Rules & Regulations of the State of Tennessee
Title 0460 - Dentistry


Current through December 25, 2023

Original chapters 0460-01 through 0460-05 were certified on June 7, 1974, under Chapter 491 of the Public Acts of 1974 as rules in effect when Chapter 491 became effective. The Administrative History following each rule gives the date on which the rule was certified, or the date on which the rule was filed and its effective date, if promulgated after March 11, 1974. The Administrative History after each rule also shows the dates of any amendments or repeals.
Amendment to rules 0460-01-.11 and 0460-02-.11 filed February 5, 1975; effective March 7, 1975.
Original chapter 0460-07 filed November 22, 1978; effective January 8, 1979.
Chapter 0460-07 filed January 22, 1979; effective May 1, 1979.
Repeal of rules 0460-01-1-.01 through 0460-01-01-.04 and 0460-02-01-.01 through 0460-02-01-.03 and new rules filed August 26, 1980; effective December 1, 1980.
Repeal of rules 0460-01-01-.05 through 0460-01-01-.20, 0460-02-01-.04 through 0460-02-01-.17, 0460-04-01-.01 through 0460-04-01-.03, 0460-04-01-.13 and 0460-04-01-.14 filed August 26, 1980; effective December 1, 1980.
Amendment to rules 0460-04-01-.04 through 0460-04-01-.12, 0460-05-01-.01 through 0460-05-01-.09, 0460-06-01-.01, 0460-04-01-.03, 0460-04-01-.13 and 0460-04-01-.14 filed August 26, 1980; effective December 1, 1980.
Amendment to chapters 0460-09 through 0460-13 filed August 26, 1980; effective December 1, 1980.
Amendment to rule 0460-01-01-.03 filed December 2, 1980; effective March 31, 1981.
Amendments to rules 0460-01-01-.02, 0460-01-01-.03, 0460-01-01-.04, 0460-02-01-.01, 0460-02-01-.02, 0460-04-01-.05, 0460-06-01-.01, 0460-10-01-.02 and 0460-11-01-.01 filed October 13, 1983; effective November 14, 1983.
Amendment to rule 0460-07-.02 by Public Chapter 969, effective July 1, 1984.
Amendments to rules 0460-01-01-.01, 0460-02-01-.03, 0460-06-01-.01 and 0460-06-01-.02 and repeal of chapter 0460-11 and new chapter 0460-11 filed September 13, 1985; effective October 13, 1985.
Amendments to rules 0460-01-01-.01, 0460-01-01-.02, 0460-01-01-.04, 0460-02-01-.01, 0460-02-01-.02, 0460-05-01-.07, 0460-05-01-.08 and 0460-10-01-.02 filed September 24, 1987; effective November 8, 1987.
New rules 0460-07-.01 through 0460-07-.07 filed September 24, 1987; effective November 8, 1987.
Amendment to rules 0460-01-01-.02, 0460-02-01-.01 and 0460-02-01-.02 filed June 8, 1989; effective July 23, 1989.
Amendment to rules 0460-01-01-.03 and 0460-02-01-.03 filed September 21, 1989; effective November 5, 1989.
Amendment to rule 0460-6-01-.01 filed November 9, 1989; effective December 24, 1989.
New rule 0460-09-.04 and amendment to rules 0460-01-01-.02 and 0460-02-01-.01 filed November 30, 1989; effective January 14, 1990.
Original rule 0460-09-01-.05 and original chapter 0460-14-01 filed January 29, 1990; effective March 15, 1990.
Repeal and new rules 0460-06-.01 and 0460-06-.02; original rules 0460-06-.03 through 0460-06-.06 filed February 28, 1991; effective April 14, 1991.
Amendments to rules 0460-01-01-.03, 0460-02-01-.01 through 0460-02-01-.03, 0460-06-01-.01 and 0460-09-01-.04 filed April 30, 1991; effective June 14, 1991.
Original rule 0460-06-01-.07 and amendment to rule 0460-09-.01 filed May 7, 1991; effective June 21, 1991.
