North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 21 - OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
Chapter 16 - DENTAL EXAMINERS
Subchapter W - PUBLIC HEALTH HYGIENISTS
Section .0100 - PUBLIC HEALTH HYGIENISTS
Section 16W .0103 - TRAINING FOR PUBLIC HEALTH HYGIENISTS PERFORMING PREVENTIVE PROCEDURES

Universal Citation: 21 NC Admin Code 16W .0103

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024

(a) Public health hygienists who provide only educational and preventive procedures such as application of fluorides, fluoride varnishes, and oral screenings, and not clinical procedures, shall be subject to the training provisions set out in Paragraph (b) of this Rule instead of the training provisions required by 21 NCAC 16W .0102.

(b) A public health hygienist may perform preventive procedures as set out in Paragraph (a) of this Rule under the direction of a duly licensed public health dentist if the hygienist:

(1) maintains CPR certification; and

(2) completes such other training as may be required by the Oral Health Section of the Department of Health and Human Services.

Authority G.S. 90-223; 90-233(a);
Temporary Adoption Eff. February 8, 2000;
Eff. April 1, 2001;
Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. January 9, 2018.

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