Current through Supplement No. 394, October, 2024
The board may grant a permit to a registered dental assistant
or any other individual who meets the criteria listed below. Individuals
authorized by other North Dakota licensing boards and whose scope of practice
encompasses the duties of a dental anesthesia assistant are not required to
obtain the respective anesthesia permit from the board to carry out the duties
listed in this section.
1. The board
may issue or renew a class I dental anesthesia assistant permit authorizing a
registered dental assistant or any other individual 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. The applicant
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 any other individual 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.
The applicant 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 a dental
testing agency examination 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 a board-approved dental testing agency 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
