2020 California Code
Business and Professions Code - BPC
DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS
CHAPTER 4 - Dentistry
ARTICLE 2.87 - Use of Pediatric Minimal Sedation
Section 1647.32.
(a) A dentist who desires to administer or order the administration of pediatric minimal sedation shall apply to the board on an application form prescribed by the board. The dentist shall possess a current license in good standing, submit an application fee, and produce evidence showing that he or she has successfully completed training in pediatric minimal sedation that meets the requirements of subdivision (c).
(b) The application for a permit shall include documentation that equipment and drugs required by the board are on the premises.
(c) Training in the administration of pediatric minimal sedation shall be acceptable if it meets either of the following as approved by the board:
(1) Consists of at least 24 hours of pediatric minimal sedation instruction in addition to one clinical case. The pediatric minimal sedation instruction shall include training in pediatric monitoring, airway management, and resuscitation and patient rescue from moderate sedation.
(2) Completion of a CODA-approved residency in pediatric dentistry.
(d) A dentist shall be limited to administering a single drug whose primary purpose is sedative via the oral route, either singly or in divided doses, not to exceed the manufacturer’s maximum recommended dose, plus a mix of nitrous oxide and oxygen and adjunctive agents such that the drugs either singly or in combination are unlikely to produce a state of unintended moderate sedation. This section shall not be construed to restrict the administration of adjunctive medication intended to relieve pain, affect the onset or duration of the primary sedative agent, or to reduce the side effects of sedation, including nausea or emesis.
(e) The operating dentist and a minimum of one additional personnel who are both trained in the monitoring and resuscitation of pediatric patients, as approved by the board, shall be present during the administration of minimal sedation.
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 929, Sec. 9. (SB 501) Effective January 1, 2019. Operative January 1, 2022, pursuant to Section 1647.36.)
