Authority: IC 25-13-1-5; IC 25-14-1-13

Affected: IC 25-13-1-10.6; IC 25-13-1-11

Sec. 2. (a) An applicant for a dental hygiene anesthetic permit shall complete a course in local anesthesia administration in an educational program accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association that includes, at a minimum, fifteen (15) hours of didactic instruction and fourteen (14) hours of laboratory work covering the following subject areas:

1. (1) Theory of pain control.
2. (2) Selection of pain control modalities.
3. (3) Anatomy.
4. (4) Neurophysiology.
5. (5) Pharmacology of local anesthesia.
6. (6) Pharmacology of vasoconstrictors.
7. (7) Psychological aspects of pain control.
8. (8) Systemic complications.
9. (9) Techniques of maxillary and mandibular anesthesia.
10. (10) Infection control.
11. (11) Local anesthesia medical emergencies.
12. (12) A demonstration of clinical competency.

(b) As part of the educational requirement, the dental hygienist will be required to take and pass the North East Regional Board (NERB) local anesthesia examination or a substantially equivalent regional or state examination prior to completion of the program.

(State Board of Dentistry; 828 IAC 3-2-2; filed Dec 3, 2010, 11:14 a.m.: 20101229-IR-828100237FRA; readopted filed Dec 1, 2017, 1:52 p.m.: 20171227-IR-828170401RFA; readopted filed Aug 31, 2023, 9:34 a.m.: 20230927-IR- 828230099RFA)