195:16-1-2.¹ Responsibility of the dentist supervising a medical micropigmentologist

1. (a) To be eligible to serve as a supervising dentist for a medical micropigmentologist a dentist shall meet the following criteria:

   1. (1) Have possession of a full and unrestricted license to practice dentistry or a specialty in a particular branch of dentistry in Oklahoma.
   2. (2) The supervising dentist shall be in full time practice with a minimum of twenty (20) hours per week of direct patient contact.
2. (b) Medical micropigmentation procedures may only be undertaken within the context of an appropriate doctor/patient relationship wherein a proper patient record shall be maintained for three-years after the procedure has been completed.
3. (c) The employment of a medical micropigmentologist requires direct supervision by the supervising dentist.
4. (d) A supervising dentist or a certified micropigmentologist in a dental office shall only perform medical micropigmentation procedures on the hard and soft tissues of the oral and maxillofacial region. Medical micropigmentation procedures outside the oral and maxillofacial region in a dental office are prohibited.

<i>¹On 11-19-01, the agency promulgated an emergency rule called "Definitions" at this number. The emergency rule was effective from 11-19-01 until it was superseded on 7-1-02 by a permanent rule called "Definitions" and numbered as 195:16-1-1.1.</i>

<i>²When promulgated as an emergency rule on 11-19-01, this rule called "Responsibility of the dentist supervising a medical micropigmentologist" was numbered as 195:16-1-3. In the permanent action that superseded the 11-19-01 emergency action, the agency changed the number to 195:16-1-2, and used the previous number (195:16-1-3) for another rule called "Local anesthesia."</i>

Added at 19 Ok Reg 375, eff 11-19-01 (emergency)²

Added at 19 Ok Reg 2026, eff 7-1-02