Section 23.33. School dentists

(a) Qualifications. A school dentist shall be a doctor of dental surgery or dental medicine legally qualified to practice dentistry in this Commonwealth.

(b) Employment. School districts alone or with other districts or joint school boards shall employ school dentists and shall compensate them on a basis agreed upon by the school dentist and the employing district or joint school board. Compensation may not be less than $6 per hour. Appointments shall be approved by the Department of Health. School districts shall submit to the regional dental officer the names of school dentists for approval by the Department of Health.

(c) Duties. School dentists shall perform the required dental examinations. They shall also examine children referred to them by the administrator, teacher, dental hygienist, nurse or physician because of suspected dental disease. They shall also perform other duties as may be required by the board which are not inconsistent with the rules and regulations of the Department of Health.