Administrative Rules of Montana
Department 24 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY
Chapter 24.138 - BOARD OF DENTISTRY
Subchapter 24.138.4 - General Provisions
Rule 24.138.419 - LIMITED PRESCRIPTIVE AUTHORITY - QUALIFICATIONS - ALLOWABLE PERCENTAGES OF TOPICAL AGENTS

Universal Citation: MT Admin Rules 24.138.419

Current through Register Vol. 18, September 20, 2024

(1) Education and competency for dental hygiene prescriptive authority will be accomplished by completion of a pharmacology course.

(a) meeting the requirements of ARM 24.138.407(1)(a) and shall include a pharmacology course;

(b) maintaining three credit hours of continuing education each three-year renewal cycle to include courses in:
(i) fluoride agents;

(ii) topical oral anesthetics; or

(iii) nonsystemic oral antimicrobials; and

(c) meeting the requirements of ARM 24.138.2104.

(2) Allowable percentages of prescribed agents are:

(a) topical anti-caries treatments (using sodium fluoride unless otherwise stated):
(i) toothpastes - 1.1 percent (or stannous fluoride 0.4 percent);

(ii) topical gels - 1.1 percent (or stannous fluoride 0.4 percent);

(iii) oral rinses - 0.05 percent, 0.2 percent, 0.44 percent, or 0.5 percent, or oral rinse concentrate at 0.63 percent stannous fluoride;

(iv) fluoride varnish - 5 percent;

(v) prophy paste - 1.25 percent;

(vi) fluoride paste - 5 percent; and

(vii) silver diamine fluoride - 38 percent.

(b) topical oral anesthetic agents:
(i) up to 20 percent benzocaine;

(ii) up to 2 percent viscous lidocaine; and

(iii) cetacaine to include 14 percent benzocaine, 2 percent butamben, and 2 percent tetracaine hydrochloride; and

(c) nonsystemic oral antimicrobials:
(i) chlorhexidine gluconate rinses - 0.12 percent.

AUTH: 37-1-131, 37-4-205, 37-4-401, MCA; IMP: 37-1-131, 37-4-401, 37-4-405, MCA

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