Current through Supplement No. 394, October, 2024
The board may grant a permit to a registered dental assistant
or a dental sedation assistant for the following:
1. The board may issue or renew a class I
dental anesthesia assistant permit authorizing a registered dental assistant or
dental sedation assistant to provide anesthesia assistance under the
supervision of a dentist authorized by permit to provide general anesthesia,
deep sedation, or moderate sedation, upon successful completion of the
following:
a. The applicant submits evidence
of a board-approved dental anesthesia assistant education and training
course.
b. Submits proof of current
certification status from the American association of oral and maxillofacial
surgeon's dental anesthesia assistant national certification or a
board-approved competency examination.
c. The applicant holds current and valid
certification for health care provider basic life support, advanced cardiac
life support, or pediatric advanced life support; and
d. The applicant provides a copy of a valid
North Dakota general anesthesia, deep sedation, or moderate sedation permit of
the dentist where the registered dental assistant will be performing anesthesia
assistant services.
2.
The board may issue or renew a class II dental anesthesia assistant permit
authorizing a registered dental assistant or dental sedation assistant to
provide anesthesia assistance under the supervision of a dentist authorized by
permit to provide general anesthesia, deep sedation, or moderate sedation, upon
successful completion of the following:
a. The
applicant submits evidence of a board-approved dental anesthesia assistant
education and training course.
b.
Submits proof of current dental anesthesia assistant national certification or
a board-approved competency examination;
c. The applicant has successfully completed
hands-on training in intravenous access or phlebotomy that includes live
experience starting and maintaining intravenous lines;
d. The applicant holds current and valid
certification for health care provider basic life support, advanced cardiac
life support, or pediatric advanced life support; and
e. The applicant provides a copy of a valid
North Dakota general anesthesia, deep sedation, or moderate sedation permit of
the dentist where the registered or qualified dental assistant will be
performing anesthesia assistant services.
3. The board may issue or renew a permit on
forms prescribed by the board authorizing a registered dental assistant under
the direct supervision of a dentist to provide restorative functions under the
following conditions:
a. The applicant meets
any of the following requirements:
(1) The
applicant has successfully completed a board-approved curriculum from a program
accredited by the commission on dental accreditation of the American dental
association or other board-approved course and successfully passed the western
regional examining board's restorative examination or other equivalent
examinations approved by the board within the last five years. The board may
require successful completion of the restorative function component of the
dental assisting national board's certified restorative functions dental
assistant certification examination; or
(2) The applicant has successfully passed the
western regional examining board's restorative examination or other
board-approved examination over five years from the date of application and
successfully completed the restorative function component of the dental
assisting national board's certified restorative functions dental assistant
certification examination or other board-approved examination and provides
evidence from another state or jurisdiction where the applicant legally is or
was authorized to perform restorative functions and certification from the
supervising dentist of successful completion of at least twenty-five
restorative procedures within the immediate five years from the date of
application.
b. A
registered dental assistant may perform the placement and finishing of direct
alloy or direct composite restorations, under the direct supervision of a
licensed dentist, after the supervising dentist has prepared the dentition for
restoration.
c. The restorative
functions only may be performed after the patient has given informed consent
for the placement of the restoration by a restorative functions dental
assistant.
d. Before the patient is
released, the final restorations must be checked and documented by the
supervising dentist.
General Authority: NDCC 43-20-10
Law Implemented: NDCC
43-20-13.2
