2016 Iowa Code
Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH
Chapter 153 - DENTISTRY
Section 153.38 - Dental assistants — scope of practice.
153.38
Dental assistants — scope of practice.
A registered dental assistant may perform those services of assistance to a licensed dentist as determined by the board by rule. Such services shall be performed under supervision of a licensed dentist in a dental office, a public or private school, public health agencies, hospitals, and the armed forces, but shall not be construed to authorize a dental assistant to practice dentistry or dental hygiene. Every licensed dentist who utilizes the services of a registered dental assistant for the purpose of assistance in the practice of dentistry shall be responsible for acts delegated to the registered dental assistant. A dentist shall delegate to a registered dental assistant only those acts which are authorized to be delegated to registered dental assistants by the board.
2000 Acts, ch 1002, §5; 2007 Acts, ch 10, §141
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