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An Act To Allow Denturists To Practice to the Level of Their Educational Training
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  32 MRSA §1100-B, sub-§1-A  is enacted to read:
 
1-A.  Denture.   "Denture" means any removable full or partial upper or lower prosthetic dental appliance to be worn in the human mouth to replace any missing natural teeth.
Sec. 2. 32 MRSA §1100-B, sub-§3, ¶A, as amended by PL 1993, c. 600, Pt. A, §88, is further amended to read:
 
A.  The taking of denture impressions and bite registration for the purpose of or with a view to the making, producing, reproducing, construction, finishing, supplying, altering or repairing of a complete upper or complete lower prosthetic denture , or both to be fitted to an edentulous or partially edentulous arch or arches;
Sec. 3. 32 MRSA §1100-B, sub-§3, ¶B, as amended by PL 1993, c. 600, Pt. A, §88, is further amended to read:
 
B.  The fitting of a complete upper or lower prosthetic denture , or both, to an edentulous or partially edentulous arch or arches, including the making, producing, reproducing, constructing, finishing, supplying, altering and repairing of dentures; and
 
SUMMARY
This bill defines the term "denture" to include full or partial upper or lower prosthetic dental appliances to be worn in the human mouth to replace any missing natural teeth, which will permit denturists to make and fit partial dental appliances.