New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
Chapter II - Regulations of the Commissioner
Subchapter B - Regulation of Professions
Part 61 - Dentistry, Dental Hygiene, and Registered Dental assisting
Section 61.13 - Practice of registered dental assisting
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(a) The practice of registered dental assisting shall be that practice defined in section 6808 of the Education Law. In accordance with section 6608 of the Education Law, the practice of registered dental assisting must be supportive services to a licensed dentist in the dentist's performance of dental services and must be performed under the direct personal supervision of a licensed dentist. For purposes of this section, under the direct personal supervision of a licensed dentist shall mean supervision of dental procedures based on instructions given by a licensed dentist in the course of a procedure who remains in the dental office where the supportive services are being performed, personally diagnoses the condition to be treated, personally authorizes the procedures, and before dismissal of the patient, who remains the responsibility of the licensed dentist, evaluates the services performed by the registered dental assistant. Such practice shall include the dental supportive service prescribed in subdivision (b) of this section and shall exclude the dental supportive services prescribed in subdivision (c) of this section.
(b) The practice of registered dental assisting shall include the following supportive services to a licensed dentist while under the direct personal supervision of the licensed dentist:
(c) Excluded dental supportive services. The practice of registered dental assisting shall not include the following dental supportive services:
(d) In accordance with section 29.1(b)(9) and (10) of this Title, a registered dental assistant is not permitted to provide dental supportive services that the registered dental assistant knows or has reason to know that he or she is not competent to perform, and a licensed dentist is not permitted to delegate to a registered dental assistant dental supportive services the licensed dentist knows or has reason to know that the registered dental assistant is not qualified by training, experience or by licensure to perform.