Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS
Part XXXIII - Dental Health Profession
Chapter 12 - Transmission Prevention of Hepatitis B Virus, Hepatitis C Virus, and Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Section XXXIII-1210 - Authorization to Practice; Expert Review Panel

A. Dental health care providers who are HBV, HCV or HIV seropositive shall not perform exposure-prone procedures unless and until they have provided proper notice as required by this Chapter; submitted to periodic physical and psychological evaluations by board-appointed expert review panel, and have received authorization to practice and perform procedures as determined by said appointed panel. The panel shall serve as a consultant on a case-by-case determination of whether a procedure, when performed by a particular dental health care provider, does not pose a danger to the public. The panel must timely report any adverse or detrimental changes in the physical or psychological condition of the dental health care provider to the board. Following receipt of any and all such reports, the board shall have the right and the duty to re-evaluate the authorized procedures being practiced by the dental health care provider and may revise same or revoke same in its entirety if said report shows a change in the dental health care provider's physical or psychological condition which may affect the safety of the public.

B. Upon receipt of an adverse report from the panel, the board must review and evaluate said report, within 15 days of receipt of same, and take any and all necessary action to protect the safety of the public.

C. Licensees who are HBV or HCV seropositive may be authorized to continue practice without the necessity of receiving authorization from an expert review panel. This determination will be made by the board's committee on HIV/HBV/HCV on a case-by-case determination.