20-03-01-02. Prohibited services.

Dental assistants are prohibited from performing the following services:

1. Diagnosis and treatment planning.

2. Surgery on hard or soft tissue.

3. Administer local anesthetics, sedation or general anesthesia drugs or titrate local anesthetics, sedation or general anesthesia drugs without a board authorized permit.

4. Any irreversible dental procedure or procedures which require the professional judgment and skill of a licensed dentist.

5. Adjust a crown which has been cemented by a dentist.

6. Activate any type of orthodontic appliance or fabricate orthodontic impressions for an individual who is not a patient of record.

7. Cement or bond orthodontic bands or brackets that have not been previously placed by a dentist.

8. Place bases or cavity liners.

9. Scaling, root planing, or gingival curettage.

10. Measure the gingival sulcus with a periodontal probe.

11. Use a high-speed handpiece inside the mouth, unless authorized to do so through a permit issued pursuant to section 20-03-01-01.1.

12. Unless acting as a trained dental sedation staff member or holding a dental anesthesia assistant permit, monitor a patient who has been induced to a level of moderate sedation, deep sedation, or general anesthesia until the dentist authorized by permit to administer sedation or anesthesia determines the patient may be discharged for recovery.

History: Effective February 1, 1992; amended effective October 1, 1993; April 1, 2000; June 1, 2002; July 1, 2004; January 1, 2011; April 1, 2015; July 1, 2022; October 1, 2024; April 1, 2026.

General Authority: NDCC 43-20-10