New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 16 - OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
Chapter 5 - DENTISTRY (DENTISTS, DENTAL HYGIENISTS, ETC.)
Part 17 - DENTISTS AND DENTAL HYGIENISTS, COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE
Section 16.5.17.10 - RESPONSIBILITIES OF A CONSULTING DENTIST

A. in collaboration with the dental hygienist, provide for the patient's additional needed dental care;

B. be available to provide consultation to the collaborative practice dental hygienist;

C. make provisions for a qualified acting consulting dentist to act in his/her place should he/she be away from his practice for more than two weeks;

D. maintain an appropriate level of contact and communication with the collaborative practice dental hygienist;

E. in conjunction with the collaborative practice dental hygienist, be responsible and liable for acts and omissions in the collaborative dental hygiene practice;

F. assure that each collaborative practice dental hygienist is duly licensed and certified for collaborative practice by the board of dental health care;

G. maintain a separate and distinct collaborative practice agreement with each collaborative practice dental hygienist for whom he/she serves as a consulting dentist;

H. provide verbal or written prescriptions to the collaborative practice dental hygienist for those procedures requiring a diagnosis;

I. provide verbal or written prescriptions to the collaborative practice dental hygienist when the consulting dentist deems it appropriate to provide exception to the standardized protocols;

J. provide a written prescription within seven business days following a verbal prescription or order;

K. maintain in the patients record a duplicate of the written prescriptions or orders as described in Subsection H through Subsection J of 16.5.17.10 NMAC;

L. provide a written diagnosis and treatment recommendations from the records provided by the collaborative practice dental hygienist to the patient and the hygienist within 30 days of receipt of such records;

M. each collaborative agreement will be kept on file by the collaborative practice dental hygienist and the consulting dentist, the basic format of the agreement will be provided with the application by the board.