Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 195 - Board of Dentistry
Chapter 16 - Micropigmentation Supervision Rules
Section 195:16-1-2 - [1] Responsibility of the dentist supervising a medical micropigmentologist

Universal Citation: OK Admin Code 195:16-1-2

Current through Vol. 42, No. 1, September 16, 2024

(a) To be eligible to serve as a supervising dentist for a medical micropigmentologist a dentist shall meet the following criteria:

(1) Have possession of a full and unrestricted license to practice dentistry or a specialty in a particular branch of dentistry in Oklahoma.

(2) The supervising dentist shall be in full time practice with a minimum of twenty (20) hours per week of direct patient contact.

(b) Medical micropigmentation procedures may only be undertaken within the context of an appropriate doctor/patient relationship wherein a proper patient record shall be maintained for three-years after the procedure has been completed.

(c) The employment of a medical micropigmentologist requires direct supervision by the supervising dentist.

(d) A supervising dentist or a certified micropigmentologist in a dental office shall only perform medical micropigmentation procedures on the hard and soft tissues of the oral and maxillofacial region. Medical micropigmentation procedures outside the oral and maxillofacial region in a dental office are prohibited.

Added as 195:16-1-3 at 19 Ok Reg 375, eff 11-19-01 (emergency)2; Added at 19 Ok Reg 2026, eff 7-1-02

1On 11-19-01, the agency promulgated an emergency rule called "Definitions" at this number. The emergency rule was effective from 11-19-01 until it was superseded on 7-1-02 by a permanent rule called "Definitions" and numbered as 195:16-1-1.1.

2When promulgated as an emergency rule on 11-19-01, this rule called "Responsibility of the dentist supervising a medical micropigmentologist" was numbered as 195:16-1-3. In the permanent action that superseded the 11-19-01 emergency action, the agency changed the number to 195:16-1-2, and used the previous number (195:16-1-3) for another rule called "Local anesthesia."

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