North Dakota Administrative Code
Title 20 - State Board of Dental Examiners
Article 20-03 - Dental Assistants
Chapter 20-03-01 - Duties
Section 20-03-01-01.1 - Expanded duties of dental assistants

Universal Citation: ND Admin Code ยง 20-03-01-01.1

Current through Supplement No. 394, October, 2024

A registered dental assistant shall apply for a permit to perform the following duties:

1. A registered dental assistant authorized by permit and under the direct supervision of a dentist may perform the following restorative functions:

a. Place, carve, and adjust amalgam, glass ionomer, or composite restorations with hand instruments or a slow-speed handpiece;

b. Adapt and cement stainless steel crowns; and

c. Place, contour, and adjust composite restorations where the margins are entirely within the enamel with hand instruments or a slow-speed handpiece.

2. A dental anesthesia assistant authorized by a class I permit and under the contiguous supervision of a dentist authorized by permit to provide moderate sedation, deep sedation, or general anesthesia may:

a. Initiate and discontinue an intravenous line for a patient being prepared to receive intravenous medications, sedation or general anesthesia;

b. Adjust the rate of intravenous fluids infusion only to maintain or keep the line patent or open;

c. Prepare anesthesia equipment and perform patient monitoring; and

d. Assist with emergency treatment and protocols.

3. A dental anesthesia assistant authorized by a class II permit and under the direct visual supervision of a dentist authorized by permit to provide moderate sedation, deep sedation, or general anesthesia may:

a. Draw up and prepare medications;

b. Follow instructions to deliver medication into an intravenous line upon verbal command of the supervising dentist;

c. Adjust the rate of intravenous fluids infusion beyond a keep-open rate upon verbal command of the supervising dentist; and

d. Adjust an electronic device to provide medications, such as an infusion pump upon verbal command of the supervising dentist.

4. A registered dental assistant authorized by permit and under the indirect supervision of a dentist may administer nitrous oxide analgesia to a patient who has not taken sedative medications before treatment in accordance with subsection 2 of section 20-03-01-05.

General Authority: NDCC 43-20-10

Law Implemented: NDCC 43-20-01.1, 43-20-08, 43-20-10, 43-20-13

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