{"data":{"id":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-466.031","jurisdiction":"us-fl","citation":"Fla. Stat. § 466.031","heading":"Dental laboratories.","body":"(1) As used in this chapter, the term “dental laboratory” includes any person, firm, or corporation that performs for a fee of any kind, gratuitously, or otherwise, directly or through an agent or an employee, by any means or method, or supplies or manufactures artificial substitutes for the natural teeth; furnishes, supplies, constructs, or reproduces or repairs any prosthetic denture, bridge, or appliance to be worn in the human mouth; or in any way represents itself as a dental laboratory. The term does not include a dental laboratory technician who constructs or repairs dental prosthetic appliances in the office of a licensed dentist exclusively for that dentist under her or his supervision and work order.\n(2) An employee or independent contractor of a dental laboratory, acting as an agent of that dental laboratory, may engage in onsite consultation with a licensed dentist during a dental procedure.\nHistory.—ss. 2, 3, ch. 79-330; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 20, 23, 24, ch. 86-291; s. 60, ch. 91-137; s. 7, ch. 91-156; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 263, ch. 97-103; s. 29, ch. 2020-133.","path":["CHAPTER 466 DENTISTRY, DENTAL HYGIENE, AND DENTAL LABORATORIES"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute\u0026URL=0400-0499/0466/0466.html","current_through":"2026 Florida Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:06:43Z","sha256":"32ce0ecd7bd336c4591910a3e8e2809c4d25193ca8b19d77e360042555f1f186","source_id":"us-fl","stale":false,"prev":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-466.0285","next":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-466.032"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}