A dentist shall not delegate to a dental assistant, nor shall a dental assistant perform, any of the following procedures and duties:
- (1) Any procedure that may contribute to or result in an irreversible alteration of the human oral anatomy;
- (2) Diagnosis;
- (3) Treatment planning;
- (4) Prescription of medications;
- (5) Removal of fully hardened cement with a high-speed hand piece;
- (6) Surgery or the cutting or severance of hard and soft tissue;
- (7) Final cementation of a fixed prosthesis or delivery of a removable prosthesis;
- (8) Adjustment of a prosthesis intraorally;
- (9) Placement or removal of restorative materials in a human oral cavity;
- (10) Administration of injectable local anesthesia or any other form of injectable including anesthesia including IV sedation;
- (11) Utilization of a laser, high-speed hand piece, power scaler, prophy jet or ultrasonic;
- (12) Administration of nitrous oxide;
- (13) An expanded duty as set forth in 195:15-1-4, when the dental assistant does not hold a current permit issued by the Board for the expanded duty; and
- (14) Those procedures allocated exclusively to dental hygienists or dentists pursuant to the rules or the State Dental Act.
Amended at 15 Ok Reg 2200, eff 7-1-98
Amended at 22 Ok Reg 1436, eff 7-1-05
Amended at 40 Ok Reg 1853, eff 9-11-23