North Dakota Administrative Code
Title 20 - State Board of Dental Examiners
Article 20-03 - Dental Assistants
Chapter 20-03-01 - Duties
Section 20-03-01-02 - Prohibited services

1. Diagnosis and treatment planning.

2. Surgery on hard or soft tissue.

3. Administer local anesthetics, sedation or general anesthesia drugs or titrate local anesthetics, sedation or general anesthesia drugs without a board authorized permit.

4. Any irreversible dental procedure or procedures which require the professional judgment and skill of a licensed dentist.

5. Adjust a crown which has been cemented by a dentist.

6. Activate any type of orthodontic appliance or fabricate orthodontic impressions for an individual who is not a patient of record.

7. Cement or bond orthodontic bands or brackets that have not been previously placed by a dentist.

8. Place bases or cavity liners.

9. Scaling, root planing, or gingival curettage.

10. Measure the gingival sulcus with a periodontal probe.

11. Use a high-speed handpiece inside the mouth.

12. Unless authorized by permit in accordance with section 20-03-01-05.1, monitor a patient who has been induced to a level of moderate sedation, deep sedation, or general anesthesia until the dentist authorized by permit to administer sedation or anesthesia determines the patient may be discharged for recovery.