2019 Montana Code Annotated
Title 37. Professions and Occupations
Chapter 4. Dentistry and Dental Hygiene
Part 4. Dental Hygienists and Auxiliary Personnel
37-4-408. Auxiliary personnel -- employment, duties, and limitations
37-4-408. Auxiliary personnel -- employment, duties, and limitations. (1) A dental auxiliary is a person other than a licensed dental hygienist employed by a licensed dentist. The board may, within the limitations of this chapter, adopt rules that define the qualifications and outline the tasks of any unlicensed auxiliary personnel to be employed by a licensed dentist, except that this section may not be construed to allow the board by rule to permit a licensed dentist to delegate to any auxiliary personnel prophylaxis or any of the duties prohibited to dental hygienists under 37-4-401. The performance of intraoral tasks by a dental auxiliary, as permitted by board rules, must be under the direct supervision of a licensed dentist, except as provided in subsection (2).
(2) A dental auxiliary who holds a certified dental assistant certification from the dental assisting national board may be supervised under general supervision.
History: En. Sec. 66-923.1 by Sec. 12, Ch. 352, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 66-923.1; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 349, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 66, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 15, Ch. 492, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 26, Ch. 126, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 157, L. 2019.
