Dentists are increasingly administering anesthesia and sedation on an outpatient basis. It is in the best interests of the public and the dentists of Maryland to require dentists who administer anesthesia and sedation to meet certain minimal training and competency standards. Requiring a dentist to obtain a permit before the dentist may administer anesthesia, sedation, or both is the best method to ensure that such administration is performed by competent dentists trained in the use of such techniques.

Authority: Health Occupations Article, §4-205, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: February 11, 1985 (12:3 Md. 245)

Regulation .04 amended effective March 8, 1999 (26:5 Md. R. 392)

Regulation .07B, C amended effective September 23, 1996 (23:19 Md. R. 1376)

Regulation .09 amended effective February 19, 1990 (17:3 Md. R. 300); March 8, 1999 (26:5 Md. R. 392)

Regulation .10C amended effective September 23, 1996 (23:19 Md. R. 1376); March 8, 1999 (26:5 Md. R. 392)

Regulations .01—.13 under General Anesthesia, repealed, and new Regulations .01—.37 under Anesthesia and Sedation, adopted effective January 4, 2010 (36:18 Md. R. 1380)

Chapter revised effective May 11, 2015 (42:9 Md. R. 648)

Regulation .11A amended effective December 30, 2019 (46:26 Md. R. 1165)

Regulation .21G amended effective December 30, 2019 (46:26 Md. R. 1165)