Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Commerce
Title R156 - Professional Licensing
Rule R156-69 - Dentist and Dental Hygienist Practice Act Rule
Section R156-69-301b - Dentist Anesthesia and Analgesia - Permit Qualification

Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 156-69-301b

Current through Bulletin 2024-18, September 15, 2024

(1) Under Sections 58-1-510 and 58-69-802 and Subsection 58-69-301(4)(b), the qualifications and training and safety standards for each classification of dentist anesthesia and analgesia permit are established in this section.

(2) An applicant for a local anesthesia permit shall:

(a) hold current CPR or BCLS-BLS certification; and

(b) document successful completion of:
(i) training in the administration of nitrous oxide that conforms to the ADA Teaching Guidelines, and if engaging in pediatric dentistry, the Pediatric Sedation Guidelines; or

(ii) continuing education training provided by an ADA accredit school that is the substantial equivalent of the training in Subsection (3)(b)(i).

(3) An applicant for a minimal sedation permit shall:

(a) hold current BCLS-BLD certification;

(b) hold a current Utah controlled substance license in good standing;

(c) hold a current Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) registration in good standing;

(d) document successful completion of:
(i) training in the administration of nitrous oxide that conforms to the ADA Teaching Guidelines, and if engaging in pediatric dentistry, the Pediatric Sedation Guidelines; or

(ii) continuing education training provided by an ADA accredited school that is the substantial equivalent of the training in Subsection (3)(d)(i); and

(e) document successful completion of:
(i) training in pharmacological methods of minimal sedation that conforms to the ADA Teaching Guidelines, and if engaging in pediatric dentistry, the Pediatric Sedation Guidelines; or

(ii) continuing education training provided by an ADA accredited school that is the substantial equivalent of the training in Subsection (3)(e)(i).

(4) An applicant for a moderate sedation permit shall:

(a) hold current ACLS or PALS certification, except if engaging in pediatric dentistry, the applicant shall hold current PALS certification;

(b) hold a current Utah controlled substance license in good standing;

(c) hold a current Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) registration in good standing; and

(d) document successful completion, as evidenced by a letter from the course director, of:
(i) comprehensive predoctoral or postdoctoral training in the administration of moderate sedation that:
(A) conforms to the ADA Teaching Guidelines, and if engaging in pediatric dentistry, the Pediatric Sedation Guidelines;

(B) includes at least 60 hours of didactic education in sedation; and

(C) includes at least 20 sedation cases; or

(ii) continuing education training provided by an ADA accredited school that is substantial equivalent of the education and training in Subsection (4)(d)(i).

(5) An applicant for a deep sedation and general anesthesia permit shall:

(a) hold current ACLS or PALS certification, except if engaging in pediatric dentistry, the applicant shall hold current PALS certification;

(b) hold a current Utah controlled substance license in good standing;

(c) hold a current Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) registration in good standing; and

(d) document successful completion, as evidenced by a letter from the program director, of at least one full-time year in a program of advanced postdoctoral training in the administration of deep sedation and general anesthesia, that conforms to:
(i) the ADA Teaching Guidelines, and if engaging in pediatric dentistry, the Pediatric Sedation Guidelines; and

(ii) the ASA standards or the AAOMS standards.

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