Repeal of and new chapters 0460-01, 0460-02, 0460-03, new rules 0460-04-.04 through 0460-04-.12, 0460-05-.01 through 0460-05-.09, 0460-06-.01 through 0460-06-.03, 0460-06-.05 through 0460-06-.07, 0460-07-.01 through 0460-07-.07, and repeal of Chapter 0460-09 through 0460-014 filed December 11, 1991; effective January 25, 1992.
Amendment to rule 0460-02-.11 filed June 20, 1994; effective September 3, 1994.
Amendment to rules 0460-01-.05, 0460-02-.11, 0460-03-.02, 0460-04-.01 and 0460-04-.02 filed June 29, 1994; effective September 12, 1994.
Amendment to rule 0460-01-.02, 0460-01-.04, 0460-01-.05, 0460-03-.02, 0460-03-.02, 0460-03-.07, 0460-04-.02 and 0460-04-.04 filed December 5, 1994; effective February 18, 1995.
Amendment to rule 0460-04-.04 filed October 17, 1995; effective December 31, 1995.
Amendment to rules 0460-01-.01, 0460-01-.06, 0460-02-.08, 0460-03-.07 and 0460-04-.06; repeal of chapter 0460-05-01 and rule 0460-06-01-.04 filed February 12, 1996; effective April 27, 1996.
Amendment to rules 0460-01-.02 through 0460-01-.05, 0460-02-.05, 0460-02-.09, 0460-03-.03, 0460-03-.08, 0460-04-.03, 0460-04-.04 and 0460-04-.07 filed March 20, 1996; effective June 3, 1996.
Amendment to rules 0460-01-.03 through 0460-01-.06, 0460-02-.01 through 0460-02-.07, 0460-02-.10, 0460-02-.11, 0460-03-.01 through 0460-03-.06, 0460-03-.09, 0460-04-.02 through 0460-04-.04 and 0460-04-.08 filed May 15, 1996; effective September 27, 1996.
Amendment to rule 0460-01-.02 filed September 26, 1996; effective December 10, 1996.
Amendment to rule 0460-01-.05 and 0460-04-.01 filed October 9, 1997; effective December 23, 1997.
New rule 0460-01-.08 and 0460-01-.09 filed September 4, 1998; effective November 18, 1998.
Amendment to rules 0460-01-.01, 0460-01-.06, 0460-02-.06, and 0460-02-.10 filed December 7, 1998; effective February 20, 1999.
Amendment to rules 0460-01-.01, 0460-01-.02, 0460-01-.05, 0460-01-.07, 0460-02-.01, 0460-02-.03, 0460-02-.11, 0460-03-.01 through 0460-03-.03, 0460-04-.01, and 0460-04-.02 filed February 9, 2000; effective April 24, 2000.
Original rule 0460-01-.17 and amendment to rule 0460-01-.06 filed February 15, 2000; effective April 30, 2000.
Amendments to rule 0460-04-.02 filed March 14, 2001; effective May 28, 2001.
New rule 0460-01-.07 and amendment to rules 0460-01-.03, 0460-01-.04, 0460-01-.06, 0460-02-.03, 0460-02-.06, 0460-02-.08, 0460-03-.01, 0460-03-.02, 0460-03-.03, 1460-03-.07, and 0460-04-.06 filed April 10, 2001; effective June 24, 2001.
Amendment to rules 0460-02-.05 and 0460-03-.05 filed August 28, 2001; effective November 11, 2001.
Repeal and new rule 0460-01-.02 and amendment to rules 0460-01-.03, 0460-01-.05, 0460-02-.03, 0460-02-.05, 0460-03-.02, 0460-03-.03, 0460-03-.05, 0460-04-.02, and 0460-04-.03 filed April 10, 2002; effective June 24, 2002.
Amendment to rules 0460-01-.01, 0460-01-.02, 0460-01-.06, 0460-01-.10, 0460-02-.08, 0460-02-.09, 0460-03-.07, 0460-03-.08, 0460-04-.06, and 0460-04-.07 filed August 21, 2002; effective November 4, 2002.
