Ariz. Admin. Code § 20-6-1801
In this Article the following definitions apply:
"Appointment" means a first-available, initial, non-emergent, diagnostic visit to a dentist.
"Board certified" means a dentist who is recognized by the appropriate specialty board of the Commission on Accreditation of Dental Education of the American Dental Association.
"Board eligible" means a dentist who successfully completes an approved training program in a specialty field recognized by the American Dental Association.
"BODEX' means the Arizona State Board of Dental Examiners.
"Chief executive officer" means the person who has the authority and responsibility for the operation of an Organization according to applicable legal requirements and policies approved by the governing authority.
"Dental hygienist" means a person who is licensed to practice dental hygiene under A.R.S. § 32-1281 et seq.
"Dentist" means a person who is licensed to practice dentistry under A.R.S. § 32-1201 et seq.
"Department" means the Arizona Department of Insurance and Financial Institutions.
"Diagnostic service" means a dental service intended to identify a dental abnormality, and includes a radiograph and a clinical exam.
"Director" has the meaning prescribed at A.R.S. § 20-102.
"Emergency dental service" means a dental service intended to evaluate and stabilize a dental condition of recent onset, control bleeding, and relieve pain, and includes the provision of local anesthesia, and elimination of acute infection, but does not mean a medication that is prescribed by the dentist.
"General dentist" means a dentist whose practice is not limited to a specific area and who is not board certified.
"Governing authority" means the persons, including a board of trustees or board of directors, who have the ultimate authority and responsibility for the direction of a prepaid dental plan Organization.
"Organization" means a prepaid dental plan organization as defined in A.R.S. § 20-1001.
"Patient" means a person who is being attended by a dentist or dental hygienist to receive an examination, diagnosis, or dental treatment, or a combination of an examination, diagnosis, and dental treatment.
"Preventive service" means dental care intended to maintain dental health and prevent dental disease, including any combination of oral hygiene education, routine prophylaxis, and application of fluorides.
"Prophylaxis" means cleaning the teeth of a patient with healthy tissue using mild abrasives and dental instruments to remove plaque, calculus, and stains above the gum line.
"Provider directory" means an Organization's published listing of all contracted network dentists.
"Radiograph" means a picture produced on a sensitive surface by a form of radiation other than light, including x-ray.
"Restorative service" means the use of a metal or composite filling or crown.
"Specialist" means a dentist whose practice is limited to one of the nine specialty categories recognized by the American Dental Association: endodontics, oral and maxillofacial surgery, oral and maxillofacial radiology, orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics, pediatric dentistry, periodontics, prosthodontics, oral pathology, or dental public health.
"Treatment plan" means a statement of the services to be performed to eliminate or alleviate a patient's symptoms or disease, based on a dentist's assessment of the patient's dental history, the clinical examination, and the dentist's diagnosis.
Ariz. Admin. Code § R20-6-1801