Ohio Code § 4715.36

§ 4715.36.

As used in this section and sections 4715.361 to 4715.374 of the Revised Code : (A) “ Accredited dental hygiene school ” means a dental hygiene school accredited by the American dental association commission

on dental accreditation or a dental hygiene school whose educational standards are

recognized by the American dental association commission on dental accreditation and

approved by the state dental board. (B) “ Authorizing dentist ” means a dentist who authorizes a dental hygienist to perform dental hygiene services

under section 4715.365 of the Revised Code . (C) “ Clinical evaluation ” means a diagnosis and treatment plan formulated for an individual patient by a dentist. (D) “ Dentist ” means an individual licensed under this chapter to practice dentistry. (E) “ Dental hygienist ” means an individual licensed under this chapter to practice as a dental hygienist. (F) “ Dental hygiene services ” means the prophylactic, preventive, and other procedures that dentists are authorized

by this chapter and rules of the state dental board to assign to dental hygienists,

except for procedures while a patient is anesthetized, definitive root planing, definitive

subgingival curettage, the administration of local anesthesia, and the procedures

specified in rules adopted by the board as described in division (C)(3) of section 4715.22 of the Revised Code . (G) “ Facility ” means any of the following: (1) A health care facility, as defined in section 4715.22 of the Revised Code ; (2) A state correctional institution, as defined in section 2967.01 of the Revised Code ; (3) A comprehensive child development program that receives funds distributed under the

“Head Start Act,” 95 Stat. 499 (1981), 42 U.S.C. 9831 , as amended, and is licensed as a child care center; (4) A residential facility licensed under section 5123.19 of the Revised Code ; (5) A public school, as defined in section 3701.93 of the Revised Code , located in an area designated as a dental health resource shortage area pursuant

to section 3702.87 of the Revised Code ; (6) A nonpublic school, as defined in section 3701.93 of the Revised Code , located in an area designated as a dental health resource shortage area pursuant

to section 3702.87 of the Revised Code ; (7) A federally qualified health center or federally qualified health center look-alike,

as defined in section 3701.047 of the Revised Code ; (8) A shelter for victims of domestic violence, as defined in section 3113.33 of the Revised Code ; (9) A facility operated by the department of youth services under Chapter 5139. of the

Revised Code; (10) A foster home, as defined in section 5103.02 of the Revised Code ; (11) A nonprofit clinic, as defined in section 3715.87 of the Revised Code ; (12) The residence of one or more individuals receiving services provided by a home health

agency, as defined in section 3740.11 of the Revised Code ; (13) A dispensary; (14) A health care facility, such as a clinic or hospital, of the United States department

of veterans affairs; (15) The residence of one or more individuals enrolled in a home and community-based services

medicaid waiver component, as defined in section 5166.01 of the Revised Code ; (16) A facility operated by the board of health of a city or general health district or

the authority having the duties of a board of health under section 3709.05 of the Revised Code ; (17) A women, infants, and children clinic; (18) A mobile dental facility, as defined in section 4715.70 of the Revised Code , located at any location listed in divisions (G)(1) to (17) of this section; (19) Any other location, as specified by the state dental board in rules adopted under section 4715.372 of the Revised Code , that is in an area designated as a dental health resource shortage area pursuant

to section 3702.87 of the Revised Code and provides health care services to individuals who are medicaid recipients and

to indigent and uninsured persons, as defined in section 2305.234 of the Revised Code .