Current through Supplement No. 394, October, 2024
The board may issue or renew a permit to a dental hygienist
for the following:
1. The board may
issue or renew a class I dental anesthesia assistant permit authorizing a
dental hygienist to provide anesthesia assistance under the supervision of a
dentist authorized by permit to provide moderate sedation, deep sedation, or
general anesthesia, 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 surgeons 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, or 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 hygienist will be performing anesthesia
assistant services.
2.
The board may issue or renew a class II dental anesthesia assistant permit
authorizing a registered dental hygienist to provide anesthesia assistance
under the supervision of a dentist authorized by permit to provide moderate
sedation, deep sedation, or general anesthesia upon successful completion of
the following:
a. The applicant submits
evidence of a board-approved dental anesthesia assistant education and training
course and has proof of current certification status from the American
association of oral and maxillofacial surgeons dental anesthesia assistant
national certification or a board-approved competency examination;
b. The applicant successfully has completed
hands-on training in intravenous access or phlebotomy that includes live
experience starting and maintaining intravenous lines;
c. The applicant holds current and valid
certification for health care provider basic life support, or 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 hygienist 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 hygienist 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 successfully
has 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
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 a dental testing agency 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 provided
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 before the date of
application.
b. A dental
hygienist 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 may be performed after the patient has given informed consent for the
placement of the restoration by a restorative functions dental
hygienist.
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 43-20-03,
43-20-12
