SIC CODES

SIC Code: Class 8620

Information about Class 8620: Medical and dental practice activities

Class 8620

Hierarchy of Class 8620

  • Section QHuman health and social work activities
  • Division 86Human health activities
  • Group 862Medical and dental practice activities
  • Class 8620Medical and dental practice activities

List of terms related whith SIC Code 8620

What activities does the Class 8620 contain?

This class includes:

~ medical consultation and treatment in the field of general and specialized medicine by general practitioners and medical specialists and surgeons

~ dental practice activities of a general or specialized nature, e.g.dentistry, endodontic and pediatric dentistry; oral pathology

~ orthodontic activities

~ family planning centres providing medical treatment, such as sterilization and termination of pregnancy, without accommodation

These activities can be carried out in private practice, group practices and in hospital outpatient clinics, and in clinics such as those attached to firms, schools, homes for the aged, labour organizations and fraternal organizations, as well as in patients' homes.

This class also includes:

~ dental activities in operating rooms

~ private consultants' services to inpatients

What activities does not the Class 8620 contain?

This class excludes:

~ production of artificial teeth, denture and prosthetic appliances by dental laboratories, see 3250

~ inpatient hospital activities, see 8610

~ paramedical activities such as those of midwives, nurses and physiotherapists, see 8690