To receive board approval for coursework required under 12 AAC 28.015 (e)(2)(A) or continuing education under 12 AAC 28.015(j)(1), the coursework or continuing education must be certified by the American Dental Association (ADA) Continuing Education Recognition Program (CERP), the Academy of General Dentistry (AGD) Program Approval for Continuing Education (PACE), or the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD), or offered by other organizations approved by the board including, the American Dental Society of Anesthesiology (ADSA), and the Society for Pediatric Sedation (SPS). Course titles and outlines must be provided to the board and must include the following subject areas:

1. (1) physical, psychological, and social child development, and age-appropriate behavior response;
2. (2) principles and objectives of sedation and anesthesia as behavior guidance techniques in children, and indication and contraindications for sedatives and their use;
3. (3) prevention, recognition, treatment, and management of pharmacological related emergencies in pediatric patients, and rescuing a child from a deeper level of sedation than intended;
4. (4) pre-operative evaluation and risk assessment of the pediatric patient;
5. (5) assessing the effects of pharmacologic agents on the pediatric patient;
6. (6) at least three hours of hands-on simulated airway management specific to the pediatric patient;
7. (7) pediatric patient monitoring; and
8. (8) recovery room management and pediatric post-operative appraisal and follow-up.

(Eff. 5/1/2019, Register 230)

Authority: AS 08.36.070