§59-328.19.

§59-328.19.
   
   A. The following acts by any person shall be regarded as practicing
   dentistry within the meaning of the State Dental Act:
   
   1. Representing oneself to the public as being a dentist or as one
   authorized to practice dentistry;
   
   2. Representing oneself to the public as being able to diagnose or
   examine clinical material and contract for the treating thereof;
   
   3. Treating or professing to treat by professional instructions;
   
   4. Representing oneself to the public as treating any of the diseases
   or disorders or lesions of the oral cavity, teeth, gums, maxillary
   bones, and associate structures;
   
   5. Removing human teeth;
   
   6. Repairing or filling cavities in human teeth;
   
   7. Correcting or attempting to correct malposed teeth;
   
   8. Administering anesthetics, general or local;
   
   9. Treating deformities of the jaws and adjacent structures;
   
   10. Using x-ray and interpreting dental x-ray film;
   
   11. Offering or undertaking, by any means or methods, to remove
   stains, discolorations, or concretions from the teeth;
   
   12. Operating or prescribing for any disease, pain, injury,
   deficiency, deformity, or any physical condition connected with the
   human mouth;
   
   13. Taking impressions of the teeth and jaws;
   
   14. Furnishing, supplying, constructing, reproducing, or repairing, or
   offering to furnish, supply, construct, reproduce, or repair,
   prosthetic dentures, sometimes known as plates, bridges, or other
   substitutes for natural teeth for the user or prospective user
   thereof;
   
   15. Adjusting or attempting to adjust any prosthetic denture, bridge,
   appliance, or any other structure to be worn in the human mouth;
   
   16. Diagnosing, making, and adjusting appliances to artificial casts
   of malposed teeth for treatment of the malposed teeth in the human
   mouth, without instructions;
   
   17. Writing a laboratory prescription to a dental laboratory or dental
   laboratory technician for the construction, reproduction or repair of
   any appliance or structure to be worn in the human mouth; or
   
   18. Owning, maintaining, or operating an office or offices by holding
   a financial interest in same for the practice of dentistry.
   
   B. The fact that a person uses any dental degree, or designation, or
   any card, device, directory, poster, sign or other media representing
   oneself to be a dentist shall be prima facie evidence that the person
   is engaged in the practice of dentistry; provided that nothing in this
   section shall be so construed as to prevent the following:
   
   1. Physicians or surgeons, who are licensed under the laws of this
   state, from administering any kind of treatment coming within the
   province of medicine or surgery;
   
   2. The practice of dentistry in the discharge of their official duties
   by dentists in the United States Army, the United States Navy, the
   United States Air Force, the United States Marine Corps, the United
   States Coast Guard, the United States Public Health Service, or the
   United States Veterans Administration;
   
   3. Dental schools or colleges, as now conducted and approved, or as
   may be approved, and the practice of dentistry by students in dental
   schools, colleges or hospitals, approved by the Board, when acting
   under the direction and supervision of licensed dentists or dentists
   holding properly issued permits acting as instructors;
   
   4. Acts of a dental clinician or other participant at a dental
   educational meeting or at an accredited dental college, when no fee is
   charged to or paid by a patient;
   
   5. The practice of dental hygiene, as defined herein, by a person
   granted a certificate of ability by the Board;
   
   6. The performing of acts by a dental assistant and/or dental nurse
   who performs the acts under the direct supervision of a dentist and in
   accordance with the provisions of the State Dental Act and the rules
   promulgated by the Board; or
   
   7. The fabrication of dental appliances pursuant to a laboratory
   prescription of a dentist, by a dental laboratory technician in a
   dental laboratory using inert materials and mechanical devices for the
   fabrication of any restoration, appliance or thing to be worn in the
   human mouth.