447.01 Definitions. In this chapter: (1) “Accredited” means accredited by the American Dental Association commission on dental accreditation or its successor agency. (1e) “Administer” means to directly apply a vaccine to the body of a patient by any means. (1m) “Community rehabilitation program” means a nonprofit entity, county, municipality, or state or federal agency that […]
447.02 Dentistry examining board. (1) The examining board may promulgate rules: (a) Governing the reexamination of an applicant who fails an examination specified in s. 447.04 (1) (a) 5. or (2) (a) 5. The rules may specify additional educational requirements for those applicants and may specify the number of times an applicant may be examined. […]
447.03 License required. (1) Dentists. Except as provided under sub. (3) and ss. 257.03 and 447.02 (3), no person may do any of the following unless he or she is licensed to practice dentistry under this chapter: (a) Practice or offer to practice dentistry. (b) Use or permit to be used, directly or indirectly, for […]
447.035 Certification; expanded function dental auxiliaries. (1) In this section, “auxiliary” means an expanded function dental auxiliary. (2) Notwithstanding s. 447.03 (1) and (2), a certification to practice as an auxiliary granted under s. 447.04 (3) shall permit the holder to perform all of the following as delegated and supervised by a dentist: (a) Placement […]
447.04 Licensure; certification. (1) Dentists. (a) The examining board shall grant a license to practice dentistry to an individual who does all of the following: 1. Submits an application for the license to the department on a form provided by the department. 2. Pays the fee specified in s. 440.05 (1). 3. Submits evidence satisfactory […]
447.05 Expiration and renewal. (1) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), renewal applications shall be submitted to the department on a form provided by the department on or before the applicable renewal date specified under s. 440.08 (2) (a) and shall include the applicable renewal fee determined by the department under s. 440.03 (9) […]
447.055 Continuing education; dental hygienists. (1) (a) 1. Except as provided in subs. (3) and (4), a person is not eligible for renewal of a license to practice dental hygiene, other than a permit issued under s. 447.02 (3), unless the person has taught, prepared, attended, or otherwise completed, during the 2-year period immediately preceding […]
447.056 Continuing education; dentists. (1) Except as provided in subs. (2) to (4), a person is not eligible for renewal of a license to practice dentistry, other than a permit issued under s. 447.02 (3), unless the person has taught, attended, or otherwise completed, during the 2-year period immediately preceding the renewal date specified under […]
447.058 Mobile dentistry program registration. (1) Registration required. No person may own or operate a mobile dentistry program in this state unless the person is registered under this section. A person that wishes to own or operate more than one mobile dentistry program in this state shall apply for a separate registration under this section […]
447.059 Administering certain vaccines. (1) A dentist may administer without a prescription order a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus or influenza only if he or she satisfies all of the following: (a) The dentist successfully completes 8 hours in a course of study and training approved by the examining board in vaccination storage, protocols, administration technique, […]
447.06 Practice limitations. (1) No contract of employment entered into between a dentist and any other party under which the dentist renders dental services may require the dentist to act in a manner which violates the professional standards for dentistry set forth in this chapter. Nothing in this subsection limits the ability of the other […]
447.063 Preservation and transfer of patient health care records. (1) A person who manages or controls a business that offers dental or dental hygiene services, including management or control of a business through which the person allows another person to offer dental or dental hygiene services, shall preserve patient health care records, as defined in […]
447.065 Delegation of remediable procedures and dental practices. (1) A dentist who is licensed to practice dentistry under this chapter may delegate to an individual who is not licensed under this chapter only the performance of remediable procedures, and only if all of the following conditions are met: (a) The unlicensed individual performs the remediable […]
447.067 Identification of removable prosthetic devices. (1) Except as provided in sub. (2), a dentist who constructs a removable prosthetic device shall mark the device with the patient’s first and last name. Except as provided in sub. (2), a dentist who authorizes a dental laboratory or dental laboratory technician to construct a removable prosthetic device […]
447.07 Disciplinary proceedings. (1) The examining board may, without further notice or process, limit, suspend, or revoke the license or certificate of any dentist or dental hygienist, or the registration of a mobile dentistry program registrant, who fails, within 60 days after the mailing of written notice to the dentist’s, dental hygienist’s, or registrant’s last-known […]
447.09 Penalties. Any person who violates this chapter may be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year in the county jail or both for the first offense and is guilty of a Class I felony for the 2nd or subsequent conviction within 5 years. History: 1989 a. 349; 1997 […]
447.10 Injunction. If it appears upon the complaint of any person to the examining board, or it is believed by the examining board that any person is violating this chapter, the examining board, or the district attorney of the proper county, may investigate such alleged violation, and may, in addition to or in lieu of […]
447.11 Wisconsin Dental Association. The Wisconsin Dental Association is continued with the general powers of a domestic nonstock corporation. It may take by purchase or gift and hold real and personal property. It may adopt, alter and enforce bylaws and rules for the admission and expulsion of members, the election of officers and the management […]
447.12 County and district dental societies. (1) The dentists of any county who are licensed to practice dentistry under this chapter, provided there are at least 5 in the county, may organize a county dental society as a component of the Wisconsin Dental Association. When so organized it shall be a body corporate, and shall […]
447.13 Service insurance corporations for dental care. The Wisconsin Dental Association or, in a manner and to the extent approved by the Wisconsin Dental Association, a county or district dental society, may establish in one or more counties a service insurance corporation for dental care under ch. 613. History: 1975 c. 223; 1989 a. 349.
