2011 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 313 DENTISTS AND DENTAL SPECIALISTS 313.050 Procedures which dentist may delegate to dental auxiliary personnel.
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313.050 Procedures which dentist may delegate to dental auxiliary personnel.
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A licensed dentist may delegate to competent dental auxiliary personnel those
procedures for which the dentist exercises direct supervision and full responsibility
as long as the delegated powers do not include any of the following:
(a) Those procedures which require professional judgment and skill, such as
diagnosis and treatment planning and the cutting of hard or soft tissues or any
intraoral procedure which will be used directly in the fabrication of an
appliance which, when worn by the patient, would come in direct contact with
hard or soft tissue;
(b) Those procedures allocated by this chapter to licensed dental hygienists or
registered dental assistants; and
(c) No injectable medication or anesthesia shall be administered by auxiliary
personnel unless otherwise authorized by law.
A licensed dentist may delegate the taking of radiographs to dental auxiliary
personnel who have completed a board-approved course in radiography technique
and safety. The course completion certificate shall be maintained by the supervising
dentist and be available to the board upon request.
Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Repealed and reenacted 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 9, effective July 15, 2010. - Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat.
sec. 2636-3.
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