Ohio Administrative Code
Title 4715 - State Dental Board
Chapter 4715-11 - Qualified Personnel
Section 4715-11-01 - Dentists may supervise dental auxiliaries, basic qualified personnel, certified assistants, expanded function dental auxiliary
Universal Citation: OH Admin Code 4715-11-01
Current through all regulations passed and filed through March 18, 2024
(A) Dental auxiliaries
(1) A licensed dentist may, in accordance
with board rules, assign under the dentist's personal supervision and full
responsibility, the concurrent performance of supportive procedures, to include
assisting with the administration of drugs, medications, and inhalation
anesthetic agents, including nitrous oxide-oxygen
(N2O-O2) minimal
sedation.
(2) A licensed dentist
shall not delegate parenteral injections for the administration of drugs,
including local anesthetic agents, to dental auxiliaries unless they are
appropriately licensed in the state of Ohio.
(B) Basic qualified personnel
(1) A licensed dentist may, in accordance
with board rules, assign under the dentist's direct supervision and full
responsibility, basic remediable intra-oral and extra-oral tasks and/or
procedures to basic qualified personnel.
(2) A licensed dentist may utilize, under the
dentist's direct supervision and full responsibility, no more than one basic
qualified personnel appropriately trained as set forth in paragraph
(B)(40) of rule
4715-11-02 of the Administrative
Code in the monitoring of N2O-O2
minimal sedation, at any given time. This restriction is independent of the
limitation on the number of licensed dental hygienists appropriately trained as
set forth in paragraph (A)(2) of rule
4715-9-01 of the Administrative
Code who may be employed to perform the administration of
N2O-O2 minimal
sedation.
(3) A licensed dentist
may, in accordance with board rules, assign under the dentist's personal
supervision and full responsibility, the concurrent performance of supportive
procedures, to include assisting with the administration of drugs, medications,
and inhalation anesthetic agents, including
N2O-O2 minimal sedation to basic
qualified personnel.
(4) A licensed
dentist must maintain in the office a record of the training received by dental
assistants who wish to perform the monitoring of
N2O-O2 minimal sedation as set
forth in paragraph
(B)(40) of rule
4715-11-02 of the Administrative
Code.
(C) Certified assistant
(1) A licensed dentist may, in
accordance with board rules, assign under the dentist's direct supervision and
full responsibility, basic remediable intra-oral and extra-oral tasks and/or
procedures to currently certified assistants.
(2) A licensed dentist may utilize, under the
dentist's direct supervision and full responsibility, no more than one
certified assistant appropriately trained as set forth in paragraph
(B)(40) of rule
4715-11-02 of the Administrative
Code in the monitoring of N2O-O2
minimal sedation, at any given time. This restriction is independent of the
limitation on the number of licensed dental hygienists appropriately trained as
set forth in paragraph (A)(2) of rule
4715-9-01 of the Administrative
Code who may be employed to perform the administration of
N2O-O2 minimal
sedation.
(3) A licensed dentist
may, in accordance with board rules, assign under the dentist's direct
supervision and full responsibility, the following dental tasks and procedures
in addition to those basic remediable intra-oral and extra-oral dental tasks
and/or procedures defined in rule
4715-11-02 of the Administrative
Code to appropriately trained certified assistants pursuant to rule
4715-11-03 of the Administrative
Code:
(a) Application of pit and fissure
sealants; and
(b) Coronal polishing
activities.
(4) A
licensed dentist may utilize, under the dentist's direct supervision and full
responsibility, no more than two certified assistants appropriately trained as
set forth in rule
4715-11-03.1 of the
Administrative Code to perform coronal polishing activities, at any given time.
This restriction is independent of the limitation on the number of licensed
dental hygienists who may be employed to perform the duties of a licensed
dental hygienist as defined in sections
4715.22 and
4715.23 of the Revised
Code.
(5) A licensed dentist must
maintain in the office a record of the training received by certified
assistants who wish to perform the monitoring of
N2O-O2 minimal sedation as set
forth in paragraph
(B)(40) of rule
4715-11-02 of the Administrative
Code.
(D) Expanded function dental auxiliary
(1) A licensed
dentist may, in accordance with board rules, assign under the dentist's direct
supervision and full responsibility, basic remediable intra-oral and extra-oral
tasks and/or procedures to currently registered expanded function dental
auxiliary.
(2) A licensed dentist
may utilize, under the dentist's direct supervision and full responsibility, no
more than one expanded function dental auxiliary appropriately trained as set
forth in paragraph
(B)(40) of rule
4715-11-02 of the Administrative
Code in the monitoring of N2O-O2
minimal sedation, at any given time. This restriction is independent of the
limitation on the number of licensed dental hygienists appropriately trained as
set forth in paragraph (A)(2) of rule
4715-9-01 of the Administrative
Code who may be employed to perform the administration of
N2O-O2 minimal
sedation.
(3) A licensed dentist
may utilize, under the dentist's direct supervision, no more than two expanded
function dental auxiliaries at any given time. This restriction is independent
of the limitation on the number of licensed dental hygienists who may be
employed to perform the duties of a licensed dental hygienist as defined in
sections 4715.22 and
4715.23 of the Revised
Code.
(4) A licensed dentist may,
in accordance with board rules, assign under the dentist's direct supervision
and full responsibility the following dental tasks and/or procedures in
addition to those basic remediable intra-oral and extra-oral dental tasks
and/or procedures defined in rule
4715-11-02 of the Administrative
Code to registered expanded function dental auxiliaries:
(a) Advanced remediable intra-oral and
extra-oral tasks and/or procedures, with consideration of the soft tissues,
involved in the art or placement of preventative or restorative materials
limited to the following:
(i) Application of
pit and fissure sealants;
(ii)
Amalgam restorative materials; and
(iii) Non-metallic restorative materials,
including direct-bonded restorative materials.
(5) A licensed dentist must maintain in the
office a current record of the training received by expanded function dental
auxiliaries who wish to perform the monitoring of
N2O-O2 minimal sedation as set
forth in paragraph
(B)(40) of rule
4715-11-02 of the Administrative
Code.
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