Amendment to rules 0460-01-.01, 0460-02-.07, 0460-03-.06, and 0460-04-.05 filed February 18, 2003; effective May 4, 2003.
Amendment to rule 0460-01-.02 filed March 17, 2003; effective July 29, 2003.
Amendment to rule 0460-01-.02, 0460-01-.05, 0460-01-.08, 0460-01-.09, 0460-01-.11, and 0460-01-.16 filed June 13, 2003; effective August 27, 2003.
Amendment to rules 0460-01-.05 and 0460-04-.04 filed June 18, 2003; effective September 1, 2003.
Amendment to rule 0460-01-.05 filed July 22, 2003; effective October 10, 2003.
Notice of Withdrawal to rule 0460-01-.05 of subparagraph (3)(c) filed and effective September 24, 2003.
Amendment to rules 0460-01-.02, 0460-01-.05, 0460-02-.02 through 0460-02-.06, 0460-02-.08, 0460-03-.04, 0460-03-.05, 0460-03-.07, and 0460-04-.06 filed August 18, 2003; effective November 1, 2003.
New rules 0460-05-.01 through 0460-05-.03, and 0460-04-.09 and amendment to rules 0460-01-.01, 0460-01-.02, 0460-03-.06, 0460-03-.09, 0460-04-.04, 0460-04-.05, and 0460-04-.08 filed September 17, 2003; effective December 1, 2003.
Original rule 0460-02-.12 and amendment to rules 0460-01-.02, 0460-01-.13, 0460-02-.01, 0460-02-.03, 0460-02-.05, and 0460-02-.11 filed October 20, 2003; effective January 3, 2004.
Amendment to rules 0460-01-.01 and 0460-02-.06 filed November 17, 2003; effective January 31, 2004.
Amendment to rules 0460-01-.12 and 0460-02-.11 filed May 28, 2004; effective August 11, 2004.
Amendment to rules 0460-01-.01, 0460-01-.02, 0460-01-.06, and 0460-02-.06 filed June 18, 2004; effective September 1, 2004.
Amendment to rules 0460-01-.03, 0460-02-.06, and 0460-03-.02 filed July 21, 2004; effective October 4, 2004.
Amendment to rule 0460-01-.06 filed August 27, 2004; effective November 10, 2004.
Amendments to 0460-01-.01, 0460-01-.02, 0460-01-.05, 0460-01-.06 and 0460-02-.07 and new rule 0460-01-.18 filed December 28, 2004; effective March 13, 2005.
Amendments to rules 0460-01-.01, 0460-01-.05, 0460-03-.09, 0460-04-.08, 0460-05-.02 and 0460-05-.03; and original rules 0460-03-.10 and 0460-04-.10 filed August 3, 2005; effective October 17, 2005.
Amendments to rules 0460-01-.01, 0460-01-.05, 0460-02-.01, and 0460-03-.02; and repeal and new rules 0460-01-.14 and 0460-01-.15 filed August 23, 2005; effective November 6, 2005.
Original rules 0460-02-.13 and 0460-03-.11; and amendments to rules 0460-01-.02, 0460-02-.01, 0460-02-.06, and 0460-04-.03 filed December 16, 2005; effective March 1, 2006.
Amendments to rules 0460-02-.01, 0460-02-.02, 0460-02-.03, 0460-03-.01, 0460-03-.02, 0460-03-.03, and 0460-04-.02 filed March 17, 2006; effective May 31, 2006.
Repeal of rule 0460-01-.09; repeal and new rule 0460-01-.08; and amendments to rules 0460-01-.03, 0460-01-.06, 0460-02-.05, and 0460-03-.05 filed April 5, 2006; effective June 19, 2006.
Amendments to rules 0460-01-.05, 0460-02-.03, 0460-02-.06, and 0460-02-.07 filed July 10, 2006; effective September 23, 2006.
Amendments to rules 0460-01-.01, 0460-01-.02, 0460-01-.14; 0460-03-.09, 0460-03-.10, 0460-04-.01, 0460-04-.02, 0460-04-.04, 0460-04-.05, 0460-04-.08, 0460-04-.09, 0460-04-.10, 0460-05-.02, and 0460-05-.03; and original rules 0460-03-.12 and 0460-04-.11; and repeal of rule 0460-04-.03 filed October 12, 2007; effective December 26, 2007.
