North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 21 - OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
Chapter 16 - DENTAL EXAMINERS
Subchapter H - DENTAL ASSISTANTS
Section .0200 - PERMITTED FUNCTIONS OF DENTAL ASSISTANT
Section 16H .0206 - DIRECT CONTROL AND SUPERVISION DEFINED

Universal Citation: 21 NC Admin Code 16H .0206
Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024

In any instance in which the rules adopted by the Board or any portion of the North Carolina Dental Practice Act shall require or direct that any act or function be performed by a Dental Assistant I or II under the direct control and supervision of a dentist, the term "direct control and supervision of a dentist" means that the dentist must be present in the office when the act or function is being performed and that the dentist must directly and personally supervise, examine, and evaluate the results of any and all acts and functions lawfully done or performed by any person other than the dentist.

Authority G.S. 90-29(c)(9); 90-48;
Eff. September 3, 1976;
Readopted Eff. September 26, 1977;
Amended Eff. May 1, 1989;
Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. January 9, 2018.

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