act; board regulations
- Board Rules or Additional Sources: Board regulations link listed here
- Lab-specific notes: The Mississippi board's official Dental Practice Act page was located, but the materials retrieved for this report did not surface a separate commercial dental-laboratory licensure or registration program. Mississippi therefore appears to regulate laboratories mainly through the broader dental practice act and board rules rather than through a dedicated lab statute in the sources I could access.
- Dental Practice Act: Official chapter page
- Citation: Mo. Rev. Stat. ch. 332, especially §§ 332.052 and 332.071; 20 CSR 2110
- Board Rules or Additional Sources: Missouri Dental Board rules; shade-verification rule
- Lab-specific notes: Missouri regulates laboratories through documentation and specific prosthetic-related permissions. The statutes require dentists and nondentists to maintain copies of laboratory work orders for seven years, and the board's shade-verification rule allows a dental laboratory technologist to verify the shade of a prosthesis when prescribed under a uniform laboratory work order.
- Dental Practice Act: Board-of-dentistry code page
- Citation: Mont. Code Ann. Title 37, ch. 4; separate denturitry ch. 29; Board rules ch. 24.138
- Board Rules or Additional Sources: Board rules link listed here
- Lab-specific notes: The materials located for Montana show both a general dentistry chapter and a separate denturitry chapter, which means removable prosthetic work is partly treated in a separate profession-specific framework. I did not surface a separate commercial dental-laboratory licensure or work-order chapter in the dentistry materials retrieved.
- Dental Practice Act: Official board compilation PDF
- Citation: Neb. Dentistry Practice Act compilation; 172 NAC 53, 55, 56, 57, 58
- Board Rules or Additional Sources: Relevant board regulations are listed here
- Lab-specific notes: The official Nebraska practice-act compilation retrieved for this report did not surface a distinct dental-laboratory licensure or technician chapter. Nebraska appears to govern laboratory-adjacent issues mainly through its dentistry practice act and dental-office/assistant rules rather than through a freestanding commercial-lab regime in the retrieved materials.
- Dental Practice Act: Official NRS/NAC pages
- Citation: NRS ch. 631; NAC ch. 631
- Board Rules or Additional Sources: NAC chapter page
- Lab-specific notes: Current Nevada law expects written authorization/documentation even though I did not locate a separate dental-laboratory registration chapter in the core practice act materials. The statute explicitly says the board has discretion to examine work authorizations in dental offices or dental laboratories, which means labs should assume documentation must be inspection-ready.
- Dental Practice Act: Official RSA chapter page
- Citation: N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. ch. 317-A; N.H. Admin. R. Den 100-500
- Board Rules or Additional Sources: Administrative rules link listed here
- Lab-specific notes: The New Hampshire dentistry chapter retrieved for this report did not surface a separate commercial dental-laboratory licensure or registration regime. New Hampshire appears to regulate lab activity through the general dentistry chapter and board rules rather than through a dedicated lab subchapter in the materials I could access.
- Dental Practice Act: Official legislative search portal
- Citation: N.J. Stat. dental practice law; N.J.A.C. 13:30
- Board Rules or Additional Sources: Board rule links listed here
- Lab-specific notes: An official New Jersey legislative search portal was surfaced, but it was not initialized for direct section retrieval in this session. In the available materials retrieved for this report, I did not identify a clearly accessible standalone dental-laboratory registration or technician chapter.
- Dental Practice Act: Official NMAC title page
- Citation: N.M. Stat. Ann. § 61-5A-1 et seq.; 16.5 NMAC
- Board Rules or Additional Sources: NMAC dentistry title page
- Lab-specific notes: New Mexico's retrieved materials were more notable for corporate-practice and lab-choice restrictions than for lab licensure. A board rule treats it as misconduct for an owner dentist or supervisor to require an employee dentist to use a particular dental laboratory when patient welfare would be better served by another lab.
- Dental Practice Act: Official laws/rules page retrieved here
- Citation: N.Y. Educ. Law art. 133; Commissioner's Regs. parts 52 and 61
- Board Rules or Additional Sources: Commissioner's regulations links listed here
- Lab-specific notes: The official New York page surfaced in this session was the Office of the Professions laws/rules page, but the retrieved text did not clearly display a commercial dental-laboratory framework. I did not identify a separate lab-registration or technician-practice chapter in the accessible New York materials reviewed here.
- Dental Practice Act: Official statute page
- Citation: N.C. Gen. Stat. ch. 90, art. 2; 21 NCAC ch. 16
- Board Rules or Additional Sources: Administrative code chapter listed here
- Lab-specific notes: The official North Carolina dentistry chapter retrieved for this report did not surface a separate dental-laboratory license or registration program. North Carolina appears to regulate laboratories indirectly through the general dentistry act and dental-board rules rather than through a distinct lab statute in the accessible materials.
