1. (a) Any dentist licensed pursuant to this chapter shall report to the board the occurrence of any adverse health care events resulting in death, brain damage, or hospitalization, occurring in the dentist's office or facility while utilizing general anesthesia, deep sedation, moderate sedation, or minimal sedation.
2. (b) The morbidity and mortality report shall be submitted to the board through the OPLC as soon as is reasonably and practically possible, but no later than 15 working days after discovery of the event.

3. (c) The morbidity and mortality report shall include a description of:

   1. (1) Dental procedure(s);
   2. (2) Pre-operative physical condition of the patient;
   3. (3) Drug(s) and dosage(s) administered;
   4. (4) Techniques used in administering the drug(s);

   5. (5) Any adverse occurrence, including:

      1. a. Patient’s signs and symptoms;
      2. b. Treatment instituted in response to adverse occurrences; and
      3. c. Patient’s response to the treatment; and
   6. (6) Patient’s condition on termination of any procedures undertaken.
4. (d) The report described in (c) above shall not identify any of the dental professionals, facility employees, or patients involved.
5. (e) After receiving a report of an adverse health care event, the board shall conduct a root cause analysis of the event utilizing the OPLC enforcement division.
6. (f) The board shall issue to the dentist the root cause analysis report.
7. (g) Following the root cause analysis, the dentist shall provide a corrective action plan to implement the findings of the analysis to the board and if for any reason the facility did not take corrective action, the plan shall contain the reasons for not taking the corrective action within 60 days of the event.
8. (h) If the dentist conducted a root cause analysis at the time of the event and implemented a corrective action plan, then the dentist shall report the findings of the analysis and the corrective action taken with the report described in (c) above.
9. (i) All proceedings related to the root cause analysis and implementation of a corrective action plan shall be considered privileged and not subject to discovery or subpoena. All information and data made available to the board and the OPLC under this section shall be confidential and shall be held in accordance with RSA 91-A.

Source. #12428, eff 12-6-17; ss by #14246, eff 8-3-25, EXPIRES: 8-3-35 (formerly Den 304.07)