64B27-1.001: Dental Laboratory Inspections, and Practice and Procedure for Healthy and Safe Dental Laboratory Operation
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To update the rule text.
SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Dental Laboratory Inspections, and Practice and Procedure for Healthy and Safe Dental Laboratory Operation.
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 466.038 FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 466.036 FS.
IF REQUESTED IN WRITING AND NOT DEEMED UNNECESSARY BY THE AGENCY HEAD, A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE NOTICED IN THE NEXT AVAILABLE FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE WEEKLY.
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Sue Foster, Executive Director, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C08, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3250.
THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS:
64B27-1.001 Dental Laboratory Inspections, and Practice and Procedure for Healthy and Safe Dental Laboratory Operation.
(1) No change.
(2) The following practice and procedure shall be implemented by each registered dental laboratory in the State of
(a) Be clean and orderly and in good repair, with regard to normal fabrication procedures at time of inspection;
(b) All waste materials properly disposed of at the end of each day according to local restrictions;
(c) Maintain on the laboratory premises a copy of the laboratory registration so it is readily available for inspection by Department personnel;
(d) Maintain on the laboratory premises, for each separate appliance and for a period of four two years, a work order from a licensed dentist authorizing construction or repair of the specified artificial oral appliance; and
(e) Maintain on the laboratory premises a written policy and procedure document on sanitation. Said policy shall include, but not necessarily be limited to:
1. Intake and disinfection procedure for each appliance, impression, bite, or other material posing a possible contamination risk received by the laboratory; and
2. Separate procedure for handling dental appliances, and impressions previously identified by the dentist, known to have come from carriers of the HBV and/or HIV virus.
(3) – (4) No change.
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 466.038 FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 466.036 FS.
HISTORY: New 5-26-91, Formerly 21-29.001, 61E4-1.001, 59CC-1.001, Amended .