- Dental Practice Act: Official century code PDF
- Citation: N.D.C.C. chs. 43-28 and 43-20; N.D. Admin. Code Title 20
- Board Rules or Additional Sources: Board rules link listed here
- Lab-specific notes: The North Dakota dentistry chapter retrieved for this report did not surface a separate commercial dental-laboratory licensure or registration chapter. North Dakota appears to regulate lab work through the general dentists/hygienists/assistants chapters and board rules rather than through a dedicated lab statute in the materials I could access.
- Dental Practice Act: Official revised code chapter
- Citation: Ohio Rev. Code ch. 4715; Ohio Admin. Code 4715-5-02
- Board Rules or Additional Sources: Specific written-work-authorization rule
- Lab-specific notes: Ohio's lab regulation is unusually operational. The board rule on written work authorization requires dentists to retain copies for two years, requires the form to include disinfection-method information, and requires a primary contractor that subcontracts work to create and keep duplicate authorization records for board inspection.
- Dental Practice Act: Official statute compilation PDF
- Citation: 59 O.S. ch. 7, State Dental Act; Board rules and dental-lab permit materials
- Board Rules or Additional Sources: Board statutes/rules page ; lab permit verification ; application forms
- Lab-specific notes: Oklahoma is a real lab-permit state. Official board materials show dedicated dental-lab permits and verification pages, and the statute/rules compilation regulates both dental laboratory technicians and holders of permits to operate a dental laboratory; the act also recognizes fabrication under a dentist's laboratory prescription as permitted extraoral work.
- Dental Practice Act: Official DPA PDF
- Citation: ORS ch. 679, especially current dental-laboratory sections such as ORS 679.710; OAR ch. 818; separate denturist law in ORS ch. 680
- Board Rules or Additional Sources: Board rules portal ; denturist board page
- Lab-specific notes: Oregon now has one of the more modern laboratory frameworks. Current law requires dental laboratories to register, defines "work order," bars work orders from permitting non-dentists to take impressions, and requires material-content disclosure to the prescribing dentist.
- Dental Practice Act: Official state legislative portal and board-rule pages
- Citation: 63 P.S. §§ 120-130b; 49 Pa. Code ch. 33
- Board Rules or Additional Sources: Official Pennsylvania Code board-rule page
- Lab-specific notes: I did not surface a clean, current official primary statute page specifically focused on commercial dental laboratories during this session. The official Pennsylvania materials I could access centered on the Dental Law, board rules, and auxiliary supervision, not on a clearly defined lab-registration or technician chapter.
¶ Rhode Island
- Dental Practice Act: Official statute index page
- Citation: R.I. Gen. Laws ch. 5-31.1; 216-RICR-40-05-2
- Board Rules or Additional Sources: Rules link listed here
- Lab-specific notes: The Rhode Island statute and rule pages retrieved for this report did not surface a separate commercial dental-laboratory licensing or registration regime. Rhode Island appears to regulate laboratories indirectly through its general dentists/dental hygienists statute and corresponding rules rather than through a dedicated lab chapter in the accessible materials.
- Dental Practice Act: Official code chapter page
- Citation: S.C. Code Ann. Title 40, ch. 15, especially §§ 40-15-90 to -100; S.C. Code Regs. ch. 39
- Board Rules or Additional Sources: Board regulations and "Laboratory Interactions" rule text
- Lab-specific notes: South Carolina is explicit about dental technicians. Its chapter is titled "Dentists, Dental Hygienists, and Dental Technicians," and the code defines dental technological and orthodontic technological work as extraoral construction, alteration, repair, relining, or duplication of prosthetic or orthodontic appliances.
- Dental Practice Act: Official chapter link listed here
- Citation: S.D. Codified Laws Title 36, ch. 6A; S.D. Admin. R. art. 20:43
- Board Rules or Additional Sources: Administrative rules links listed here
- Lab-specific notes: The South Dakota dentistry chapter retrieved for this report did not surface a separate commercial dental-laboratory licensure or registration regime. South Dakota appears to regulate laboratories through the broader dentists/hygienists/auxiliaries chapter and board rules rather than through a distinct lab statute in the materials I could access.
- Dental Practice Act: State code host via Lexis portal
- Citation: Tenn. Code Ann. Title 63, ch. 5; Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0460-02-.11
- Board Rules or Additional Sources: Specific lab-work-order rule
- Lab-specific notes: Tennessee's rules provide the clearest lab-compliance text available in the sources retrieved for this report. A written work order must accompany all dental laboratory work sent by a dentist to a commercial dental laboratory or private dental laboratory technician outside the physical confines of the dentist's office, and the dentist must keep a copy for two years.
