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24.138.412    CONSULTATION AND REFERRAL

(1) Dentists shall seek consultation with those licensees or other health care professionals who have special skills, knowledge and experience whenever needed to safeguard the welfare of the patient.

(2) When a patient visits or is referred by his dentist to specialists or consulting dentists for consultation:

(a) The specialists or consulting dentists upon completion of the patient's care shall return the patient, unless the patient expressly reveals a different preference, to the referring dentists, or if none, to the dentists of record for future care.

(b) The specialists shall be obliged when there is no referring dentist and upon a completion of their treatment to inform patients when there is a need for further dental care.

History: 37-1-131, 37-4-205, MCA; IMP, 37-1-131, 37-4-101, MCA; NEW, 1980 MAR p. 2662, Eff. 9/26/80; TRANS, from Dept. of Prof. & Occup. Lic. , Ch. 274, L. 1981, Eff. 7/1/81; AMD, 1991 MAR p. 2415, Eff. 12/13/91; TRANS, from Commerce, & AMD, 2003 MAR p. 2435, Eff. 10/31/03.

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