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 16.5.17.11 - RESPONSIBILITIES OF A COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE DENTAL HYGIENIST

A. refer each patient for a dental examination every 12 months, as well as anyone who may require further dental services, to the patient's consulting dentist or to a dental specialist in the case of an emergency;

B. in conjunction with the consulting dentist, be responsible and liable for acts and omissions in the collaborative dental hygiene practice;

C. assure that each consulting dentist is duly licensed by the board of dental health care; by verification with the board office;

D. maintain a collaborative practice agreement with each consulting dentist; and

E. maintain an appropriate level of contact and communication with the consulting dentist;

F. contact the patient's dentist of record, if not a consulting dentist, prior to treating the patient to give the dentist the option of becoming a consulting dentist;

G. offer the patient a choice of the collaborative practice dental hygienist's consulting dentists if the patient's dentist of record chooses to be a non-participating dentist;

H. not to perform any treatment if the patient does not have an active consulting dentist on record with the collaborative practice dental hygienist;

I. follow the standardized protocol unless modified by the consulting dentist by prescription or order;

J. follow the verbal and written prescriptions and orders of the consulting dentist for those treatments requiring a diagnosis;

K. forward all records and x-rays, or duplicates, to the consulting dentist within 14 days;

L. assure that each consulting dentist meets the requirements of a consulting dentist as stated in 16.5.17.9 NMAC;

M. a copy of the collaborative agreement shall be on file with the board office; any changes to this agreement shall be filed with the board office within 60 days.

N. the collaborative dental hygienist shall be subject to provisions of 16.5.58 NMAC.