Fla. Admin. Code Ann. R. 64B27-1.001 - Dental Laboratory Inspections, and Practice and Procedure for Healthy and Safe Dental Laboratory Operation
(1) Each dental laboratory registered by the
Department of Health to operate in the State of Florida shall be subject to
periodic inspections by Department personnel at least once each biennial
registration period. Such inspections shall be conducted during regular
business hours and may occur with or without notice.
(2) The following practice and procedure
shall be implemented by each registered dental laboratory in the State of
Florida and be subject to inspection pursuant to subsection (1) of this
section. Each registered dental laboratory shall:
(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 four years the original or electronic
copy of a prescription from a licensed dentist for each separate appliance or
artificial oral restorative oral device 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)
Each registered dental laboratory shall have a designated receiving area. The
following procedure shall be followed in the receiving area:
(a) Work surfaces and counter tops shall be
constructed of non-porous materials which shall be disinfected daily with a
chlorine compound, a combination synthetic phenolic, or an iodophor solution
that has been diluted according to the manufacturer's directions.
(b) Employees working in the receiving area
shall wear disposable gloves, and as an option may wear a facial mask or
protective eyewear.
(4)
The following dental equipment and supplies shall not be permitted in a
registered dental laboratory in this state:
(a) Dental chairs.
(b) X-ray machines.
(c) Anesthetics, sedatives, or medicinal
drugs, other than personal prescriptions.
Notes
Rulemaking Authority 466.038 FS. Law Implemented 466.021, 466.036 FS.
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