Amendments to rules 0460-01-.01, 0460-01-.03, 0460-01-.05, and 0460-01-.08; 0460-02-.07, 0460-02-.10, and 0460-02-.11; 0460-03-.09; 0460-04-.04 and 0460-04-.08; and 0460-05-.02 and 0460-05-.03 filed September 25, 2008; effective December 9, 2008.
Public necessity rule 0460-02-.14 filed June 25, 2009; effective through December 7, 2009.
Amendments to rules 0460-01-.04, 0460-01-.05, and 0460-01-.06, 0460-02-.13, 0460-03-.02, and 0460-03-.11, and 0460-04-.07 filed August 4, 2009; effective November 2, 2009.
Public necessity rule 0460-02-.14 filed June 25, 2009; expired on December 8, 2009, and the rule reverted to its prior status.
Emergency rule 0460-02-.14 filed December 21, 2009; effective through June 19, 2010.
Original rule 0460-02-.14 filed March 22, 2010; effective June 20, 2010.
Amendments to rules 0460-01-.05; 0460-02-.06, 0460-02- .07, and 0460-02-.11; 0460-03-.09; 0460-04-.04; and 0460-05-.03 filed October 22, 2010; effective January 20, 2011.
Amendments to rules 0460-01-.02, 0460-04-.04, and 0460-05-.03 filed December 20, 2011; effective March 19, 2012.
Amendment to rule 0460-01-.02 filed April 17, 2013; effective July 16, 2013.
Amendments to rule 0460-01-.05 filed September 30, 2014; effective December 29, 2014.
Amendments to rules 0460-02-.01, 0460-02-.02, 0460-02-.03, 0460-02-.06, and 0460-02-.07 filed September 30, 2014; effective December 29, 2014.
Amendments to rules 0460-03-.01, 0460-03-.02, 0460-03-.03, 0460-03-.06, 0460-03-.10, and 0460-03-.12 filed September 30, 2014; effective December 29, 2014.
Amendments to rules 0460-04-.02, 0460-04-.08, 0460-04-.10., and 0460-04-.11 filed September 30, 2014; effective December 29, 2014.
Amendments to rules 0460-02-.01, 0460-02-.02, 0460-02-.03, 0460-02-.06, and 0460-02-.07 filed September 30, 2014; effective December 29, 2014.
Amendments to rules 0460-05-.02 and 0460-05-.03 filed September 30, 2014; effective December 29, 2014.
Amendments to rule 0460-05-.03 filed January 31, 2017; effective May 1, 2017.
Amendments to rules 0460-02-.01, 0460-02-.02, 0460-02-.03, 0460-02-.05, 0460-02-.08, 0460-02-.09, 0460-03-.01, 0460-03-.02, 0460-03-.03, 0460-03-.05, 0460-03-.07, 0460-03-.08, 0640-04-.02, 0460-04-.06, and 0460-04-.07 filed October 25, 2017; effective January 23, 2018.
Emergency rule 0460-02-.15 filed March 29, 2019; effective through September 25, 2019.
Original rule 0460-01-.19 and amendments to rules 0460-02-.05, 0460-02-.07, and 0460-03-.12 filed May 14, 2019; effective August 12, 2019.
Original rule 0460-02-.15 filed May 14, 2019; effective August 12, 2019.
Amendments to rules 0460-01-.01, 0460-02-.03, 0460-02-.06, and 0460-02-.07 and new rule 0460-03-.13 filed April 19, 2021; effective July 18, 2021.
Amendments to rule 0460-02-.05 filed December 7, 2021; effective March 7, 2022.
Amendments to rules 0460-01-.05 and 0460-02-.07 filed December 7, 2021; effective March 7, 2022.
Amendments to rule 0460-01-.02 filed January 26, 2023; effective 4/26/2023.
Amendments to rules 0460-01-.01 and 0460-02-.06 filed June 21, 2023; effective 9/19/2023.

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