A dentist or dental therapist may not delegate any dental procedure of any description to an unlicensed person if the procedure or function to be delegated is any of the following:

1. (1) Of a character which may cause damage to the patient’s teeth or oral cavity which cannot be remedied without professional intervention.
2. (2) Of a character which may cause adverse or unintended general systemic reaction.
3. (3) Intended, interpreted, or represented to be preliminary assessments, dental hygiene treatment planning, oral screenings, supragingival, or subgingival calculus removal.

History

History: Cr. Register, August, 1991, No. 428, eff. 9-1-91; am. (3), Register, January, 1996, No. 481, eff. 2-1-96; am. (3), Register, August, 1996, No. 488, eff. 9-1-96; CR 13-074: am. Register June 2014 No. 702, eff. 7-1-14; CR 18-063: am. (3) Register August 2019 No. 764, eff. 9-1-19; republished to correct transcription error in (3) Register September 2019 No. 765; EmR2410: emerg. am. (intro.), eff. 7-26-24; CR 24-094: am. (intro.) Register July 2025 No. 835, eff. 8-1-25.