Current through Reg. 50, No. 187; September 24, 2024
(1) Formal training
which is required for the performance of certain remediable tasks consists of a
dental hygienist's or dental assistant's successful completion of an expanded
duty course or program which meets one of the following requirements:
(a) The course or program is administered or
was developed as a part of the regular curriculum at a school of dentistry,
dental hygiene or dental assisting accredited by the American Dental
Association's Commission on Dental Accreditation, its successor agency or any
other nationally recognized accrediting agency; or
(b) The course or program has been approved
by the Board for the purpose of providing expanded-duties training for dental
hygienists and dental assistants; or
(2) For the purpose of positioning and
exposing radiographs by dental assistants, formal training may consist of
having received certification as a dental radiographer pursuant to Rule
64B5-9.011, F.A.C.
(3) The Board shall approve a course or
program specified in paragraph
64B5-16.002(1)(b),
F.A.C., in expanded duties only upon the application of the entity seeking to
offer the course or program which establishes compliance with the following
requirements. Failure to adhere to these requirements shall subject the course
or program to revocation of Board approval.
(a) The course or program curriculum reflects
appropriate didactic and clinical training in each remediable task which
requires completion of Board-approved formal training and shall be designed to
meet specifically stated educational objectives;
(b) Documentation of the training and
experience of faculty members which establishes their qualifications to teach
specified subject areas. Dentists and dental hygienists shall have a minimum of
one year experience in expanded duty functions and expanded duty dental
assistants shall have a minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience prior to
approval. The student/teacher ratio shall not exceed one instructor to ten
students. Applicants who have had a professional license revoked, suspended, or
otherwise acted against, in Florida or in another jurisdiction, may be
disqualified from participation as instructors;
(c) Submission of a detailed syllabus of the
course or program which specifies the educational objectives for participants,
the manner of achieving these specified objectives, including subject matter,
hours of instruction and choice of instructional method (clinical or didactic)
and the method of assessing a participant's performance. Any course offered
shall also include instruction regarding sterilization and disinfection
procedures as stated in Rule Chapter 64B5-25, F.A.C., and instruction in the
dental practice act and administrative code as it relates to dental
auxiliaries.
(d) The course or
program requires participants to pass clinical or written examinations which
adequately test competency in each subject area. Participants must obtain a
score of at least 75% out of a possible score of 100%. The choice of a clinical
or written examination shall be based on the specified objectives for each
subject area; and
(e) Each
participant who successfully completes the course or program is issued a
certificate which contains the following information: name of course or program
sponsor; title of course; date course offered; number of hours of instruction;
participant's name; signature authorized by the sponsor which attests to the
certificate's validity; and a list of all remediable tasks in which the
participant has received formal training.
(f) Any clinical course in which patients are
treated during instruction must be supervised by a dentist licensed pursuant to
Chapter 466, F.S.
(g) Facilities
and equipment for each course in which patients are treated during instruction
shall be adequate for the subject matter and method of
instruction.
(4)
On-the-job training required for the performance of certain remediable tasks
consists of training in those tasks by a licensed dentist who assumes full
responsibility for assuring that the dental hygienist or dental assistant has
completed hands-on training in order that he/she is competent to perform the
tasks.
Rulemaking Authority
466.004,
466.024 FS. Law Implemented
466.023,
466.024
FS.
New 4-30-80, Amended 8-20-80, 1-28-81, 3-4-81, 4-20-81,
Formerly 21G-16.02, Amended 6-30-86, 12-31-86, 7-5-87, 2-21-88, 7-12-88,
1-18-89, 11-16-89, Formerly 21G-16.002, 61F5-16.002, Amended 6-12-97, Formerly
59Q-16.002, Amended 1-29-07, 4-27-09, 11-16-11,
5-2-12.