- Dental Practice Act: Texas Constitution and Statutes portal
- Citation: Tex. Occ. Code chs. 251-267; 22 Tex. Admin. Code, State Board of Dental Examiners rules
- Board Rules or Additional Sources: Board rules link listed here
- Lab-specific notes: Texas uses a written prescription/work-order model. The occupations-code text surfaced by official search indicates that fabrication of covered appliances without a written prescription or work order signed by a dentist is unlawful, which places commercial-lab work inside a dentist-authorization framework rather than an independent technician-practice model.
- Dental Practice Act: Official chapter page
- Citation: Utah Code § 58-69-101 et seq.; Utah Admin. Code R156-69
- Board Rules or Additional Sources: Practice-act rule link listed here
- Lab-specific notes: The Utah practice-act chapter retrieved for this report did not surface a separate commercial dental-laboratory licensing or registration regime. Utah appears to regulate lab work indirectly through the dentist and dental hygienist practice act and its implementing rule rather than through a dedicated lab chapter in the materials I could access.
- Dental Practice Act: Official statute chapter page
- Citation: 26 V.S.A. ch. 12; Vermont Board of Dental Examiners rules
- Board Rules or Additional Sources: Board rules link listed here
- Lab-specific notes: The Vermont dentistry chapter retrieved for this report did not surface a separate commercial dental-laboratory license, registration, or technician-practice framework. Vermont appears to govern laboratories through the general dentistry statute and board rules rather than a distinct lab subchapter in the materials I could access.
- Dental Practice Act: Official chapter PDF
- Citation: Va. Code §§ 54.1-2700 et seq.; 18 VAC 60-21
- Board Rules or Additional Sources: Practice regulations ; record rule
- Lab-specific notes: Virginia expressly preserves the traditional laboratory carve-out by exempting the "performance of mechanical work on inanimate objects only, for licensed dentists," by persons employed in or operating a dental laboratory. The code also defines "digital work order" and now regulates a "digital scan technician," who must work under the direction of a Virginia-licensed dentist who is accessible during the patient interaction and responsible for board-approved training.
- Dental Practice Act: Official dentistry chapter page
- Citation: RCW ch. 18.32; RCW ch. 70.352; WAC 246-817-330; WAC 246-315
- Board Rules or Additional Sources: Prescription rule ; dental-lab registration rule ; denturist rules
- Lab-specific notes: Washington is one of the most comprehensive lab states. Separate chapter 70.352 requires dental laboratories doing business in Washington to register with the Department of Health, and WAC 246-817-330 requires dentists to submit a valid duplicate prescription for each patient's laboratory work; chapter 18.260 also recognizes laboratory duties within dental-assistant scope rules.
- Dental Practice Act: Official practice-act article page
- Citation: W. Va. Code §§ 30-4-1 et seq. and 30-4B-1 to -4
- Board Rules or Additional Sources: Board rules link listed here
- Lab-specific notes: West Virginia has a dedicated article titled "Dental Laboratory Services." It makes it unlawful for a dental laboratory to perform services without a dentist's work authorization, specifies the contents of that authorization, and requires denture identification for full upper or full lower prosthetic dentures. West Virginia is therefore a high-regulation state for laboratory work even though the lab article sits alongside the core practice-act article rather than inside it.
- Dental Practice Act: Statute and rules links listed here
- Citation: Wis. Stat. ch. 447, especially § 447.07(3)(i); Wis. Admin. Code DE chapters on laboratories and work authorizations
- Board Rules or Additional Sources: Official rules compilation listed here ; lab/work-authorization rule text
- Lab-specific notes: Wisconsin requires written work authorizations in an official board form, requires the issuing dentist and the dental laboratory each to retain them for at least three years, and authorizes board inspection of those records. That makes Wisconsin another documentation-heavy state even though I did not confirm a separate laboratory licensure chapter in the core act retrieved for this report.
- Dental Practice Act: Board-linked practice-act compilation
- Citation: Wyo. Stat. ch. 33-15; Wyoming Board of Dental Examiners rules
- Board Rules or Additional Sources: Official rules portal listed here
- Lab-specific notes: An accessible official statute page was not surfaced in this session; the act link identified through the board directory resolves to a board-linked compilation. In the materials I could retrieve, I did not identify a separate commercial dental-laboratory license, registration, or work-order subchapter comparable to the stronger lab-regulation states.
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