Oklahoma Administrative Code, Title 195

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Chapter 1 Organization, Operation, and Purposes

Subchapter 1 Purpose and Definitions

Okla. Admin. Code § 195:1-1-1 Purpose

The Oklahoma Board of Dentistry is a constitutionally created and statutorily codified Board created for the purposes specified within 59 O.S. § 328.1 et. seq., the State Dental Act.

History

• Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 40, Issue 24, September 1, 2023, eff. 9/11/2023

Okla. Admin. Code § 195:1-1-2 Board authority and purposes, composition and duties, quorum

(a) Upon statehood, the Board of Dentistry was created in Article 5 section 39 and required to be statutorily codified. The Oklahoma legislature has declared in 59 O.S. § 328.2 that dentistry in the state of Oklahoma affects the public health safety and welfare of its citizens. This Boardis duty bound by the Constitution and legislature to protect the public health, safety and welfare of all the people of Oklahoma through the powers vested in the Board as listed in 59 O.S. § 328.1 et. seq.

(b) The Oklahoma legislature has authorized and empowered the Board to enact Rules as may be necessary to regulate the practice of Dentistry, pursuant to 59 O.S. § 328.15.

History

• Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 40, Issue 24, September 1, 2023, eff. 9/11/2023

Okla. Admin. Code § 195:1-1-3 Rules promulgated by the Board

In keeping with its authority and purposes, this Board has promulgated separate schedules of rules which are: Internal Operation and Procedure; Examination and Licensing of Dentists, Dental Hygienists, and Dental Specialists; Rules and Regulations for Dental Assistants, Dental Hygienists, and Dentists; Official Board Interpretations and Declaratory Rulings and Resolutions; Public Rules of Hearings and Procedures of the Board.

History

• Amended at 20 Ok Reg 2336, eff 7-11-03